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API Reference for Visual Studio Visualization and Modeling SDK

The Visual Studio Visualization and Modeling SDK provides the platform on which your domain-specific languages (DSL) and the UML tools are built.

Notes

For information about the UML modeling API, see API Reference for UML Modeling Extensibility. For information about text transformation, see Customizing T4 Text Transformation.

This section contains reference material for namespaces that have names that begin with "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling".

Namespace

Content

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling

Classes such as ModelElement, which is the base class of all domain classes that you define in a DSL.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Design

Classes that form part of a DSL definition.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Diagnostics

The model Store Viewer and performance measurement tools.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Diagrams

Classes such as ShapeElement, which is the base class of all shapes that you define in a DSL.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Diagrams.ExtensionEnablement

Gesture and Selection methods.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.DslDefinition

The API of the DSL Definition designer.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.DslDefinition.Design

Internal classes of the DSL Definition designer.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.DslDefinition.ExtensionEnablement

Attributes that allow you to extend the DSL designer with commands, gestures and validation.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Extensibility

Extension methods for ModelElement that implement DSL Extensibility.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.ExtensionEnablement

Extensibility attributes

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Immutability

Lets you make parts of a model read-only.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Integration

The Modelbus API, which helps you integrate different models.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Integration.Picker

The dialog box that lets users navigate to models and elements to create Modelbus references.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Integration.Picker.Hosting

The Picker service.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Integration.Shell

Modelbus adapter framework for Visual Studio.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Integration.Shell.Picker

The Picker dialog box that lets users navigate to models and elements to create Modelbus references.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Shell

The interface between DSLs and Visual Studio.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Shell.ExtensionEnablement

Lets you define shortcut (context) menu commands.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Validation

Lets you define validation constraints.

See Also

Other Resources

API Reference for UML Modeling Extensibility

Customizing T4 Text Transformation