File: System\Windows\Controls\Primitives\IRecyclingItemContainerGenerator.cs
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//
// Description: IRecyclingItemContainerGenerator interface
//
// Spec: Item Container Recycling Spec.docx
//
 
using System;
 
namespace System.Windows.Controls.Primitives
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     Interface through which a layout element (such as a panel) marked
    ///     as an ItemsHost communicates with the ItemContainerGenerator of its
    ///     items owner.
    ///     
    ///     This interface adds the notion of recycling a container to the 
    ///     IItemContainerGenerator interface.  This is used for virtualizing
    ///     panels.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IRecyclingItemContainerGenerator : IItemContainerGenerator
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Recycle generated elements.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Equivalent to Remove() except that the Generator retains this container in a list.
        /// This container will be handed back in a future call to GenerateNext()
        ///
        /// The position must refer to a previously generated item, i.e. its
        /// Offset must be 0.
        /// </remarks>
        void Recycle(GeneratorPosition position, int count);
    }
}