//------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. // //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /* */ namespace System.ComponentModel.Design { using System; using System.Security.Permissions; /// /// Allows specification of the context keyword that will be specified for this class or member. By default, /// the help keyword for a class is the Type's full name, and for a member it's the full name of the type that declared the property, /// plus the property name itself. /// /// For example, consider System.Windows.Forms.Button and it's Text property: /// /// The class keyword is "System.Windows.Forms.Button", but the Text property keyword is "System.Windows.Forms.Control.Text", because the Text /// property is declared on the System.Windows.Forms.Control class rather than the Button class itself; the Button class inherits the property. /// By contrast, the DialogResult property is declared on the Button so its keyword would be "System.Windows.Forms.Button.DialogResult". /// /// When the help system gets the keywords, it will first look at this attribute. At the class level, it will return the string specified by the /// HelpContextAttribute. Note this will not be used for members of the Type in question. They will still reflect the declaring Type's actual /// full name, plus the member name. To override this, place the attribute on the member itself. /// /// Example: /// /// [HelpKeywordAttribute(typeof(Component))] /// public class MyComponent : Component { /// /// /// public string Property1 { get{return "";}; /// /// [HelpKeywordAttribute("SomeNamespace.SomeOtherClass.Property2")] /// public string Property2 { get{return "";}; /// /// } /// /// /// For the above class (default without attribution): /// /// Class keyword: "System.ComponentModel.Component" ("MyNamespace.MyComponent') /// Property1 keyword: "MyNamespace.MyComponent.Property1" (default) /// Property2 keyword: "SomeNamespace.SomeOtherClass.Property2" ("MyNamespace.MyComponent.Property2") /// /// [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.All, AllowMultiple = false, Inherited = false)] [Serializable] public sealed class HelpKeywordAttribute : Attribute { /// /// Default value for HelpKeywordAttribute, which is null. /// public static readonly HelpKeywordAttribute Default = new HelpKeywordAttribute(); private string contextKeyword; /// /// Default constructor, which creates an attribute with a null HelpKeyword. /// public HelpKeywordAttribute() { } /// /// Creates a HelpKeywordAttribute with the value being the given keyword string. /// public HelpKeywordAttribute(string keyword) { if (keyword == null) { throw new ArgumentNullException("keyword"); } this.contextKeyword = keyword; } /// /// Creates a HelpKeywordAttribute with the value being the full name of the given type. /// public HelpKeywordAttribute(Type t) { if (t == null) { throw new ArgumentNullException("t"); } this.contextKeyword = t.FullName; } /// /// Retrieves the HelpKeyword this attribute supplies. /// public string HelpKeyword { get { return contextKeyword; } } /// /// Two instances of a HelpKeywordAttribute are equal if they're HelpKeywords are equal. /// public override bool Equals(object obj) { if (obj == this) { return true; } if ((obj != null) && (obj is HelpKeywordAttribute)) { return ((HelpKeywordAttribute)obj).HelpKeyword == HelpKeyword; } return false; } /// /// public override int GetHashCode() { return base.GetHashCode(); } /// /// Returns true if this Attribute's HelpKeyword is null. /// public override bool IsDefaultAttribute() { return this.Equals(Default); } } }