IComponent Interface

Definition

Namespace:

System.ComponentModel

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.ComponentModel.Primitives.dll

Provides functionality required by all components.

C#

[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter("System.ComponentModel.ComponentConverter, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089")]
public interface IComponent : IDisposable

Derived

System.ComponentModel.Component

System.ComponentModel.MarshalByValueComponent

System.Web.HttpApplication

System.Web.UI.Control

System.Windows.Forms.BindableComponent

System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewColumn

System.Windows.Forms.IBindableComponent

System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip

System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem

System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripOverflow

System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripPanel

System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripPanelRow

System.Workflow.ComponentModel.DependencyObject

Attributes

TypeConverterAttribute

Implements

IDisposable

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to implement the IComponent, ISite, and IContainer interfaces.

C#

/// <summary>
/// The following example demonstrates the implementation of 
/// ISite, IComponent, and IContainer for use in a simple library container.
///
/// This example uses the System, System.ComponentModel, and System.Collections
/// namespaces.
/// </summary>

//This code segment implements the ISite and IComponent interfaces.
//The implementation of the IContainer interface can be seen in the documentation 
//of IContainer.

//Implement the ISite interface.

// The ISBNSite class represents the ISBN name of the book component
class ISBNSite : ISite
{
    private IComponent m_curComponent;
    private IContainer m_curContainer;
    private bool m_bDesignMode;
    private string m_ISBNCmpName;

    public ISBNSite(IContainer actvCntr, IComponent prntCmpnt)
    {
        m_curComponent = prntCmpnt;
        m_curContainer = actvCntr;
        m_bDesignMode = false;
        m_ISBNCmpName = null;
    }

    //Support the ISite interface.
    public virtual IComponent Component
    {
        get
        {
            return m_curComponent;
        }
    }

    public virtual IContainer Container
    {
        get
        {
            return m_curContainer;
        }
    }
    
    public virtual bool DesignMode
    {
        get
        {
            return m_bDesignMode;
        }
    }

    public virtual string Name
    {
        get
        {
            return m_ISBNCmpName;
        }

        set
        {
            m_ISBNCmpName = value;
        }
    }

    //Support the IServiceProvider interface.
    public virtual object GetService(Type serviceType)
    {
        //This example does not use any service object.
        return null;
    }
}

// The BookComponent class represents the book component of the library container.

// This class implements the IComponent interface.

class BookComponent : IComponent
{
    public event EventHandler Disposed;
    private ISite m_curISBNSite;
    private string m_bookTitle;
    private string m_bookAuthor;

    public BookComponent(string Title, string Author)
    {
        m_curISBNSite = null;
        Disposed = null;
        m_bookTitle = Title;
        m_bookAuthor = Author;
    }

    public string Title
    {
        get
        {
            return m_bookTitle;
        }
    }

    public string Author
    {
        get
        {
            return m_bookAuthor;
        }
    }

    public virtual void Dispose()
    {	
        //There is nothing to clean.
        if(Disposed != null)
            Disposed(this,EventArgs.Empty);
    }

    public virtual ISite Site
    {
        get
        {
            return m_curISBNSite;
        }
        set
        {
            m_curISBNSite = value;
        }
    }

    public override bool Equals(object cmp)
    {
        BookComponent cmpObj = (BookComponent)cmp;
        if(this.Title.Equals(cmpObj.Title) && this.Author.Equals(cmpObj.Author))
            return true;

        return false;
    }

    public override int GetHashCode()
    {
        return base.GetHashCode();
    }
}

Remarks

Component is the default implementation of IComponent and serves as the base class for all components in the common language runtime.

You can contain components in a container. In this context, containment refers to logical containment, not visual containment. You can use components and containers in a variety of scenarios, both visual and non visual.

System.Windows.Forms.Control inherits from Component, the default implementation of IComponent.

A component interacts with its container primarily through a container-provided ISite, which is a repository of container-specific per-component information.

Notes to Implementers

To be a component, a class must implement the IComponent interface and provide a basic constructor that requires no parameters or a single parameter of type IContainer.

Properties

Site	Gets or sets the ISite associated with the IComponent.

Methods

Dispose()

Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources. (Inherited from IDisposable)

Events

Disposed

Represents the method that handles the Disposed event of a component.

Applies to

See also

• Container
• IContainer
• ISite
• Control