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CollectionEditor::CreateCollectionItemType Method

Gets the data type that this collection contains.

Namespace:  System.ComponentModel.Design
Assembly:  System.Design (in System.Design.dll)

protected:
virtual Type^ CreateCollectionItemType()

Return Value

Type: System::Type
The data type of the items in the collection, or an Object if no Item property can be located on the collection.

You can retrieve the data type of the items of the collection from the CollectionItemType property, which is faster than this method.

This method does not need to be called by users, except in derived classes where this method has been overridden and implemented.

The default implementation of this method returns the data type of the Item property of the collection, if it exists.

Notes to Implementers:

Developers can choose to override this method to support collections that do not follow the typical and supported collection model, or when performance is critical, and reflection-based type resolution is too slow.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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