Encapsulates the Managed Extensibility Framework composition container used by DevForce.
Object Model
Syntax
'DeclarationPublic Class CompositionHost
'UsageDim instance As CompositionHost
public class CompositionHost
Remarks
Use CompositionHost.Instance to reference the singleton used within DevForce. The CompositionHost is used to manage DevForce extensibility via imports and exports. You do not need to use the CompositionHost for MEF extensibility within your own application, although you can. You will generally not need to directly call methods on the CompositionHost since DevForce will handle discovery as needed.
By default, DevForce will create a catalog using all assemblies in a folder, or for Silverlight and other environments, all assemblies in the package or XAP.
In Silverlight applications you can add dynamically loaded content using one of the Add(Uri) overloads.
You can modify default search behaviors by modifying the SearchPatterns and IgnorePatterns, and in desktop application the SearchFolders and SearchOption can be set.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
IdeaBlade.Core.Composition.CompositionHost
Requirements
Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
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