DefaultEventAttribute Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.ComponentModel

Assembly:

System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll

Source:

DefaultEventAttribute.cs

Specifies the default event for a component.

public ref class DefaultEventAttribute sealed : Attribute

[System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Class)]
public sealed class DefaultEventAttribute : Attribute

[<System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Class)>]
type DefaultEventAttribute = class
    inherit Attribute

Public NotInheritable Class DefaultEventAttribute
Inherits Attribute

Inheritance

Object

Attribute

DefaultEventAttribute

Attributes

AttributeUsageAttribute

Examples

The following example defines a collection class named MyCollection. The class is marked with a DefaultEventAttribute that specifies CollectionChanged as the default event.

[DefaultEvent("CollectionChanged")]
public ref class TestCollection: public BaseCollection
{
private:
    CollectionChangeEventHandler^ onCollectionChanged;
    
public:
    event CollectionChangeEventHandler^ CollectionChanged 
    {
    public:
        void add(CollectionChangeEventHandler^ eventHandler)
        { 
            onCollectionChanged += eventHandler; 
        }

    protected:
        void remove(CollectionChangeEventHandler^ eventHandler) 
        { 
            onCollectionChanged -= eventHandler; 
        }
    }
    // Insert additional code.
};

[DefaultEvent("CollectionChanged")]
public class MyCollection : BaseCollection {
     
    private CollectionChangeEventHandler onCollectionChanged;
     
    public event CollectionChangeEventHandler CollectionChanged {
       add {
          onCollectionChanged += value;
       }
       remove {
          onCollectionChanged -= value;
       }
    }
    // Insert additional code.
}

<DefaultEvent("CollectionChanged")> _ 
Public Class MyCollection
    Inherits BaseCollection

    Public Event CollectionChanged (ByVal sender As Object, _
        ByVal e As CollectionChangeEventArgs)
    
    ' Insert additional code.
End Class

The next example creates an instance of MyCollection. Then it gets the attributes for the class, extracts the DefaultEventAttribute, and prints the name of the default event.

int main()
{
    // Creates a new collection.
    DefaultEventAttributeExample::TestCollection^ newCollection = 
        gcnew DefaultEventAttributeExample::TestCollection;
    
    // Gets the attributes for the collection.
    AttributeCollection^ attributes = 
        TypeDescriptor::GetAttributes(newCollection);
    
    // Prints the name of the default event by retrieving the 
    // DefaultEventAttribute from the AttributeCollection.
    DefaultEventAttribute^ attribute = (DefaultEventAttribute^)
        attributes[DefaultEventAttribute::typeid];
    Console::WriteLine("The default event is: {0}", attribute->Name);
}

public static int Main() {
    // Creates a new collection.
    MyCollection myNewCollection = new MyCollection();
 
    // Gets the attributes for the collection.
    AttributeCollection attributes = TypeDescriptor.GetAttributes(myNewCollection);
 
    /* Prints the name of the default event by retrieving the 
     * DefaultEventAttribute from the AttributeCollection. */
    DefaultEventAttribute myAttribute = 
       (DefaultEventAttribute)attributes[typeof(DefaultEventAttribute)];
    Console.WriteLine("The default event is: " + myAttribute.Name);
    return 0;
 }

Public Shared Function Main() As Integer
    ' Creates a new collection.
    Dim myNewCollection As New MyCollection()
    
    ' Gets the attributes for the collection.
    Dim attributes As AttributeCollection = TypeDescriptor.GetAttributes(myNewCollection)
    
    ' Prints the name of the default event by retrieving the
    ' DefaultEventAttribute from the AttributeCollection. 
    Dim myAttribute As DefaultEventAttribute = _
        CType(attributes(GetType(DefaultEventAttribute)), DefaultEventAttribute)
    Console.WriteLine(("The default event is: " & myAttribute.Name))
    Return 0
End Function 'Main

Remarks

Use the Name property to get the name of the default event.

For more information, see Attributes.

Constructors

DefaultEventAttribute(String)

Initializes a new instance of the DefaultEventAttribute class.

Fields

Default

Specifies the default value for the DefaultEventAttribute, which is null. This static field is read-only.

Properties

Name	Gets the name of the default event for the component this attribute is bound to.
TypeId	When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute. (Inherited from Attribute)

Methods

Equals(Object)	Returns whether the value of the given object is equal to the current DefaultEventAttribute.
GetHashCode()	Returns the hash code for this instance.
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
IsDefaultAttribute()	When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class. (Inherited from Attribute)
Match(Object)	When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute)
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)

See also

• Attribute