DataGridView and ICustomTypeDescriptor

DataGridViewTest.cs

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace DataGridViewTest
{
    public class DataGridViewTest
    {
        class Person
        {
            public Person(string firstName, string lastName)
            {
                FirstName = firstName;
                LastName = lastName;
            }

            public string FirstName { get; set; }
            public string LastName { get; set; }
        }

        class RecordWrapper : ICustomTypeDescriptor
        {
            public RecordWrapper(Person record)
            {
                Object = record;
            }

            public Person Object { get; set; }

            AttributeCollection ICustomTypeDescriptor.GetAttributes()
            {
                return TypeDescriptor.GetAttributes(Object);
            }

            string ICustomTypeDescriptor.GetClassName()
            {
                return typeof(Person).FullName;
            }

            string ICustomTypeDescriptor.GetComponentName()
            {
                return TypeDescriptor.GetFullComponentName(Object);
            }

            TypeConverter ICustomTypeDescriptor.GetConverter()
            {
                return TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(Object);
            }

            EventDescriptor ICustomTypeDescriptor.GetDefaultEvent()
            {
                return TypeDescriptor.GetDefaultEvent(Object);
            }

            PropertyDescriptor ICustomTypeDescriptor.GetDefaultProperty()
            {
                return TypeDescriptor.GetDefaultProperty(Object);
            }

            object ICustomTypeDescriptor.GetEditor(Type editorBaseType)
            {
                return null;
            }

            EventDescriptorCollection ICustomTypeDescriptor.GetEvents(Attribute[] attributes)
            {
                return TypeDescriptor.GetEvents(Object, attributes);
            }

            EventDescriptorCollection ICustomTypeDescriptor.GetEvents()
            {
                return TypeDescriptor.GetEvents(Object);
            }

            PropertyDescriptorCollection ICustomTypeDescriptor.GetProperties(Attribute[] attributes)
            {
                return TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(Object, attributes);
            }

            PropertyDescriptorCollection ICustomTypeDescriptor.GetProperties()
            {
                return TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(Object);
            }

            object ICustomTypeDescriptor.GetPropertyOwner(PropertyDescriptor pd)
            {
                return Object;
            }
        }

        class TestForm : Form
        {
            SplitContainer splitContainer;

            public TestForm()
            {
                splitContainer = new SplitContainer();
                splitContainer.Orientation = Orientation.Horizontal;
                splitContainer.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
                Controls.Add(splitContainer);

                List<Person> records = new List<Person>();
                records.Add(new Person("Jane", "Doe"));
                records.Add(new Person("John", "Doe"));

                DataGridView dataGridView1 = CreateDataGridView();
                splitContainer.Panel1.Controls.Add(dataGridView1);
                dataGridView1.DataSource = records;

                List<RecordWrapper> wrappedRecords = new List<RecordWrapper>();
                foreach (Person record in records)
                    wrappedRecords.Add(new RecordWrapper(record));

                DataGridView dataGridView2 = CreateDataGridView();
                splitContainer.Panel2.Controls.Add(dataGridView2);
                dataGridView2.DataSource = wrappedRecords;
            }

            DataGridView CreateDataGridView()
            {
                DataGridView dataGridView = new DataGridView();
                DataGridViewTextBoxColumn columnA = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
                DataGridViewTextBoxColumn columnB = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();

                dataGridView.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
                dataGridView.AutoGenerateColumns = false;
                dataGridView.Columns.Add(columnA);
                dataGridView.Columns.Add(columnB);

                columnA.HeaderText = "First Name";
                columnA.ReadOnly = true;
                columnA.DataPropertyName = "FirstName";

                columnB.HeaderText = "Last Name";
                columnB.DataPropertyName = "LastName";

                return dataGridView;
            }
        }

        public static void Main()
        {
            Application.Run(new TestForm());
        }
    }
}