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CollectionContainer Class

Holds an existing collection structure, such as an ObservableCollection<T> or a DataSet, to be used inside a CompositeCollection.

System.Object
  System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherObject
    System.Windows.DependencyObject
      System.Windows.Data.CollectionContainer

Namespace:  System.Windows.Data
Assembly:  PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation
public class CollectionContainer : DependencyObject, 
	INotifyCollectionChanged, IWeakEventListener
<CollectionContainer .../>

The CollectionContainer type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method CollectionContainer Initializes a new instance of a CollectionContainer class.
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  Name Description
Public property Collection Gets or sets the collection to add.
Public property DependencyObjectType Gets the DependencyObjectType that wraps the CLR type of this instance.  (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public property Dispatcher Gets the Dispatcher this DispatcherObject is associated with. (Inherited from DispatcherObject.)
Public property IsSealed Gets a value that indicates whether this instance is currently sealed (read-only). (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
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  Name Description
Public method CheckAccess Determines whether the calling thread has access to this DispatcherObject. (Inherited from DispatcherObject.)
Public method ClearValue(DependencyProperty) Clears the local value of a property. The property to be cleared is specified by a DependencyProperty identifier. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public method ClearValue(DependencyPropertyKey) Clears the local value of a read-only property. The property to be cleared is specified by a DependencyPropertyKey. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public method CoerceValue Coerces the value of the specified dependency property. This is accomplished by invoking any CoerceValueCallback function specified in property metadata for the dependency property as it exists on the calling DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public method Equals Determines whether a provided DependencyObject is equivalent to the current DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Gets a hash code for this DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public method GetLocalValueEnumerator Creates a specialized enumerator for determining which dependency properties have locally set values on this DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetValue Returns the current effective value of a dependency property on this instance of a DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public method InvalidateProperty Re-evaluates the effective value for the specified dependency property (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method OnContainedCollectionChanged Raises the CollectionChanged event.
Protected method OnPropertyChanged Invoked whenever the effective value of any dependency property on this DependencyObject has been updated. The specific dependency property that changed is reported in the event data. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public method ReadLocalValue Returns the local value of a dependency property, if it exists. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Protected method ReceiveWeakEvent Handles events from the centralized event table.
Public method SetCurrentValue Sets the value of a dependency property without changing its value source. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public method SetValue(DependencyProperty, Object) Sets the local value of a dependency property, specified by its dependency property identifier. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public method SetValue(DependencyPropertyKey, Object) Sets the local value of a read-only dependency property, specified by the DependencyPropertyKey identifier of the dependency property. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public method ShouldSerializeCollection Indicates whether the Collection property should be persisted.
Protected method ShouldSerializeProperty Returns a value that indicates whether serialization processes should serialize the value for the provided dependency property. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method VerifyAccess Enforces that the calling thread has access to this DispatcherObject. (Inherited from DispatcherObject.)
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  Name Description
Protected event CollectionChanged Occurs when the contained collection changes.
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  Name Description
Public field Static member CollectionProperty Identifies the Collection dependency property.
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  Name Description
Explicit interface implemetation Private event INotifyCollectionChanged.CollectionChanged Occurs when the continaed collection has changed.
Explicit interface implemetation Private method IWeakEventListener.ReceiveWeakEvent This member supports the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
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The following example shows how to display multiple collections and items as one list using the CompositeCollection class. In this example, GreekGods is an ObservableCollection<T> of GreekGod custom objects. Data templates are defined so that GreekGod objects and GreekHero objects appear with a gold and a cyan foreground color respectively.


<Window Background="Cornsilk"
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
  xmlns:c="clr-namespace:SDKSample"
  x:Class="SDKSample.Window1"
  Title="CompositeCollections"
  SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight"
  >
  <Window.Resources>
    <c:GreekGods x:Key="GreekGodsData"/>

    <XmlDataProvider x:Key="GreekHeroesData" XPath="GreekHeroes/Hero">
      <x:XData>
      <GreekHeroes xmlns="">
        <Hero Name="Jason" />
        <Hero Name="Hercules" />
        <Hero Name="Bellerophon" />
        <Hero Name="Theseus" />
        <Hero Name="Odysseus" />
        <Hero Name="Perseus" />
      </GreekHeroes>
      </x:XData>
    </XmlDataProvider>

    <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type c:GreekGod}">
      <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Name}" Foreground="Gold"/>
    </DataTemplate>
    <DataTemplate DataType="Hero">
      <TextBlock Text="{Binding XPath=@Name}" Foreground="Cyan"/>
    </DataTemplate>
	</Window.Resources>
	
  <StackPanel>
    <TextBlock FontSize="18" FontWeight="Bold" Margin="10"
      HorizontalAlignment="Center">Composite Collections Sample</TextBlock>
    <ListBox Name="myListBox" Height="300" Width="200" Background="White">
      <ListBox.ItemsSource>
        <CompositeCollection>
          <CollectionContainer
            Collection="{Binding Source={StaticResource GreekGodsData}}" />
          <CollectionContainer
            Collection="{Binding Source={StaticResource GreekHeroesData}}" />
          <ListBoxItem Foreground="Red">Other Listbox Item 1</ListBoxItem>
          <ListBoxItem Foreground="Red">Other Listbox Item 2</ListBoxItem>
        </CompositeCollection>
      </ListBox.ItemsSource>
    </ListBox>
  </StackPanel>

</Window>


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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