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.NET 6.0+

BaseObjectSpace.FindObject<ObjectType>(CriteriaOperator) Method

Searches for the first object of the type designated by the specified generic type parameter, matching the specified criteria.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.ExpressApp

Declaration

public ObjectType FindObject<ObjectType>(
    CriteriaOperator criteria
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
criteria CriteriaOperator

A DevExpress.Data.Filtering.CriteriaOperator descendant which is the criteria to match persistent objects.

Type Parameters

Name
ObjectType

Returns

Type Description
ObjectType

An object which is the first persistent object which matches the specified criteria. null (Nothing in Visual Basic) if there is no persistent object which matches the criteria.

Remarks

To find the specified object, this method invokes a public virtual FindObject method that does nothing and returns null. So, the details on how the objects are searched depend on how the FindObject virtual method is overridden in a particular descendant of the BaseObjectSpace class.

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