2 // System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptionProvider
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33 using System
.Collections
;
35 namespace System
.ComponentModel
38 public abstract class TypeDescriptionProvider
41 private sealed class EmptyCustomTypeDescriptor
: CustomTypeDescriptor
45 private EmptyCustomTypeDescriptor _emptyCustomTypeDescriptor
;
46 private TypeDescriptionProvider _parent
;
48 protected TypeDescriptionProvider ()
52 protected TypeDescriptionProvider (TypeDescriptionProvider parent
)
57 public virtual object CreateInstance (IServiceProvider provider
, Type objectType
, Type
[] argTypes
, object[] args
)
60 return _parent
.CreateInstance (provider
, objectType
, argTypes
, args
);
62 return System
.Activator
.CreateInstance (objectType
, args
);
66 public virtual IDictionary
GetCache (object instance
)
69 return _parent
.GetCache (instance
);
75 public virtual ICustomTypeDescriptor
GetExtendedTypeDescriptor (object instance
)
78 return _parent
.GetExtendedTypeDescriptor (instance
);
80 if (_emptyCustomTypeDescriptor
== null)
81 _emptyCustomTypeDescriptor
= new EmptyCustomTypeDescriptor ();
83 return _emptyCustomTypeDescriptor
;
87 public virtual string GetFullComponentName (object component
)
90 return _parent
.GetFullComponentName (component
);
92 return GetTypeDescriptor (component
).GetComponentName ();
96 public Type
GetReflectionType (object instance
)
99 throw new ArgumentNullException ("instance");
101 return GetReflectionType (instance
.GetType (), instance
);
105 public Type
GetReflectionType (Type objectType
)
107 return GetReflectionType (objectType
, null);
111 public virtual Type
GetReflectionType (Type objectType
, object instance
)
114 return _parent
.GetReflectionType (objectType
, instance
);
120 public ICustomTypeDescriptor
GetTypeDescriptor (object instance
)
122 if (instance
== null)
123 throw new ArgumentNullException ("instance");
125 return GetTypeDescriptor (instance
.GetType (), instance
);
129 public ICustomTypeDescriptor
GetTypeDescriptor (Type objectType
)
131 return GetTypeDescriptor (objectType
, null);
135 public virtual ICustomTypeDescriptor
GetTypeDescriptor (Type objectType
, object instance
)
138 return _parent
.GetTypeDescriptor (objectType
, instance
);
140 if (_emptyCustomTypeDescriptor
== null)
141 _emptyCustomTypeDescriptor
= new EmptyCustomTypeDescriptor ();
143 return _emptyCustomTypeDescriptor
;