ElementTypeDescriptionProvider.CreateTypeDescriptor Method (ICustomTypeDescriptor, ModelElement)

Creates a custom type descriptor.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Design
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.11.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Protected Overridable Function CreateTypeDescriptor ( _
    parent As ICustomTypeDescriptor, _
    element As ModelElement _
) As ElementTypeDescriptor

protected virtual ElementTypeDescriptor CreateTypeDescriptor(
    ICustomTypeDescriptor parent,
    ModelElement element
)

protected:
virtual ElementTypeDescriptor^ CreateTypeDescriptor(
    ICustomTypeDescriptor^ parent, 
    ModelElement^ element
)

abstract CreateTypeDescriptor : 
        parent:ICustomTypeDescriptor * 
        element:ModelElement -> ElementTypeDescriptor  
override CreateTypeDescriptor : 
        parent:ICustomTypeDescriptor * 
        element:ModelElement -> ElementTypeDescriptor

protected function CreateTypeDescriptor(
    parent : ICustomTypeDescriptor, 
    element : ModelElement
) : ElementTypeDescriptor

Parameters

• parent
  Type: ICustomTypeDescriptor

  The parent type descriptor.

• element
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.ModelElement

  The object for which to retrieve the type descriptor.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Design.ElementTypeDescriptor
A new custom type descriptor.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	element is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

ElementTypeDescriptionProvider Class

CreateTypeDescriptor Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Design Namespace