XamlType Class
Reports information about XAML types as part of the overall XAML system that is implemented in .NET Framework XAML Services.
Assembly: System.Xaml (in System.Xaml.dll)
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | XamlType(String^, IList<XamlType^>^, XamlSchemaContext^) | Initializes a new instance of the XamlType class based on a string name for the type. |
 | XamlType(String^, String^, IList<XamlType^>^, XamlSchemaContext^) | Initializes a new instance of the XamlType class based on the XAML namespace and a string name for the type. This constructor is exclusively for analysis and XAML-node recording of type usages that are known to not have backing in the supporting type system and XAML schema context. |
| XamlType(Type^, XamlSchemaContext^) | Initializes a new instance of the XamlType class based on the underlying CLR type information. |
| XamlType(Type^, XamlSchemaContext^, XamlTypeInvoker^) | Initializes a new instance of the XamlType class based on underlying type information and a XamlTypeInvoker implementation. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AllowedContentTypes | Gets a read-only collection of the types that are usable as the ContentProperty value for this XamlType. |
| BaseType | Gets the XamlType for the immediate base type of this XAML type. Determination of this value is based on the underlying type of this XamlType and schema context. |
| ConstructionRequiresArguments | Gets a value that indicates whether this XamlType must have arguments (generic constraints through x:TypeArguments, initialization text, or other XAML techniques) to construct a valid instance of the type. |
| ContentProperty | Gets the XamlMember information for the content property of this XamlType. |
| ContentWrappers | Gets the types that are used to wrap content for a content property when it is not a strict type match, such as strings in a strongly typed Collection<T>. |
| DeferringLoader | Gets the XamlValueConverter<TConverterBase> that represents the deferred loading conversion behavior for this type. |
| Invoker | Gets the XamlTypeInvoker implementation that is associated with this XamlType. |
| IsAmbient | Gets a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents an ambient type, as per the XAML definition. |
| IsArray | Gets a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents an array. |
| IsCollection | Gets a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents a collection. |
| IsConstructible | Gets a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents a constructible type, as per the XAML definition. |
| IsDictionary | Gets a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents a dictionary, as per the XAML definition. |
| IsGeneric | Gets a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents a generic type. |
| IsMarkupExtension | Gets a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents a markup extension. |
| IsNameScope | Gets a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents a XAML namescope, as per the XAML definition. |
| IsNameValid | Gets a value that indicates whether this XamlType is initialized by using a valid xamlName string as its Name. |
| IsNullable | Gets a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents a nullable type, as per the XAML definition. |
| IsPublic | Gets a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents a public type in the relevant type system. |
| IsUnknown | Gets a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents a type that cannot be resolved in the underlying type system. |
| IsUsableDuringInitialization | Gets a value that indicates whether this XamlType is built top-down during XAML initialization. |
| IsWhitespaceSignificantCollection | Gets a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents a whitespace significant collection, as per the XML definition. |
| IsXData | Gets a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents XML XDATA, as per the XAML definition. |
| ItemType | Gets a value that provides the type information for the Items property of this XamlType. |
| KeyType | Gets a value that provides the type information for the key property of this XamlType, if the XamlType represents a dictionary. |
| MarkupExtensionReturnType | Gets a value that provides the type information for the returned ProvideValue of this XamlType, if it represents a markup extension. |
| Name | Gets the string name of the type that this XamlType represents. |
| PreferredXamlNamespace | Gets the single XAML namespace that is the primary XAML namespace for this XamlType. |
| SchemaContext | Gets the active XamlSchemaContext for processing this XamlType. |
| TrimSurroundingWhitespace | Gets a value that indicates whether this XamlType has whitespace handling behavior for serialization that trims the surrounding whitespace in its content. |
| TypeArguments | Gets a list of type arguments for cases where this XamlType represents a generic. |
| TypeConverter | Gets a XamlValueConverter<TConverterBase> with TypeConverter constraint that represents type conversion behavior for values of this XamlType. |
| UnderlyingType | Gets the CLR Type that underlies this XamlType. |
| ValueSerializer | Gets a XamlValueConverter<TConverterBase> with ValueSerializer constraint that represents value serialization behavior for values of this XamlType. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| CanAssignTo(XamlType^) | Returns a value that indicates whether an instance of this XamlType has the specified XamlType in its list of assignable types. |
| Equals(Object^) | Indicates whether the current object is equal to another object.(Overrides Object::Equals(Object^).) |
| Equals(XamlType^) | Indicates whether the current object is equal to another object of the same type. |
| Finalize() | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.(Inherited from Object.) |
| GetAliasedProperty(XamlDirective^) | Returns the XAML member that is aliased to a XAML directive by this XamlType. |
| GetAllAttachableMembers() | Returns a collection that contains all the attachable properties that are exposed by this XamlType. |
| GetAllMembers() | Returns a collection that contains all the members that are exposed by this XamlType. |
| GetAttachableMember(String^) | Returns a XamlMember representing a specific named attachable member of this XamlType. |
| GetHashCode() | Returns the hash code for this object.(Overrides Object::GetHashCode().) |
| GetMember(String^) | Returns a XamlMember for a specific named member from this XamlType. |
