A description of a property consists of a name, its attributes, the component class that the property is associated with, and the type of the property.

System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptor provides the following properties and methods:

• PropertyDescriptor.Converter contains the System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter for this property.

• PropertyDescriptor.IsLocalizable indicates whether this property should be localized.

• PropertyDescriptor.GetEditor(Type) returns an editor of the specified type.

System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptor also provides the following abstract properties and methods:

• PropertyDescriptor.ComponentType contains the type of component this property is bound to.

• PropertyDescriptor.IsReadOnly indicates whether this property is read-only.

• PropertyDescriptor.PropertyType gets the type of the property.

• PropertyDescriptor.CanResetValue(object) indicates whether resetting the component changes the value of the component.

• PropertyDescriptor.GetValue(object) returns the current value of the property on a component.

• PropertyDescriptor.ResetValue(object) resets the value for this property of the component.

• PropertyDescriptor.SetValue(object, object) sets the value of the component to a different value.

• PropertyDescriptor.ShouldSerializeValue(object) indicates whether the value of this property needs to be persisted.

Typically, the abstract members are implemented through reflection. For more information about reflection, see the topics in Reflection.

Namespace: System.ComponentModel
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.3300.0, 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0