ProtoElement Class

Represents the prototype class for an element.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SerializableAttribute> _
Public NotInheritable Class ProtoElement _
    Inherits ProtoElementBase _
    Implements ISerializable
'Usage
Dim instance As ProtoElement
[SerializableAttribute]
public sealed class ProtoElement : ProtoElementBase, 
    ISerializable
[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class ProtoElement sealed : public ProtoElementBase, 
    ISerializable
public final class ProtoElement extends ProtoElementBase implements ISerializable

Remarks

A prototype is a compressed, serializable version of an element. A prototype is aware of what properties that element contains so that it can be deserialized into another store.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.ProtoElementBase
    Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.ProtoElement

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

ProtoElement Members

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling Namespace