Depends Class

Provides a way to specify dependencies of a method to properties or chains of properties. This class should be used from methods marked with the SafeForDependencyAnalysisAttribute custom attribute.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
PostSharp.Patterns.Model.Depends

Namespace: PostSharp.Patterns.Model
Assembly: PostSharp.Patterns.Model (in PostSharp.Patterns.Model.dll) Version: 2023.0.3.0 (2023.0.3.0)

Syntax

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public static class Depends

The Depends type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	On(Object)	Specifies an explicit dependency between the calling method and the argument passed to this method.
	On(Object, Object)	Specifies an explicit dependency between the calling method and the arguments passed to this method.
	On(Object, Object, Object)	Specifies an explicit dependency between the calling method and the arguments passed to this method.
	On(Object, Object, Object, Object)	Specifies an explicit dependency between the calling method and the arguments passed to this method.
	On(Object, Object, Object, Object, Object)	Specifies an explicit dependency between the calling method and the arguments passed to this method.
	On(Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object)	Specifies an explicit dependency between the calling method and the arguments passed to this method.
	On(Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object)	Specifies an explicit dependency between the calling method and the arguments passed to this method.
	On(Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object)	Specifies an explicit dependency between the calling method and the arguments passed to this method.
	On(Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object)	Specifies an explicit dependency between the calling method and the arguments passed to this method.
	On(Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object)	Specifies an explicit dependency between the calling method and the arguments passed to this method.

Fields

	Name	Description
	Guard	A Boolean value that is always false.

Remarks

Members of this class are considered metadata-only. They are used only at build time, where their arguments are decompiled. They have no runtime effect. For performance reason, it is preferable to skip their runtime execution. This can be achieved by using the Guard field in the construct:

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if ( Depends.Guard )
{
  Depends.On(this.foo.Bar);
}

Reference

PostSharp.Patterns.Model Namespace

Other Resources

Conceptual: Handling Corner Cases of the NotifyPropertyChanged Aspect