Initiate Method

Initiates the binding on a target object.

Definition

Namespace: Avalonia.Data
Assembly: Avalonia.Markup (in Avalonia.Markup.dll)

C#

public InstancedBinding? Initiate(
	AvaloniaObject target,
	AvaloniaProperty? targetProperty,
	Object? anchor = null,
	bool enableDataValidation = false
)

VB

Public Function Initiate ( 
	target As AvaloniaObject,
	targetProperty As AvaloniaProperty,
	Optional anchor As Object = Nothing,
	Optional enableDataValidation As Boolean = false
) As InstancedBinding

F#

abstract Initiate : 
        target : AvaloniaObject * 
        targetProperty : AvaloniaProperty * 
        ?anchor : Object * 
        ?enableDataValidation : bool 
(* Defaults:
        let _anchor = defaultArg anchor null
        let _enableDataValidation = defaultArg enableDataValidation false
*)
-> InstancedBinding 
override Initiate : 
        target : AvaloniaObject * 
        targetProperty : AvaloniaProperty * 
        ?anchor : Object * 
        ?enableDataValidation : bool 
(* Defaults:
        let _anchor = defaultArg anchor null
        let _enableDataValidation = defaultArg enableDataValidation false
*)
-> InstancedBinding 

Parameters

  AvaloniaObject

The target instance.

  AvaloniaProperty

The target property. May be null.

  Object  (Optional)

An optional anchor from which to locate required context. When binding to objects that are not in the logical tree, certain types of binding need an anchor into the tree in order to locate named controls or resources. The anchor parameter can be used to provide this context.

  Boolean  (Optional)

Whether data validation should be enabled.

Return Value

InstancedBinding
A InstancedBinding or null if the binding could not be resolved.

Implements

IBinding.Initiate(AvaloniaObject, AvaloniaProperty, Object, Boolean)

See Also

Reference

MultiBinding Class
Avalonia.Data Namespace