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PropertyPath Class

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Implements a data structure for describing a property as a path below another property, or below an owning type. Property paths are used in data binding to objects, and in storyboards and timelines for animations.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Windows.PropertyPath

Namespace:  System.Windows
Assembly:  System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class PropertyPath

public sealed class PropertyPath

See Remarks

The PropertyPath type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone PropertyPath(Object) Initializes a new instance of the PropertyPath class.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone PropertyPath(String, array<Object[]) Initializes a new instance of the PropertyPath class.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Path Gets the path value held by this PropertyPath.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

For XAML usages of a PropertyPath, as well as related property-path concepts, see Property Path Syntax.

In WPF, a property path could be constructed using different constructors depending on its intended usage (data binding or timelines). In Silverlight 5, you typically construct a PropertyPath based on a string, regardless of intended usage. You can also construct a PropertyPath with a DependencyProperty identifier reference, if all you need is a property reference for a PropertyPath-type property in code and you are not requesting a true path. See Property Path Syntax for a guide to constructing a PropertyPath based on a string, with separate syntax guidance for each usage.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

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

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.