IShape Interface
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.
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.ArchitectureTools.Extensibility (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.ArchitectureTools.Extensibility.dll)
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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.) |
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