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IElement Interface

Visual Studio 2012

The supertype of all UML types.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Uml.Classes
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Uml.Interfaces (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Uml.Interfaces.dll)

'Declaration
Public Interface IElement

The IElement type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	ApplicableStereotypes	The set of stereotypes that could be applied to this element.
	AppliedStereotypes	Each IStereotypeInstance denotes that a stereotype has been applied to this element.
	Description	The description of this element.
	OwnedComments	Gets Comments contained in this element (not comments linked to it).
	OwnedElements	Gets Elements owned by this element. Every element has one owner, except the root IModel.
	Owner	Gets the Element that owns this element. Every element except the root IModel has one owner.
	VisibleAppliedStereotypes

	Name	Description
	AddReference	Links a string to an element, usually where the string is a reference such as a URI, modelbus reference, or work item ID. Use the name to indicate the type of reference. Returns an IReference object that represents the link. (Defined by UmlExtensions.)
	ApplyStereotype	Applies the stereotype to element. Creates an IStereotypeInstance that represents the extension of the model element by the stereotype. (Defined by ProfileStereotypeExtensions.)
	Delete	Deletes this element and any relationships, owned elements, and shapes. (Defined by UmlExtensions.)
	DeleteAllReference	Remove all the references of a given tag. (Defined by UmlExtensions.)
	GetId	Gets a GUID that identifies this element. (Defined by UmlExtensions.)
	GetModelStore	Gets the IModelStore that contains this element. (Defined by UmlExtensions.)
	GetReferences	Get the IReferences of a given tag that are associated with this element. (Defined by UmlExtensions.)
	GetRelatedElements(Of T)	Gets elements related to this element by relationships of the specified type. (Defined by UmlExtensions.)
	GetRelatedLinks(Of T)	Gets relationships of a specified type from or to this element. (Defined by UmlExtensions.)
	Shapes	All the shapes that display the model element on any open diagram, or on a specified open diagram. (Defined by PresentationHelpers.)

Note
The methods defined on this type are extension methods. To use the methods, you must add a project reference to the .NET assembly Microsoft.VisualStudio.ArchitectureTools.Extensibility.dll, and you must include the directive using Microsoft.VisualStudio.ArchitectureTools.Extensibility.Uml; in your code.

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