ParentAdapter.CanParent Method

Gets a value indicating whether the specified parent object can be a parent to an object of the specified type.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction
Assembly:  Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction (in Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable Function CanParent ( _
    parent As ModelItem, _
    childType As Type _
) As Boolean

public virtual bool CanParent(
    ModelItem parent,
    Type childType
)

public:
virtual bool CanParent(
    ModelItem^ parent, 
    Type^ childType
)

abstract CanParent : 
        parent:ModelItem * 
        childType:Type -> bool 
override CanParent : 
        parent:ModelItem * 
        childType:Type -> bool 

public function CanParent(
    parent : ModelItem, 
    childType : Type
) : boolean

Parameters

• parent
  Type: Microsoft.Windows.Design.Model.ModelItem
  A ModelItem representing the parent.

• childType
  Type: System.Type
  The type of child item.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the specified parent can accept a child of the specified type; otherwise, false. The default is true.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	parent or childType is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

Use CanParent for drag operations of live objects on the design surface and for drag operations of items from the Toolbox.

The default implementation returns true, which indicates that the parent supports all children.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

ParentAdapter Class

Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction Namespace

ModelParent

ModelItem

Other Resources

WPF Designer Extensibility