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11/18/2011

PropertyMetadata Class

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Defines certain behavior aspects of a dependency property, including conditions it was registered with.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.Windows.PropertyMetadata

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class PropertyMetadata

public class PropertyMetadata

The PropertyMetadata type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	PropertyMetadata(Object)	Initializes a new instance of the PropertyMetadata class, using a property default value.
	PropertyMetadata(PropertyChangedCallback)	Initializes a new instance of the PropertyMetadata class, using a callback reference.
	PropertyMetadata(Object, PropertyChangedCallback)	Initializes a new instance of the PropertyMetadata class, using a property default value and callback reference.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	DefaultValue	Gets the default value for the dependency property.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	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.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

In Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), a dependency property can be registered with an owning type, and then you could override the metadata for that property as it existed on a specific type. In Silverlight 5, there is no support for per-type property metadata. The metadata used for a dependency property in Silverlight 5 is always the metadata that is applied by the initially registering and owning type (the type from which the Register is made).

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.

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