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ExportInitializerAttribute Class

Attribute to apply to 3rd party assemblies to load additional controls or functionality.
Inheritance Hierarchy

Namespace:  Eto
Assembly:  Eto (in Eto.dll) Version: 2.5.3-dev
Syntax
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[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly, Inherited = false, AllowMultiple = true)]
public sealed class ExportInitializerAttribute : PlatformExtensionAttribute

The ExportInitializerAttribute type exposes the following members.

Constructors
  NameDescription
Public methodExportInitializerAttribute
Initializes a new instance of the PlatformInitializerAttribute class
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Properties
  NameDescription
Public propertyInitializerType
Type of the extension class to instantiate when the assembly this attribute is supplied on is loaded by the platform.
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Methods
  NameDescription
Public methodRegister
Registers the extension with the specified platform
(Overrides PlatformExtensionAttributeRegister(Platform).)
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Remarks
This can be used by both by the cross platform control library, and in each of the platform-specific libraries.
Examples
For example, say you want to create a new control, called
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MyControl
, you would have a shared assembly, plus implementation assemblies for each platform. MyControls.dll:
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using Eto;
using Eto.Forms;

namespace MyControls
{
    [Handler(typeof(IHandler))]
    public class MyControl : Control
    {
        new IHandler Handler => base.Handler as IHandler;

        public bool SomeProperty
        {
            get { return Handler.SomeProperty; }
            set { Handler.SomeProperty = value; }
        }

        public new interface IHandler : IHandler
        {
            bool SomeProperty { get; set; }
        }
    }
}
MyControls.Wpf.dll:
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using Eto;
using Eto.Forms;
using Eto.Wpf.Forms;

[assembly:ExportInitializer(typeof(MyControls.Wpf.MyPlatform))]

namespace MyControls.Wpf
{
    class MyPlatform : IPlatformExtension
    {
        public Initialize(Platform platform)
        {
            platform.Add<MyControl.IHandler>(() => new MyControlHandler());
        }
    }

    public class MyControlHandler : WpfFrameworkElement<SomeWpfControl, MyControl, MyControl.ICallback>, MyControl.IHandler
    {
        public MyControlHandler()
        {
            Control = new SomeWpfControl();
        }

        // TODO:
        public bool SomeProperty
        {
            get { return false; }
            set { }
        }
    }
}
See Also

Reference

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