DependencyProperty.GetMetadata(TypeName) Method
Definition
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Retrieves the property metadata value for the dependency property as registered to a type. You specify the type you want info from as a type reference.
PropertyMetadata GetMetadata(TypeName const& forType);public PropertyMetadata GetMetadata(System.Type forType);function getMetadata(forType)Public Function GetMetadata (forType As Type) As PropertyMetadataParameters
The name of the specific type from which to retrieve the dependency property metadata, as a type reference (System.Type for Microsoft .NET, a TypeName helper struct for Visual C++ component extensions (C++/CX)).
Returns
A property metadata object.
Examples
This example implements a utility method that reports the default value of a given dependency property as it exists in FrameworkElement, based on the default value registered and stored in the metadata.
public static object GetDefaultValueForFrameworkDP(DependencyProperty dpIdentifier)
{
PropertyMetadata metadataInfo = dpIdentifier.GetMetadata(typeof(FrameworkElement));
return metadataInfo.DefaultValue;
}
Public Shared Function GetDefaultValueForFrameworkDP(dpIdentifier As DependencyProperty) As Object
Dim metadataInfo As PropertyMetadata = dpIdentifier.GetMetadata(GetType(FrameworkElement))
GetDefaultValueForFrameworkDP = metadataInfo.DefaultValue
End Function