IShape Interface

Article
09/30/2015

A shape on a diagram that shows a view of an element in a model. Some types of model element can have more than one shape. Some shapes are composed of other shapes. For example, a class shape contains shapes for each attribute and operation. Shapes have graphical properties such as color and position.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.ArchitectureTools.Extensibility.Presentation
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.ArchitectureTools.Extensibility (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.ArchitectureTools.Extensibility.dll)

Syntax

public interface IShape

public interface class IShape

type IShape = interface end

Public Interface IShape

Properties

	Name	Description
	ChildShapes	Shapes that are contained within this shape. For example, the attribute and operation rows of a class shape; class shapes contained inside a package shape; ports and parts inside a component. For each ChildShape, ParentShape == this.
	Color	Gets or sets the color of the shape.
	Diagram	The diagram that contains this shape.
	Height
	ParentShape	The shape that contains this shape, or null. If ParentShape is not null, this shape is a member of ParentShape.ChildShapes.
	Width
	XPosition
	YPosition

Methods

	Name	Description
	Delete()	Removes the shape from the diagram. This might or might not remove from the model the element that the shape displays. For example, removing a class shape from a class diagram does not remove the UML class from the model.
	GetObject<T>()	Gets the model element represented by this shape. Supply the type of the result that you want.
	Move(Double, Double, Double, Double)	Changes the position and size of the shape.
	ToIShape<T>()	Cast to a type that specifies the type of the element that the shape represents.

Extension Methods

	Name	Description
	GetChildShapes<T>()	Get child shapes that display the specified type of model element.(Defined by PresentationHelpers.)
	GetElement()	The model element that this shape represents.(Defined by IShapeExtensions.)

Remarks

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