File: System\Windows\Forms\ControlMutationExtensions.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.
 
namespace System.Windows.Forms;
 
using System.ComponentModel;
 
#if NET11_0_OR_GREATER
/// <summary>
///  Provides extension methods for batching synchronous WinForms UI mutations.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
///  <para>
///   Each <c>SuspendPainting</c> overload returns an <see cref="IDisposable"/> scope that resumes
///   painting (and any suspended layout) when disposed. The scope is a reference type rather than a
///   <c>ref struct</c>, so it can span an <see langword="await"/> in an asynchronous UI event handler
///   (for example, suspending painting for the duration of an async data reload). Disposal is
///   idempotent: disposing a scope more than once resumes painting only once.
///  </para>
/// </remarks>
public static class ControlMutationExtensions
{
    /// <summary>
    ///  Suspends painting for the specified target until the returned scope is disposed.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="target">The target whose painting should be suspended.</param>
    /// <returns>An <see cref="IDisposable"/> scope that resumes painting when disposed.</returns>
    public static IDisposable SuspendPainting(this ISupportSuspendPainting target)
        => new SuspendPaintingScope(target);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Suspends painting and the selected layout work until the returned scope is disposed.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="target">The target whose painting and layout should be suspended.</param>
    /// <param name="layoutSuspendTraversal">
    ///  A value that specifies which controls in the target's control tree should suspend layout.
    /// </param>
    /// <returns>An <see cref="IDisposable"/> scope that resumes layout and painting when disposed.</returns>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="target"/> is <see langword="null"/>.</exception>
    /// <exception cref="InvalidEnumArgumentException">
    ///  <paramref name="layoutSuspendTraversal"/> is not a valid <see cref="LayoutSuspendTraversal"/> value.
    /// </exception>
    /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException"><paramref name="target"/> is not a <see cref="Control"/>.</exception>
    public static IDisposable SuspendPainting(
        this ISupportSuspendPainting target,
        LayoutSuspendTraversal layoutSuspendTraversal)
        => new SuspendPaintingScope(target, layoutSuspendTraversal);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Suspends painting and layout for selected controls until the returned scope is disposed.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="target">The target whose painting and selected layout should be suspended.</param>
    /// <param name="suspendLayoutContainerFilter">
    ///  A predicate that returns <see langword="true"/> for each control whose layout should be suspended.
    /// </param>
    /// <returns>An <see cref="IDisposable"/> scope that resumes layout and painting when disposed.</returns>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
    ///  <paramref name="target"/> or <paramref name="suspendLayoutContainerFilter"/> is <see langword="null"/>.
    /// </exception>
    /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException"><paramref name="target"/> is not a <see cref="Control"/>.</exception>
    public static IDisposable SuspendPainting(
        this ISupportSuspendPainting target,
        Func<Control, bool> suspendLayoutContainerFilter)
        => new SuspendPaintingScope(target, suspendLayoutContainerFilter);
}
#endif