Name
TypeDescriptor
Synopsis
This class encapsulates the information about a component. It provides a set of static utility methods to get details of the attributes, properties, and events. You can also get the default property or event.
While this appears to provide exactly the same information as
System.Type
, it adds an extra level of
indirection, allowing you to provide virtual types that would not be
represented by the standard type infrastructure.
GetClassName()
gets the name of the class, while
GetComponentName()
gets the name of the
component. You can retrieve the TypeConverter
for
the class with the GetConverter()
method, and you
can create the designer associated with the type with the
CreateDesigner()
method.
There are two versions of each method: one takes a
Type
that can be used if you do not have an actual
instance of the type and the other takes an object if you do have a
suitable instance.
public sealed class TypeDescriptor { // Public Static Properties public static IComNativeDescriptorHandler ComNativeDescriptorHandler{set; get; } // Public Static Methods public static void AddEditorTable(Type editorBaseType, System.Collections.Hashtable table); public static IDesigner CreateDesigner(IComponent component, Type designerBaseType); public static EventDescriptor CreateEvent(Type componentType, EventDescriptor oldEventDescriptor, params Attribute[] attributes); public static EventDescriptor CreateEvent(Type componentType, string name, Type type, params Attribute[] attributes ...
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