DiagramCustomGetEditableItemPropertiesEventArgs.CreateProxyProperty<TProperty>(String, Func<IDiagramItem, TProperty>, Action<IDiagramItem, TProperty>, IEnumerable<Attribute>) Method

Allows you to create a custom property descriptor.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Diagram

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Diagram.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Diagram

Declaration

C#

public PropertyDescriptor CreateProxyProperty<TProperty>(
    string name,
    Func<IDiagramItem, TProperty> getter,
    Action<IDiagramItem, TProperty> setter,
    IEnumerable<Attribute> attributes = null
)

VB.NET

Public Function CreateProxyProperty(Of TProperty)(
    name As String,
    getter As Func(Of IDiagramItem, TProperty),
    setter As Action(Of IDiagramItem, TProperty),
    attributes As IEnumerable(Of Attribute) = Nothing
) As PropertyDescriptor

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
name	String	A string value that is the property’s name.
getter	Func<DevExpress.Diagram.Core.IDiagramItem, TProperty>	A System.Func object specifying the function of the property getter.
setter	Action<DevExpress.Diagram.Core.IDiagramItem, TProperty>	A System.Func object specifying the function of the property setter.

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
attributes	IEnumerable<Attribute>	null	A collection of property attributes.

Type Parameters

Name
TProperty

Returns

Type	Description
PropertyDescriptor	The property descriptor that can be added to the Properties collection.

Remarks

Use the CreateProxyProperty method to allow users to edit properties that are not defined directly at the diagram item level. This can be useful when your diagram is bound to a data source and you need to edit data item properties.