XPBaseCollection.Criteria Property

Gets or sets the criteria used to filter objects on the data store side.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpo

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpo.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public CriteriaOperator Criteria { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Criteria As CriteriaOperator

Property Value

Type	Description
CriteriaOperator	A CriteriaOperator object that specifies the criteria to filter objects on the data store side.

Remarks

Use the Criteria property in order to change the criteria by which the persistent objects will be filtered during collection loading on the storage side. If you change this property’s value, the collection is refreshed immediately. But if you change any of its criteria members, you must call the XPBaseCollection.Reload method in order to force loading. To temporarily prevent a collection from loading/reloading data use the XPBaseCollection.LoadingEnabled property.

For examples and additional information about filter expressions, see these help topics:

• How to: Build Simple Criteria
• How to: Build Complex Criteria
• Build Criteria - Cheat Sheet
• Filtering
• Criteria Language Syntax

Note

Unlike the XPCollection’s XPBaseCollection.Filter, Criteria can be built on persistent properties only.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-filtercontrol-implement-ifilteredcomponent/CS/Q200298/Helper.cs#L176

    if (source == null) return null;
    return source.Criteria;
}

XPO_how-to-filter-a-collection-by-an-associated-objects-properties-e886/CS/Form1.cs#L302

void SetFilter(CriteriaOperator criteria) {
    xpCollection1.Criteria = criteria;

asp-net-mvc-grid-custom-binding-and-xpo/CS/XPCustomBindingExample/XPO/XpoBindingHandlers.cs#L31

XPCollection data = new XPCollection(Session, ClassInfo);
data.Criteria = CriteriaOperator.Parse(e.FilterExpression) & GetGroupFilter(e.GroupInfoList);
data.Sorting = GetSorting(e.State.SortedColumns, e.StartDataRowIndex != 0 || e.DataRowCount != 0);

VB.NET

winforms-filtercontrol-implement-ifilteredcomponent/VB/Q200298/Helper.vb#L219

    If sourceField Is Nothing Then Return Nothing
    Return sourceField.Criteria
End Get

XPO_how-to-filter-a-collection-by-an-associated-objects-properties-e886/VB/Form1.vb#L292

Private Sub SetFilter(ByVal criteria As CriteriaOperator)
    xpCollection1.Criteria = criteria

asp-net-mvc-grid-custom-binding-and-xpo/VB/XPCustomBindingExample/XPO/XpoBindingHandlers.vb#L31

Dim data As New XPCollection(Session, ClassInfo)
data.Criteria = CriteriaOperator.Parse(e.FilterExpression) And GetGroupFilter(e.GroupInfoList)
data.Sorting = GetSorting(e.State.SortedColumns, e.StartDataRowIndex <> 0 OrElse e.DataRowCount <> 0)