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<Type Name="ReferenceConverter" FullName="System.ComponentModel.ReferenceConverter">
  <TypeSignature Language="C#" Value="public class ReferenceConverter : System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter" Maintainer="auto" />
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    <BaseTypeName>System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter</BaseTypeName>
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    <remarks>
      <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
      <para>The <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.ReferenceConverter" /> is typically used within the context of sited components or a design environment. Without a component site or a usable <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" />, this converter is of little use.</para>
      <para>This converter converts a reference of an object that implements the <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.IComponent" /> interface and displays its properties in the <ui>Properties</ui> window.</para>
      <para>For more information about type converters, see the <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter" /> base class and <format type="text/html"><a href="90373a3f-d8c8-492d-841c-945d62393c56">How to: Implement a Type Converter</a></format>.</para>
      <block subset="none" type="note">
        <para>You should never create an instance of the <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.ReferenceConverter" /> class. Instead, call the <see cref="M:System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(System.Object)" /> method of the <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor" /> class. For more information, see the examples in the <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter" /> base class.</para>
      </block>
      <para>This class provides the <see cref="M:System.ComponentModel.ReferenceConverter.IsValueAllowed(System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext,System.Object)" /> method to check whether a particular value can be added to the standard values collection. If you do not want to add the value to the collection, override this method.</para>
    </remarks>
    <summary>
      <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
      <para>Provides a type converter to convert object references to and from other representations.</para>
    </summary>
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    <Member MemberName=".ctor">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public ReferenceConverter (Type type);" />
      <MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public hidebysig specialname rtspecialname instance void .ctor(class System.Type type) cil managed" />
      <MemberType>Constructor</MemberType>
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      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="type" Type="System.Type" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <remarks>To be added</remarks>
        <summary>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.ReferenceConverter" /> class.</para>
        </summary>
        <param name="type">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />A <see cref="T:System.Type" /> that represents the type to associate with this reference converter. </param>
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    <Member MemberName="CanConvertFrom">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public override bool CanConvertFrom (System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context, Type sourceType);" />
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      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Boolean</ReturnType>
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      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="context" Type="System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" />
        <Parameter Name="sourceType" Type="System.Type" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <remarks>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>The <paramref name="context" /> parameter can be used to extract additional information about the environment this converter is being invoked from. This can be null, so always check. Also, properties on the context object can return null.</para>
        </remarks>
        <summary>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>Gets a value indicating whether this converter can convert an object in the given source type to a reference object using the specified context.</para>
        </summary>
        <returns>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>true if this object can perform the conversion; otherwise, false.</para>
        </returns>
        <param name="context">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />An <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" /> that provides a format context. </param>
        <param name="sourceType">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />A <see cref="T:System.Type" /> that represents the type you wish to convert from. </param>
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    <Member MemberName="ConvertFrom">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public override object ConvertFrom (System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture, object value);" />
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      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Object</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="context" Type="System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" />
        <Parameter Name="culture" Type="System.Globalization.CultureInfo" />
        <Parameter Name="value" Type="System.Object" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <remarks>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>The <paramref name="context" /> parameter can be used to extract additional information about the environment this converter is being invoked from. This can be null, so always check. Also, properties on the context object can return null.</para>
        </remarks>
        <summary>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>Converts the given object to the reference type.</para>
        </summary>
        <returns>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>An <see cref="T:System.Object" /> that represents the converted <paramref name="value" />.</para>
        </returns>
        <param name="context">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />An <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" /> that provides a format context. </param>
        <param name="culture">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />A <see cref="T:System.Globalization.CultureInfo" /> that specifies the culture used to represent the font. </param>
        <param name="value">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />The <see cref="T:System.Object" /> to convert. </param>
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    <Member MemberName="ConvertTo">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public override object ConvertTo (System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture, object value, Type destinationType);" />
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      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Object</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="context" Type="System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" />
        <Parameter Name="culture" Type="System.Globalization.CultureInfo" />
        <Parameter Name="value" Type="System.Object" />
        <Parameter Name="destinationType" Type="System.Type" />
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      <Docs>
        <remarks>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>This method most commonly converts types to and from string objects.</para>
