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CompositionDependency Class

.NET Framework (current version)

Describes a dependency that a part must have. Used by the composition engine during initialization to determine whether the composition can be made, and if not, what error to provide.

Namespace: System.Composition.Hosting.Core
Assembly: System.Composition.Hosting (in System.Composition.Hosting.dll)

Inheritance Hierarchy

System::Object
System.Composition.Hosting.Core::CompositionDependency

Syntax

C++

public ref class CompositionDependency

Properties

	Name	Description
	Contract	Gets or sets the contract required by the dependency.
	IsPrerequisite	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the dependency is a prerequisite.
	Site	Gets a marker used to identify the dependency.
	Target	Gets or sets the export descriptor promise the dependency is on.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object^)	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType()	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone()	(Inherited from Object.)
	Missing(CompositionContract^, Object^)	Constructs a placeholder for a missing dependency.
	Oversupplied(CompositionContract^, IEnumerable<ExportDescriptorPromise^>^, Object^)	Constructs a placeholder for a dependency that has too many supplied values.
	Satisfied(CompositionContract^, ExportDescriptorPromise^, Boolean, Object^)	Constructs a dependency on the specified target.
	ToString()	Returns the string representation of this CompositionDependency object. (Overrides Object::ToString().)

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.