[Solved] Get reference to my provider

[PaulMrozowski]

 I've created a custom provider. In the load event of my form I'd like to get/set some various properties of it. How do I get a reference to my provider? RadScheduler.Provider isn't a reference to my control - I see there is a non-public property named _parent but I don't see any way of getting to it.

[T. Tsonev]

Hi Paul,

By default, RadScheduler wraps your provider in an instance of the SynchronizedSchedulerProvider (internal) class in order to ensure basic thread-safety. It forwards the method calls to your provider in synchronized methods like this:

[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.Synchronized)]
public override IEnumerable<Appointment> GetAppointments(RadScheduler owner)
{
    return _parent.GetAppointments(owner);
}

Of course, this is not hard-coded and you can override the Synchronized method of your provider and return the same instance:

public override SchedulerProviderBase Synchronized()
{
    return this;
}

You should also ensure thread-safety by decorating your methods with the Synchronized attribute or by using some other form of synchronization.

Greetings,
Tsvetomir Tsonev
the Telerik team

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[PaulMrozowski]

Thanks, that works well.