ShellObjectWrapper Class

public abstract class ShellObjectWrapper : ShellObjectBase, IShellObject, IDisposable

protected ShellObjectWrapper(IShellService shellService, IShellObject wrappedShellObject)

Parameter	Type	Description
shellService	IShellService	The IShellService used to return this shell object's children.
wrappedShellObject	IShellObject	The IShellObject to be wrapped by this class.

public override bool AreChildrenLoaded { get; }

Property Value

bool:

true if the Children collection is loaded; otherwise, false.

Remarks

Since the Children collection is lazy-loaded when called, this property returns whether it has been loaded without triggering a load.

public override bool CanCreateChildFolder { get; }

Property Value

bool:

true if the shell object can create a child folder; otherwise, false.

Remarks

Only shell folders can create child folders.

public override bool CanHaveChildFolders { get; }

Property Value

bool:

true if the shell object may have child folders; otherwise, false.

Remarks

Some shell objects can immediately return that they don't have any child folders, whereas others might require a query to determine if there are any.

public override bool CanRename { get; }

Property Value

bool:

true if the shell object may be renamed; otherwise, false.

public override IList<IShellObject> Children { get; }

Property Value

IList<IShellObject>

public override string? EditingName { get; }

Property Value

string

Remarks

This value is usually the same as FileSystemPath, except that it can also return a special value to identify special shell objects.

public override ImageSource? ExtraLargeIcon { get; set; }

Property Value

ImageSource

public override ImageSource? ExtraLargeIconOverlay { get; set; }

Property Value

ImageSource

public override string? FileSystemPath { get; }

Property Value

string

public override bool IsFolder { get; }

Property Value

bool:

true if the shell object is a folder, which is anything that can contain other shell objects; otherwise, false.

public override bool IsLink { get; }

Property Value

bool:

true if the shell object is a link, meaning a shortcut to another shell object; otherwise, false.

public override bool IsRemovable { get; }

Property Value

bool:

true if the shell object is on removable media or is a removable device; otherwise, false.

public override bool IsVirtual { get; }

Property Value

bool:

true if the shell object is not part of the file system (files, directories, or root directories); otherwise, false.

public override bool IsWatching { get; }

Property Value

bool:

true if the shell object's tree hierarchy is currently watching for change notifications; otherwise, false.

public override ShellObjectKind Kind { get; }

Property Value

ShellObjectKind

public override ImageSource? LargeIcon { get; set; }

Property Value

ImageSource

public override ImageSource? LargeIconOverlay { get; set; }

Property Value

ImageSource

public override ImageSource? MediumIcon { get; set; }

Property Value

ImageSource

public override ImageSource? MediumIconOverlay { get; set; }

Property Value

ImageSource

public override string? Name { get; set; }

Property Value

string

public override string? ParsingName { get; }

Property Value

string

Remarks

This value is usually the same as FileSystemPath, except that it can also return a special syntax to identify special shell objects.

public override string? RelativeParsingName { get; }

Property Value

string

Remarks

This value is usually the same as Name, except that it can also return a special syntax to identify special shell objects.

public override ImageSource? SmallIcon { get; set; }

Property Value

ImageSource

public override ImageSource? SmallIconOverlay { get; set; }

Property Value

ImageSource

public override int SortOrder { get; set; }

Property Value

int:

A numeric sort order for sorting the shell object within other shell objects. The default value is 0.

public override SpecialFolderKind SpecialFolderKind { get; }

Property Value

SpecialFolderKind

public override object? ToolTip { get; set; }

Property Value

object

public IShellObject WrappedShellObject { get; }

Property Value

IShellObject

public override bool CreateChildFolder(string name)

Parameter	Type	Description
name	string	The name of the child folder.

Returns

bool:

true if the child folder was created; otherwise, false.

Remarks

Only shell folders can create child folders.

protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)

Parameter	Type	Description
disposing	bool	true to release both managed and unmanaged resources; false to release only unmanaged resources.

Remarks

This method is called by the public Dispose() method and the Finalize method. Dispose invokes this method with the disposing parameter set to true. Finalize invokes this method with disposing set to false.

public override void RefreshChildren()

public override bool StartWatching()

Returns

bool:

true if the shell object is watching its tree hierarchy; otherwise, false.

Remarks

The default implementation of this method does nothing, and returns false.

public override void StopWatching()

Remarks

The default implementation of this method does nothing.