File: System\Drawing\Design\IToolboxService.cs
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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
#nullable disable
 
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel.Design;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
namespace System.Drawing.Design;
 
/// <summary>
///  Provides access to the toolbox in the development environment.
/// </summary>
[ComImport]
[Guid("4BACD258-DE64-4048-BC4E-FEDBEF9ACB76")]
[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
public interface IToolboxService
{
    /// <summary>
    ///  Gets the names of all the tool categories currently on the toolbox.
    /// </summary>
    CategoryNameCollection CategoryNames { get; }
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Gets the name of the currently selected tool category from the toolbox.
    /// </summary>
    string SelectedCategory { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Adds a new toolbox item creator.
    /// </summary>
    void AddCreator(ToolboxItemCreatorCallback creator, string format);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Adds a new toolbox item creator.
    /// </summary>
    void AddCreator(ToolboxItemCreatorCallback creator, string format, IDesignerHost host);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Adds a new tool to the toolbox under the default category.
    /// </summary>
    void AddLinkedToolboxItem(ToolboxItem toolboxItem, IDesignerHost host);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Adds a new tool to the toolbox under the specified category.
    /// </summary>
    void AddLinkedToolboxItem(ToolboxItem toolboxItem, string category, IDesignerHost host);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Adds a new tool to the toolbox under the default category.
    /// </summary>
    void AddToolboxItem(ToolboxItem toolboxItem);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Adds a new tool to the toolbox under the specified category.
    /// </summary>
    void AddToolboxItem(ToolboxItem toolboxItem, string category);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Gets a toolbox item from a previously serialized object.
    /// </summary>
    ToolboxItem DeserializeToolboxItem(object serializedObject);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Gets a toolbox item from a previously serialized object.
    /// </summary>
    ToolboxItem DeserializeToolboxItem(object serializedObject, IDesignerHost host);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Get the currently selected tool.
    /// </summary>
    ToolboxItem GetSelectedToolboxItem();
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Get the currently selected tool.
    /// </summary>
    ToolboxItem GetSelectedToolboxItem(IDesignerHost host);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Gets all .NET tools on the toolbox.
    /// </summary>
    ToolboxItemCollection GetToolboxItems();
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Gets all .NET tools on the toolbox.
    /// </summary>
    ToolboxItemCollection GetToolboxItems(IDesignerHost host);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Gets all .NET tools on the toolbox for specific category.
    /// </summary>
    ToolboxItemCollection GetToolboxItems(string category);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Gets all .NET tools on the toolbox for specific category.
    /// </summary>
    ToolboxItemCollection GetToolboxItems(string category, IDesignerHost host);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Determines if the given designer host contains a designer that supports the serialized
    ///  toolbox item. This will return false if the designer doesn't support the item, or if the
    ///  serializedObject parameter does not contain a toolbox item.
    /// </summary>
    bool IsSupported(object serializedObject, IDesignerHost host);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Determines if the serialized toolbox item contains a matching collection of filter attributes.
    ///  This will return false if the serializedObject parameter doesn't contain a toolbox item,
    ///  or if the collection of filter attributes does not match.
    /// </summary>
    bool IsSupported(object serializedObject, ICollection filterAttributes);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Gets a value indicating whether the specified object contains a serialized toolbox item.
    /// </summary>
    bool IsToolboxItem(object serializedObject);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Gets a value indicating whether the specified object contains a serialized toolbox item.
    /// </summary>
    bool IsToolboxItem(object serializedObject, IDesignerHost host);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Refreshes the state of the toolbox items.
    /// </summary>
    void Refresh();
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Removes a previously added toolbox creator.
    /// </summary>
    void RemoveCreator(string format);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Removes a previously added toolbox creator.
    /// </summary>
    void RemoveCreator(string format, IDesignerHost host);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Removes the specified tool from the toolbox.
    /// </summary>
    void RemoveToolboxItem(ToolboxItem toolboxItem);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Removes the specified tool from the toolbox.
    /// </summary>
    void RemoveToolboxItem(ToolboxItem toolboxItem, string category);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Notifies the toolbox that the selected tool has been used.
    /// </summary>
    void SelectedToolboxItemUsed();
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Takes the given toolbox item and serializes it to a persistent object. This object can then
    ///  be stored in a stream or passed around in a drag and drop or clipboard operation.
    /// </summary>
    object SerializeToolboxItem(ToolboxItem toolboxItem);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Sets the current application's cursor to a cursor that represents the
    ///  currently selected tool.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>bool</returns>
    bool SetCursor();
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Sets the currently selected tool in the toolbox.
    /// </summary>
    void SetSelectedToolboxItem(ToolboxItem toolboxItem);
}