Lets the user browse or search for an information link.

Creates a DataSourceConnection, using the specified serviceProvider and the settings in this data source instance. If needed, and allowed by the current prompt mode, the user may be prompted for additional settings.

Creates a DataSourceConnection, using the specified serviceProvider and the settings in this data source instance. If needed, and allowed by the current prompt mode, the user may be prompted for additional settings.

Creates a DataSourceConnection, using the specified serviceProvider and the settings in this data source instance. If needed, and allowed by the current prompt mode, the user may be prompted for additional settings.

Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.

Call this method with a search expression to get a collection of InformationLinkDescriptors matching the expression.

Create detail information for the DataSource. See DataHistoryBuilder for more information on how to add detailed information to the data history.

Get an InformationLinkDescriptor corresponding to given identifier.

Get an InformationLinkDescriptor corresponding to given identifier.

Convenience method to fetch a service for inheritors.

Gets the Type of the current instance.

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

Override this method to indicate whether the data source supports prompting using a web UI.