ModelFactory.CreateItem Method (EditingContext, Type, array<Object )

Creates a new model item for the specified item type.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function CreateItem ( _
    context As EditingContext, _
    itemType As Type, _
    ParamArray arguments As Object() _
) As ModelItem

public static ModelItem CreateItem(
    EditingContext context,
    Type itemType,
    params Object[] arguments
)

public:
static ModelItem^ CreateItem(
    EditingContext^ context, 
    Type^ itemType, 
    ... array<Object^>^ arguments
)

static member CreateItem : 
        context:EditingContext * 
        itemType:Type * 
        arguments:Object[] -> ModelItem 

public static function CreateItem(
    context : EditingContext, 
    itemType : Type, 
    ... arguments : Object[]
) : ModelItem

Parameters

• context
  Type: Microsoft.Windows.Design.EditingContext
  An EditingContext representing the designer's editing context.

• itemType
  Type: System.Type
  A Type representing the type of item to create.

• arguments
  Type: array<System.Object[]
  An optional array of arguments that should be passed to the constructor of the item.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Windows.Design.Model.ModelItem
A ModelItem that represents the newly created item type.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	itemType or context is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
InvalidOperationException	There is no editing model in the context that can create new items.

.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

ModelFactory Class

CreateItem Overload

Microsoft.Windows.Design.Model Namespace

Other Resources

WPF Designer Extensibility

Editing Model Architecture