ObjectDataSource.Constructor Property

Specifies an object that enables an ObjectDataSource to access constructor parameters.

Namespace: DevExpress.DataAccess.ObjectBinding

Assembly: DevExpress.DataAccess.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(null)]
public ObjectConstructorInfo Constructor { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(Nothing)>
Public Property Constructor As ObjectConstructorInfo

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
ObjectConstructorInfo	*null*	An ObjectConstructorInfo value.

Remarks

If it is required that on calling the ObjectDataSource.Fill method, an ObjectDataSource should create an instance of the type specified by its ObjectDataSource.DataSource property, use the Constructor property to specify the required constructor parameters. To assign a constructor without parameters, use the static ObjectConstructorInfo.Default object.

For a code sample, see the following example online: How to programmatically generate ObjectDataSource and map object data source constructor parameters to report parameters.

Set this property to null for the ObjectDataSource to never try to create an object instance (if you need to manually create and assign it, or when binding to a static member).

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-create-data-access-library-data-sources-at-runtime-t424210/CS/ObjectDataSourceSnippets/Code.cs#L22

    var parameter = new DevExpress.DataAccess.ObjectBinding.Parameter("p1", typeof(int), 3);
    objds.Constructor = new DevExpress.DataAccess.ObjectBinding.ObjectConstructorInfo(parameter);
}

Reporting_how-to-provide-aspxreportdesigner-with-the-sqldatasource-objectdatasource-t271722/CS/WebApplication1/Default.aspx.cs#L91

objds.DataSource = typeof(ItemList);
objds.Constructor = new DevExpress.DataAccess.ObjectBinding.ObjectConstructorInfo();

how-to-customize-the-new-report-wizard-introduced-in-the-2014-vol1-release-in-the-end-user-t140683/CS/CustomWizardExample/Wizard/WizardCustomizationService.cs#L54

var objectDataSource = new ObjectDataSource();
objectDataSource.Constructor = new ObjectConstructorInfo();
objectDataSource.DataMember = dataMember;

VB.NET

how-to-create-data-access-library-data-sources-at-runtime-t424210/VB/ObjectDataSourceSnippets/Code.vb#L19

    Dim parameter = New DevExpress.DataAccess.ObjectBinding.Parameter("p1", GetType(Integer), 3)
    objds.Constructor = New DevExpress.DataAccess.ObjectBinding.ObjectConstructorInfo(parameter)
End Sub

Reporting_how-to-provide-aspxreportdesigner-with-the-sqldatasource-objectdatasource-t271722/VB/WebApplication1/Default.aspx.vb#L81

objds.DataSource = GetType(ItemList)
objds.Constructor = New DevExpress.DataAccess.ObjectBinding.ObjectConstructorInfo()