IElementFactory Interface

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.UI.Xaml

Supports the creation and recycling of UIElement objects.

public interface class IElementFactory

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 458752)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Guid(399682960, 4976, 21960, 128, 225, 120, 180, 144, 4, 169, 225)]
struct IElementFactory

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 458752)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Guid(399682960, 4976, 21960, 128, 225, 120, 180, 144, 4, 169, 225)]
public interface IElementFactory

Public Interface IElementFactory

Derived

Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.DataTemplateSelector

Windows.UI.Xaml.DataTemplate

Attributes

ContractVersionAttribute GuidAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family	Windows 10, version 1809 (introduced in 10.0.17763.0)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v7.0)

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