IProvideAttributeTable.AttributeTable Property

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Gets the attribute table provided by the class.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Windows.Design.Metadata
Assembly:  Microsoft.Windows.Design.Extensibility (in Microsoft.Windows.Design.Extensibility.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property AttributeTable As AttributeTable
    Get

AttributeTable AttributeTable { get; }

property AttributeTable^ AttributeTable {
    AttributeTable^ get ();
}

abstract AttributeTable : AttributeTable

function get AttributeTable () : AttributeTable

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Windows.Design.Metadata.AttributeTable
The AttributeTable provided by the class.

Remarks

Use the AttributeTable class to associate design-time metadata attributes with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) types.

Examples

The following code example shows how to create and populate an attribute table. For more information, see Walkthrough: Creating a Design-time Adorner.

Imports System
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Windows.Media
Imports System.Windows.Controls
Imports System.Windows

Imports Microsoft.Windows.Design
Imports Microsoft.Windows.Design.Features
Imports Microsoft.Windows.Design.Metadata

' The ProvideMetadata assembly-level attribute indicates to designers
' that this assembly contains a class that provides an attribute table. 
<Assembly: ProvideMetadata(GetType(CustomControlLibrary.VisualStudio.Design.Metadata))> 

' Container for any general design-time metadata to initialize.
' Designers look for a type in the design-time assembly that 
' implements IProvideAttributeTable. If found, designers instantiate
' this class and access its AttributeTable property automatically.
Friend Class Metadata
    Implements IProvideAttributeTable

    ' Accessed by the designer to register any design-time metadata.
    Public ReadOnly Property AttributeTable() As AttributeTable _
        Implements IProvideAttributeTable.AttributeTable
        Get
            Dim builder As New AttributeTableBuilder()

            ' Apply the ReadOnlyAttribute to the Background property 
            ' of the Button class.
            builder.AddCustomAttributes(GetType(Button), "Background", New ReadOnlyAttribute(True))

            Dim attributes As AttributeTable = builder.CreateTable()

            Dim hasCustomAttributes As Boolean = attributes.ContainsAttributes(GetType(Button))

            Dim types As IEnumerable(Of Type) = attributes.AttributedTypes

            ' The following code shows how to retrieve custom attributes
            ' using the GetCustomAttributes method overloads.
            Dim attrs0 As IEnumerable = attributes.GetCustomAttributes(GetType(Button))

            Dim attrs1 As IEnumerable = attributes.GetCustomAttributes(GetType(Button), "Background")

            Return attributes
        End Get
    End Property
End Class

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows;

using Microsoft.Windows.Design.Features;
using Microsoft.Windows.Design.Metadata;

// The ProvideMetadata assembly-level attribute indicates to designers
// that this assembly contains a class that provides an attribute table. 
[assembly: ProvideMetadata(typeof(CustomControlLibrary.VisualStudio.Design.Metadata))]
namespace CustomControlLibrary.VisualStudio.Design
{
    // Container for any general design-time metadata to initialize.
    // Designers look for a type in the design-time assembly that 
    // implements IProvideAttributeTable. If found, designers instantiate 
    // this class and access its AttributeTable property automatically.
    internal class Metadata : IProvideAttributeTable
    {
        // Accessed by the designer to register any design-time metadata.
        public AttributeTable AttributeTable
        {
            get
            {
                AttributeTableBuilder builder = new AttributeTableBuilder();

                // Apply the ReadOnlyAttribute to the Background property 
                // of the Button class.
                builder.AddCustomAttributes(
                    typeof(Button),
                    "Background",
                    new ReadOnlyAttribute(true));

                AttributeTable attributes = builder.CreateTable();

                bool hasCustomAttributes = attributes.ContainsAttributes(typeof(Button));

                IEnumerable<Type> types = attributes.AttributedTypes;

                // The following code shows how to retrieve custom attributes
                // using the GetCustomAttributes method overloads.
                IEnumerable attrs0 = attributes.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(Button));

                IEnumerable attrs1 = attributes.GetCustomAttributes(
                    typeof(Button),
                    "Background");

                return attributes;
            }
        }
    }
}

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See Also

Reference

IProvideAttributeTable Interface

Microsoft.Windows.Design.Metadata Namespace

AttributeTable

AttributeTableBuilder

Other Resources

Providing Design-time Metadata