IElementFactory Interface

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.UI.Xaml

Supports the creation and recycling of UIElement objects.

public interface class IElementFactory

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Microsoft.UI.Xaml.WinUIContract, 65536)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Guid(1979365959, 11506, 21678, 145, 230, 5, 129, 85, 111, 221, 170)]
struct IElementFactory

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Microsoft.UI.Xaml.WinUIContract), 65536)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Guid(1979365959, 11506, 21678, 145, 230, 5, 129, 85, 111, 221, 170)]
public interface IElementFactory

Public Interface IElementFactory

Derived

Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.DataTemplateSelector

Microsoft.UI.Xaml.DataTemplate

Attributes

ContractVersionAttribute GuidAttribute

Remarks

Two concrete implementations of this interface are:

1. DataTemplate, and
2. DataTemplateSelector

The GetElement method is used to retrieve a valid instance of a UIElement. The RecycleElement method is used to recycle elements.

Methods

GetElement(ElementFactoryGetArgs)	Gets an UIElement object.
RecycleElement(ElementFactoryRecycleArgs)	Recycles a UIElement that was previously retrieved using GetElement.

See also

• DataTemplate
• DataTemplateSelector