          <para>The <paramref name="context" /> parameter can be used to extract additional information about the environment this converter is being invoked from. This can be null, so always check. Also, properties on the context object can return null.</para>
        </remarks>
        <summary>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>Converts the given value object to the reference type using the specified context and arguments.</para>
        </summary>
        <returns>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>The converted object.</para>
        </returns>
        <param name="context">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />An <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" /> that provides a format context. </param>
        <param name="culture">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />A <see cref="T:System.Globalization.CultureInfo" /> that specifies the culture used to represent the font. </param>
        <param name="value">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />The <see cref="T:System.Object" /> to convert. </param>
        <param name="destinationType">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />The type to convert the object to. </param>
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    <Member MemberName="GetStandardValues">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public override System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.StandardValuesCollection GetStandardValues (System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context);" />
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      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter+StandardValuesCollection</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="context" Type="System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <remarks>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>The <paramref name="context" /> parameter can be used to extract additional information about the environment this converter is being invoked from. This can be null, so always check. Also, properties on the context object can return null.</para>
        </remarks>
        <summary>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>Gets a collection of standard values for the reference data type.</para>
        </summary>
        <returns>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>A <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.StandardValuesCollection" /> that holds a standard set of valid values, or null if the data type does not support a standard set of values.</para>
        </returns>
        <param name="context">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />An <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" /> that provides a format context. </param>
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    </Member>
    <Member MemberName="GetStandardValuesExclusive">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public override bool GetStandardValuesExclusive (System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context);" />
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      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Boolean</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="context" Type="System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <remarks>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>The <paramref name="context" /> parameter can be used to extract additional information about the environment this converter is being invoked from. This can be null, so always check. Also, properties on the context object can return null.</para>
        </remarks>
        <summary>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>Gets a value indicating whether the list of standard values returned from <see cref="M:System.ComponentModel.ReferenceConverter.GetStandardValues(System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext)" /> is an exclusive list.</para>
        </summary>
        <returns>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>true because the <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.StandardValuesCollection" /> returned from <see cref="M:System.ComponentModel.ReferenceConverter.GetStandardValues(System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext)" /> is an exhaustive list of possible values. This method never returns false.</para>
        </returns>
        <param name="context">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />An <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" /> that provides a format context. </param>
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    <Member MemberName="GetStandardValuesSupported">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public override bool GetStandardValuesSupported (System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context);" />
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      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="context" Type="System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" />
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      <Docs>
        <remarks>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>The <paramref name="context" /> parameter can be used to extract additional information about the environment this converter is being invoked from. This can be null, so always check. Also, properties on the context object can return null.</para>
        </remarks>
        <summary>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>Gets a value indicating whether this object supports a standard set of values that can be picked from a list.</para>
        </summary>
        <returns>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>true because <see cref="M:System.ComponentModel.ReferenceConverter.GetStandardValues(System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext)" /> can be called to find a common set of values the object supports. This method never returns false.</para>
        </returns>
        <param name="context">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />An <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" /> that provides a format context. </param>
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    <Member MemberName="IsValueAllowed">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="protected virtual bool IsValueAllowed (System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context, object value);" />
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        <ReturnType>System.Boolean</ReturnType>
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      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="context" Type="System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" />
        <Parameter Name="value" Type="System.Object" />
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      <Docs>
        <remarks>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>This method is called for each value that matches the type associated with this <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.ReferenceConverter" /> and for each component found that is of the associated type. By default, this method returns true, that is, it allows adding the value into the standard values collection.</para>
        </remarks>
        <summary>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>Returns a value indicating whether a particular value can be added to the standard values collection.</para>
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        <returns>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>true if the value is allowed and can be added to the standard values collection; false if the value cannot be added to the standard values collection.</para>
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        <param name="context">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />An <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" /> that provides an additional context. </param>
        <param name="value">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />The value to check. </param>
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