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IVisualElementProvider

Interface

This interface gives the ability to create reusable providers for VisualElements that are in some relation with logical data objects.

Definition

Assembly:Telerik.WinControls.dll

Syntax:

public interface IVisualElementProvider

Cleans up when an element that is created with CreateElement() is no longer necessary.

void CleanupElement(VisualElement element)

Parameters:elementVisualElement

Create element using the pased data

VisualElement CreateElement(object data)

Parameters:dataobject

Logical data that will be used to initialize the element.

Returns:

The newly created element if everything is OK; null on error.

Check if an element can be initialized with some logical data.

bool IsElementCompatible(VisualElement element, object data)

Parameters:elementVisualElementdataobjectReturns:

true if the lement can be initialized with the data.

Initialize already created element with logical data (if possible).

bool SetElementData(VisualElement element, object data)

Parameters:elementVisualElement

the element to be initilaized

with this data the given element should be initialized

Returns:

false if the element cannot be initialized with the given data