| GetPositionalParameters(Int32) | For markup extension types, returns the types of the positional parameters that are supported in a specific markup extension usage for this XamlType. |
| GetType() | |
| GetXamlNamespaces() | Returns a list of string identifiers for XAML namespaces that the type is included in. |
| LookupAliasedProperty(XamlDirective^) | Returns the XAML member that is aliased to a XAML directive by this XamlType. |
| LookupAllAttachableMembers() | Returns an enumerable set that contains all attachable properties that are exposed by this XamlType. |
| LookupAllMembers() | Returns an enumerable set that contains all the members that are exposed by this XamlType. |
| LookupAllowedContentTypes() | Returns a list of the types that are usable as the ContentProperty value for this XamlType. |
| LookupAttachableMember(String^) | Returns a XamlMember for a specific named attachable from this XamlType. |
| LookupBaseType() | Returns the XamlType for the immediate base type of this XAML type. Determination of this value is based on the underlying type of this XamlType and schema context. |
| LookupCollectionKind() | Returns a value of the XamlCollectionKind enumeration that declares which specific collection type this XamlType uses. |
| LookupConstructionRequiresArguments() | Returns a value that indicates whether this XamlType must have arguments (generic constraints through x:TypeArguments, initialization text, or other XAML techniques) to construct a valid instance of the type. |
| LookupContentProperty() | Returns XamlMember information for the content property of this XamlType. |
| LookupContentWrappers() | Gets a list of XamlType values that represent the content wrappers for this XamlType. |
| LookupCustomAttributeProvider() | When implemented in a derived class, returns an ICustomAttributeProvider implementation. |
| LookupDeferringLoader() | Returns a XamlValueConverter<TConverterBase> object, which is used for deferred loading of XAML-declared objects. |
| LookupInvoker() | Returns a XamlTypeInvoker that is associated with this XamlType. |
| LookupIsAmbient() | Returns a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents an ambient type, as per the XAML definition. |
| LookupIsConstructible() | Returns a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents a constructible type, as per the XAML definition. |
| LookupIsMarkupExtension() | Returns a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents a markup extension. |
| LookupIsNameScope() | Returns a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents a XAML namescope, as per the XAML definition. |
| LookupIsNullable() | Returns a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents a nullable type, as per the XAML definition. |
| LookupIsPublic() | Returns a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents a public type in the relevant type system. |
| LookupIsUnknown() | Returns a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents a type that cannot be resolved in the underlying type system. |
| LookupIsWhitespaceSignificantCollection() | Returns a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents a whitespace significant collection, as per the XML definition. |
| LookupIsXData() | Returns a value that indicates whether this XamlType represents XML XDATA, as per the XAML definition. |
| LookupItemType() | Returns a value that provides the type information for the Items property of this XamlType. |
| LookupKeyType() | Returns a value that provides the type information for the key property of this XamlType, if the XamlType represents a dictionary. |
| LookupMarkupExtensionReturnType() | Returns a value that provides the type information for the returned ProvideValue of this XamlType, if it represents a markup extension. |
| LookupMember(String^, Boolean) | Returns the XamlMember for a specific named member from this XamlType. |
| LookupPositionalParameters(Int32) | For markup extension types, returns the types of the positional parameters that are supported in a specific markup extension usage for this XamlType. |
| LookupSetMarkupExtensionHandler() | Returns a handler callback to use for the set operations of markup extensions. |
| LookupSetTypeConverterHandler() | Returns a handler to use for type converter setting cases. |
| LookupTrimSurroundingWhitespace() | Returns a value that indicates whether this XamlType should be serialized using a mode that trims surrounding whitespace. |
| LookupTypeConverter() | Returns a XamlValueConverter<TConverterBase> that has a TypeConverter constraint, which represents type-conversion behavior for values of this XamlType. |
| LookupUnderlyingType() | Returns the CLR Type that underlies this XamlType. |
| LookupUsableDuringInitialization() | Returns a value that indicates whether this XamlType is built top-down during XAML initialization. |
| LookupValueSerializer() | Returns a XamlValueConverter<TConverterBase> that has a ValueSerializer constraint, which represents value serialization behavior for values of this XamlType. |
| MemberwiseClone() | |
| ToString() | Returns a string representation of this XamlType.(Overrides Object::ToString().) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
  | Equality(XamlType^, XamlType^) | Determines whether two specified XamlType objects have the same value. |
| Inequality(XamlType^, XamlType^) | Determines whether two specified XamlType objects have different values. |
Many APIs in the XamlType class provide information about XAML types, where the concept they report on is similar to particular sections of the XAML specification [MS-XAML].
XamlType is used extensively in the .NET Framework XAML Services API for reporting information about a XAML type. XamlType reports the information that you might need to know about a XAML type in order to work with an instance or to access its members from a XAML node stream, or a similar XAML representation. Its reporting is similar to how the Type in the CLR type system, together with reflection classes such as MemberInfo, provide information about a CLR type and its usage.
To extend the XAML type system, you can derive from XamlType. To do so effectively, you might also need to implement a XamlTypeInvoker. The XamlTypeInvoker enables the generalized XAML type system to work with the type system backing that you specify as part of the invocation behavior. The specific custom XamlTypeInvoker provides a way to reduce the dependencies on the CLR type system, which are used by the default XamlType behavior.
Available since 4.0
Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.