ExportProvider.GetExports<T, TMetadataView> Method (String)

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Gets all the exports with the specified contract name.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetExports(Of T, TMetadataView) ( _
    contractName As String _
) As IEnumerable(Of Lazy(Of T, TMetadataView))
public IEnumerable<Lazy<T, TMetadataView>> GetExports<T, TMetadataView>(
    string contractName
)

Type Parameters

  • T
    The type of the Export<T, TMetadataView> objects to return. The contract name is also derived from this type parameter.

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<Lazy<T, TMetadataView>>
The Export<T, TMetadataView> objects with the specified contract name if found; otherwise, an empty ExportCollection<T, TMetadataView> object.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
ObjectDisposedException

The CompositionContainer object has been disposed of.

InvalidOperationException

TMetadataView is not a valid metadata view type.

Remarks

The default contract name is the result of calling the GetContractName method on T.

The contract name is compared by using the Ordinal property to perform a case-sensitive, non-linguistic comparison.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.