IObjectSpace.CreateCollection(Type, CriteriaOperator) Method

Creates and initializes a collection of objects of the specified type, filtered according to the specified criteria.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.ExpressApp

Declaration

C#

IList CreateCollection(
    Type objectType,
    CriteriaOperator criteria
)

VB.NET

Function CreateCollection(
    objectType As Type,
    criteria As CriteriaOperator
) As IList

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
objectType	Type	The type of persistent objects to include in the collection.
criteria	CriteriaOperator	The CriteriaOperator that specifies a criteria for object selection in a data store.

Returns

Type	Description
IList	A IList collection that includes the persistent objects of the specified type. In addition, only objects that satisfy the specified criteria will be retrieved to this collection.

Remarks

Use this method to create a collection of objects of the specified type, filtered according to the specified criteria. The newly created collection will use the current Object Space to load and save persistent objects.

If you implement the IObjectSpace interface in the BaseObjectSpace class’ descendant, you should override a virtual protected BaseObjectSpace.CreateCollection method which is called by the BaseObjectSpace.CreateCollection method.