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TypeDescriptor::GetProvider Method (Object^)

 

Returns the type description provider for the specified component.

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

public:
static TypeDescriptionProvider^ GetProvider(
	Object^ instance
)

Parameters

instance
Type: System::Object^

An instance of the target component.

Return Value

Type: System.ComponentModel::TypeDescriptionProvider^

A TypeDescriptionProvider associated with the specified component.

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

instance is null.

The GetProvider method will always return a type description provider. Even the default TypeDescriptor implementation is built on a TypeDescriptionProvider.

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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