ShapeElement.ShouldAddShapeForElement Method

Determines whether a shape should be created to represent a given domain class instance on the diagram.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Protected Overridable Function ShouldAddShapeForElement ( _
    element As ModelElement _
) As Boolean

protected virtual bool ShouldAddShapeForElement(
    ModelElement element
)

protected:
virtual bool ShouldAddShapeForElement(
    ModelElement^ element
)

abstract ShouldAddShapeForElement : 
        element:ModelElement -> bool  
override ShouldAddShapeForElement : 
        element:ModelElement -> bool

protected function ShouldAddShapeForElement(
    element : ModelElement
) : boolean

Parameters

• element
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.ModelElement

  The domain class instance.

Return Value

Type: Boolean
true if the domain class instance should be represented with a shape element; otherwise, false.

Remarks

For more information, see FixUpChildShapes.

.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

ShapeElement Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Diagrams Namespace