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IDataSourceColumnTypeDetector Interface

Provides the capability to identify the name and type of each column in a data source created from a cell range.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

Declaration

public interface IDataSourceColumnTypeDetector

The following members return IDataSourceColumnTypeDetector objects:

Remarks

To specify column names and types using your own custom specifics, implement a class with the IDataSourceColumnTypeDetector interface and assign an instance of this class to the RangeDataSourceOptions.DataSourceColumnTypeDetector property of the options object passed to the CellRange.GetDataSource or the WorksheetDataBindingCollection.CreateDataSource method.

Example

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class MyColumnDetector : IDataSourceColumnTypeDetector {
    public string GetColumnName(int index, int offset, CellRange range) {
        if (offset > 3) return String.Format("Column{0}", index);
        string[] names = { "City", "Year", "Month", "Temperature" };
        return names[index];
    }

    public Type GetColumnType(int index, int offset, CellRange range) {
        Type defaultType = typeof(string);
        CellValue value = range[0, offset].Value;
        if (value.IsText) return typeof(string);
        if (value.IsBoolean) return typeof(bool);
        if (value.IsDateTime) return typeof(DateTime);
        if (value.IsNumeric) return typeof(double);
        return defaultType;
    }
}
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