Component Model Namespaces in Visual Studio
The namespaces in the .NET Framework for creating your own components and controls include:
System.ComponentModel - provides classes that are used to implement the run-time and design-time behavior of components and controls. This namespace includes the base classes and interfaces for implementing attributes, working with type converters, binding to data sources, and licensing components. The classes in this namespace divide into the following categories:
Core component classes. For more information, see Component and Container classes and IContainer and IComponent interfaces.
Component licensing. For more information, see License, LicenseManager, LicenseProvider, and LicenseProviderAttribute classes.
Attributes. For more information, see Attribute class.
Descriptors and persistence. For more information, see TypeDescriptor, EventDescriptor, and PropertyDescriptor classes.
Type converters. For more information, see TypeConverter class.
System.CodeDOM - contains classes that can be used to represent the elements and structure of a source code document.
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