ReferencesDecorator

Chainable decorator for IReferences that allows to inject additional capabilities such as automatic component creation, automatic registration and opening.

Inherits: IReferences

Description

The ReferencesDecorator class allows you to create chainable decorators for IReferences that allow to inject addtional capabilities, such as automatic component creation, automatic registration and opening.

Constructors

Creates a new instance of the decorator.

public ReferencesDecorator(IReferences baseReferences = null, IReferences parentReferences = null)

  • baseReferences: IReferences - next references or decorator in the chain.
  • parentReferences: IReferences - decorator at the top of the chain.

Properties

BaseReferences

Next references or decorator in the chain.

public IReferences BaseReferences { get; set; }

ParentReferences

Decorator at the top of the chain.

public IReferences ParentReferences { get; set; }

Instance methods

Find

Gets all component references that match the specified locator. Throws a ReferenceException when required is set to true but no references were found.

public virtual List<object> Find(object locator, bool required)

  • locator: object - locator to find a reference by.
  • required: bool - if true, it forces to raise an exception when no reference is found.
  • returns: List<object> - list with matching component references.

GetAll

Gets all component references registered in this reference map.

public virtual List<object> GetAll()

  • returns: List<object> - list with component references.

GetAllLocators

Gets locators for all registered component references in the reference map.

public virtual List<object> GetAllLocators()

  • returns: List<object> - list with component locators.

GetOneOptional

Gets an optional component reference that matches the specified locator.

public virtual object GetOneOptional(object locator)

  • locator: object - locator to find references by.
  • returns: object - matching component reference or null if nothing was found.

public virtual T GetOneOptional<T>(object locator)

  • locator: object - locator to find references by.
  • returns: T - matching component reference or null if nothing was found.

GetOneRequired

Gets a required component reference that matches the specified locator. Throws a ReferenceException when no references were found.

public virtual object GetOneRequired(object locator)

  • locator: object - locator to find a reference by.
  • returns: object - matching component reference.

Gets a required component reference that matches the specified locator.

public virtual T GetOneRequired<T>(object locator)

  • locator: object - locator to find a reference by.
  • returns: T - matching component reference.

GetOptional

Gets all component references that match the specified locator.

public virtual List<object> GetOptional(object locator)

  • locator: List<object> - locator to find references by.
  • returns: object - list with matching component references or empty list if nothing was found.

GetRequired

Gets all component references that match the specified locator. At least one component reference must be present. Throws a ReferenceException when no references were found.

public virtual List<object> GetRequired(object locator)

  • locator: object - locator to find references by.
  • returns: List<object> - list with matching component references.

Put

Puts a new reference into the reference map.

public virtual void Put(object locator, object component)

  • locator: object - locator to find the reference by.
  • reference: object - component reference to be added.

Remove

Removes a previously added component that matches the specified locator. If many references match the locator, it removes only the first one. When all references shall be removed, use RemoveAll method instead.

public virtual object Remove(object locator)

  • locator: object - locator to remove component
  • returns: object - removed component.

removeAll

Removes all component references that match the specified locator.

public virtual List<object> RemoveAll(object locator)

  • locator: object - locator to remove references by.
  • returns: List<object> - list containing all removed references.

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