Control Templates allow changing the look of the control by providing a template which will be used by the control, it is the visual structure and behavioral aspects of a Control that can be shared across multiple instances of the control. It will generally only contain TemplateBinding expressions, binding back to the properties on the control itself, while a DataTemplate will contain standard Binding expressions, binding to the properties of its DataContext.

The following are the Methods which used with ControlTemplate:

Method Name Description
Finalize Check for calling thread has access to this DispatcherObject or Not.
FindName Find element by name which defined within the template.
GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type.
ShouldSerializeVisualTree Check serialization processes should serialize the value of the VisualTree property and return value.
ToString Returns a string that represents the current object.
UnregisterName Used to removes the mapping from the XAML namescope.
ValidateTemplatedParent Checks the templated parent against a set of rules.
GetType Fetch or get the current instance.
CheckAccess Check the calling thread is access to this DispatcherObject or not.
Equals(Object) Check the object is equal to the current Object or not.
VerifyAccess Used to enforces the calling thread to access the DispatcherObject.
RegisterName Registers a new name/object pair.
ShouldSerializeResources Check serialization processes should serialize the value of the Resources property and return value.
Seal Locks the template so it cannot be changed.
MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy.
LoadContent Loads the content of the template as an instance of an object and returns the root element of the content.