IDataSourceProvider Interface

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.Design

Assembly:: System.Design.dll

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Defines an interface that a control designer can implement to provide access to a data source.

public interface class IDataSourceProvider

public interface IDataSourceProvider

type IDataSourceProvider = interface

Public Interface IDataSourceProvider

Derived: System.Web.UI.Design.WebControls.BaseDataListDesigner

System.Web.UI.Design.WebControls.DataBoundControlDesigner

System.Web.UI.Design.WebControls.ListControlDesigner

System.Web.UI.Design.WebControls.RepeaterDesigner

Examples

The following code example shows a custom class, named TemplatedListDesigner, which inherits from the TemplatedControlDesigner class and implements the IDataSourceProvider interface.

<FileName>databounddesigner.vb</FileName>
<RelevantItems>
  <Reference>System.Web.UI.Design.ControlDesigner</Reference>
  <Reference>System.Web.UI.Design.TemplatedControlDesigner</Reference>
  <Reference>System.Web.UI.Design.IDataSourceProvider</Reference>
</RelevantItems>

Remarks

A class that is able to provide a data source can implement this interface to enable access to its data source by objects that use the IDataSourceProvider interface. This interface is used by the DataFieldConverter and DataMemberConverter classes.

Methods

GetResolvedSelectedDataSource()	Gets the selected data member from the selected data source.
GetSelectedDataSource()	Gets a reference to the selected data source from the data source provider.

Applies to