2010-04-06 Jb Evain <jbevain@novell.com>
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1 //
2 // System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptionProvider
3 //
4 // Authors:
5 // Ivan N. Zlatev (contact i-nZ.net)
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7 // (C) 2007 Ivan N. Zlatev
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30 #if NET_2_0
32 using System;
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)
54 _parent = parent;
57 public virtual object CreateInstance (IServiceProvider provider, Type objectType, Type[] argTypes, object[] args)
59 if (_parent != null)
60 return _parent.CreateInstance (provider, objectType, argTypes, args);
62 return System.Activator.CreateInstance (objectType, args);
66 public virtual IDictionary GetCache (object instance)
68 if (_parent != null)
69 return _parent.GetCache (instance);
71 return null;
75 public virtual ICustomTypeDescriptor GetExtendedTypeDescriptor (object instance)
77 if (_parent != null)
78 return _parent.GetExtendedTypeDescriptor (instance);
80 if (_emptyCustomTypeDescriptor == null)
81 _emptyCustomTypeDescriptor = new EmptyCustomTypeDescriptor ();
83 return _emptyCustomTypeDescriptor;
87 public virtual string GetFullComponentName (object component)
89 if (_parent != null)
90 return _parent.GetFullComponentName (component);
92 return GetTypeDescriptor (component).GetComponentName ();
96 public Type GetReflectionType (object instance)
98 if (instance == null)
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)
113 if (_parent != null)
114 return _parent.GetReflectionType (objectType, instance);
116 return objectType;
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)
137 if (_parent != null)
138 return _parent.GetTypeDescriptor (objectType, instance);
140 if (_emptyCustomTypeDescriptor == null)
141 _emptyCustomTypeDescriptor = new EmptyCustomTypeDescriptor ();
143 return _emptyCustomTypeDescriptor;
150 #endif