/// <summary>
/// Returns the properties for this instance of a component using the attribute array as a filter.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="attributes">An array of type <see cref="Attribute"/> that is used as a filter.</param>
/// <returns>An <see cref="PropertyDescriptorCollection"/> that represents the properties for this component instance that match the given set of attributes.</returns>
public PropertyDescriptorCollection GetProperties(Attribute[] attributes)
{
PropertyDescriptorCollection properties = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(this, attributes, true);
ArrayList descriptors = new ArrayList(properties.Count);
// Loop through the property descriptores that we got from the type descriptor to create
// our own custom DisplayNamePropertyDescriptor objects that wrap the default descriptors.
foreach (PropertyDescriptor property in properties)
{
PropertyGridPropertyDescriptor displayNameProperty = new PropertyGridPropertyDescriptor(property);
descriptors.Add(displayNameProperty);
}
PropertyDescriptor[] array = (PropertyDescriptor[])descriptors.ToArray(typeof(PropertyDescriptor));
return(new PropertyDescriptorCollection(array));
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the properties for this instance of a component using the attribute array as a filter.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="attributes">An array of type <see cref="Attribute"/> that is used as a filter.</param>
/// <returns>An <see cref="PropertyDescriptorCollection"/> that represents the properties for this component instance that match the given set of attributes.</returns>
public PropertyDescriptorCollection GetProperties(Attribute[] attributes)
{
PropertyDescriptorCollection properties = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(this, attributes, true);
ArrayList descriptors = new ArrayList(properties.Count);
// Loop through the property descriptores that we got from the type descriptor to create
// our own custom DisplayNamePropertyDescriptor objects that wrap the default descriptors.
foreach (PropertyDescriptor property in properties)
{
PropertyGridPropertyDescriptor displayNameProperty = new PropertyGridPropertyDescriptor(property);
descriptors.Add(displayNameProperty);
}
PropertyDescriptor[] array = (PropertyDescriptor[])descriptors.ToArray(typeof(PropertyDescriptor));
return new PropertyDescriptorCollection(array);
}
