ContainsOperator(String, CriteriaOperator) Constructor

Initializes a new instance of the ContainsOperator class with the specified property and criteria expression.

Namespace: DevExpress.Data.Filtering

Assembly: DevExpress.Data.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Data

Declaration

C#

public ContainsOperator(
    string collectionProperty,
    CriteriaOperator condition
)

VB.NET

Public Sub New(
    collectionProperty As String,
    condition As CriteriaOperator
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
collectionProperty	String	A String value which identifies the property whose values will be searched.
condition	CriteriaOperator	A CriteriaOperator object that represents a search criteria.

Example

This sample code selects Person objects that contain at least one object in their Addresses collection property with the City property set to “Chicago”

The image below shows the result:

C#

xpCollection1.Filter = new ContainsOperator("Addresses", new BinaryOperator("City", "Chicago"));
//or
xpCollection1.Filter = CriteriaOperator.Parse("[Addresses][[City] = ?]", "Chicago");

VB.NET

xpCollection1.Filter = New ContainsOperator("Addresses", New BinaryOperator("City", "Chicago"))
'or
xpCollection1.Filter = CriteriaOperator.Parse("[Addresses][[City] = ?]", "Chicago")