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// <copyright file="ViewTechnology.cs" company="Microsoft">
//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
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namespace System.ComponentModel.Design {
    using System;

    /// <devdoc>
    ///    <para>
    ///       Specifies a set of technologies designer hosts should support.
    ///    </para>
    /// </devdoc>
    [System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)]
    public enum ViewTechnology {

        /// <devdoc>
        ///     Specifies that the view for a root designer is defined by some
        ///     private interface contract between the designer and the
        ///     development environment.  This implies a tight coupling
        ///     between the development environment and the designer, and should
        ///     be avoided.  This does allow older COM2 technologies to
        ///     be shown in development environments that support
        ///     COM2 interface technologies such as doc objects and ActiveX
        ///     controls.
        /// </devdoc>
        [Obsolete("This value has been deprecated. Use ViewTechnology.Default instead.  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")]
        Passthrough = 0,
        
        /// <devdoc>
        ///     Specifies that the view for a root designer is supplied through
        ///     a Windows Forms control object.  The designer host will fill the
        ///     development environment's document window with this control.
        /// </devdoc>
        [Obsolete("This value has been deprecated. Use ViewTechnology.Default instead.  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")]
        WindowsForms = 1,
    
        /// <devdoc>
        ///     Specifies the default view technology support.  Here, the root designer may return
        ///     any type of object it wishes, but it must be an object that can be "fitted" with
        ///     an adapter to the technology of the host.  Hosting environments such as Visual
        ///     Studio will provide a way to plug in new view technology adapters.  The default
        ///     view object for the Windows Forms designer is a Control instance, while the
        ///     default view object for the Avalon designer is an Element instance.  
        /// </devdoc>
        Default = 2
    }
}