WebPartTransformerAttribute.GetProviderType(Type) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Returns the provider type a transformer can accept on a connection point.

public:
 static Type ^ GetProviderType(Type ^ transformerType);

public static Type GetProviderType (Type transformerType);

static member GetProviderType : Type -> Type

Public Shared Function GetProviderType (transformerType As Type) As Type

Parameters

transformerType: Type

The type of transformer.

Returns

Type

The Type of the provider connection point.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

transformerType is not specified.

InvalidOperationException

transformerType is not an object derived from the WebPartTransformer class.

Remarks

The WebPartManager object and WebPartConnection object use the GetProviderType method to determine whether the provider type of the transformer matches the provider connection point of the Web Parts control.

Applies to