Geometry Class
Definition
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Classes that derive from this abstract base class define geometric shapes. Geometry objects can be used for clipping, hit-testing, and rendering 2-D graphic data.
public ref class Geometry abstract : System::Windows::Media::Animation::Animatable, IFormattable[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.Windows.Media.GeometryConverter))]
[System.Windows.Localizability(System.Windows.LocalizationCategory.None, Readability=System.Windows.Readability.Unreadable)]
public abstract class Geometry : System.Windows.Media.Animation.Animatable, IFormattable[<System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.Windows.Media.GeometryConverter))>]
[<System.Windows.Localizability(System.Windows.LocalizationCategory.None, Readability=System.Windows.Readability.Unreadable)>]
type Geometry = class
inherit Animatable
interface IFormattable
interface DUCE.IResource[<System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.Windows.Media.GeometryConverter))>]
[<System.Windows.Localizability(System.Windows.LocalizationCategory.None, Readability=System.Windows.Readability.Unreadable)>]
type Geometry = class
inherit Animatable
interface IFormattablePublic MustInherit Class Geometry
Inherits Animatable
Implements IFormattable- Inheritance
- Derived
- Attributes
- Implements
Remarks
Geometry Compared to Shape
The System.Windows.Shapes.Shape class has a Fill, Stroke, and other rendering properties that Geometry and its derived classes lack. The Shape class is a FrameworkElement and therefore participates in the layout system; its derived classes can be used as the content of any element that supports UIElement children.
The Geometry class, on the other hand, simply defines the geometry of a shape, and cannot render itself. Because of its simplicity, it has a wider range of uses.
Freezable Features: Because it inherits from the Freezable class, the Geometry class provides several special features: Geometry objects can be declared as resources, shared among multiple objects, made read-only to improve performance, cloned, and made thread-safe. For more information about the different features provided by Freezable objects, see Freezable Objects Overview.
Notes to Implementers
Although this class is abstract, it is not publicly extensible.
Fields
| TransformProperty |
Identifies the Transform dependency property. |
Properties
| Bounds |
Gets a Rect that specifies the axis-aligned bounding box of the Geometry. |
| CanFreeze |
Gets a value that indicates whether the object can be made unmodifiable. (Inherited from Freezable) |
| DependencyObjectType |
Gets the DependencyObjectType that wraps the CLR type of this instance. (Inherited from DependencyObject) |
| Dispatcher |
Gets the Dispatcher this DispatcherObject is associated with. (Inherited from DispatcherObject) |
| Empty |
Gets an empty object. |
| HasAnimatedProperties |
Gets a value that indicates whether one or more AnimationClock objects is associated with any of this object's dependency properties. (Inherited from Animatable) |
| IsFrozen |
Gets a value that indicates whether the object is currently modifiable. (Inherited from Freezable) |
| IsSealed |
Gets a value that indicates whether this instance is currently sealed (read-only). (Inherited from DependencyObject) |
| StandardFlatteningTolerance |
Gets the standard tolerance used for polygonal approximation. |
| Transform |
Methods
| ApplyAnimationClock(DependencyProperty, AnimationClock) |
Applies an AnimationClock to the specified DependencyProperty. If the property is already animated, the SnapshotAndReplace handoff behavior is used. (Inherited from Animatable) |
| ApplyAnimationClock(DependencyProperty, AnimationClock, HandoffBehavior) |
Applies an AnimationClock to the specified DependencyProperty. If the property is already animated, the specified HandoffBehavior is used. (Inherited from Animatable) |
| BeginAnimation(DependencyProperty, AnimationTimeline) |
Applies an animation to the specified DependencyProperty. The animation is started when the next frame is rendered. If the specified property is already animated, the SnapshotAndReplace handoff behavior is used. (Inherited from Animatable) |
| BeginAnimation(DependencyProperty, AnimationTimeline, HandoffBehavior) |
Applies an animation to the specified DependencyProperty. The animation is started when the next frame is rendered. If the specified property is already animated, the specified HandoffBehavior is used. (Inherited from Animatable) |
| CheckAccess() |
Determines whether the calling thread has access to this DispatcherObject. (Inherited from DispatcherObject) |
| ClearValue(DependencyProperty) |
Clears the local value of a property. The property to be cleared is specified by a DependencyProperty identifier. (Inherited from DependencyObject) |
| ClearValue(DependencyPropertyKey) |
Clears the local value of a read-only property. The property to be cleared is specified by a DependencyPropertyKey. (Inherited from DependencyObject) |
| Clone() |
Creates a modifiable clone of the Geometry, making deep copies of the object's values. When copying dependency properties, this method copies resource references and data bindings (but they might no longer resolve) but not animations or their current values. |
| CloneCore(Freezable) |
Makes the instance a clone (deep copy) of the specified Freezable using base (non-animated) property values. (Inherited from Freezable) |
| CloneCurrentValue() |
Creates a modifiable clone of the Geometry object, making deep copies of the object's current values. Resource references, data bindings, and animations are not copied, but their current values are. |
| CloneCurrentValueCore(Freezable) |
Makes the instance a modifiable clone (deep copy) of the specified Freezable using current property values. (Inherited from Freezable) |
| CoerceValue(DependencyProperty) |
Coerces the value of the specified dependency property. This is accomplished by invoking any CoerceValueCallback function specified in property metadata for the dependency property as it exists on the calling DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject) |
| Combine(Geometry, Geometry, GeometryCombineMode, Transform) |
Combines the two geometries using the specified GeometryCombineMode and applies the specified transform to the resulting geometry. |
| Combine(Geometry, Geometry, GeometryCombineMode, Transform, Double, ToleranceType) |
Combines the two geometries using the specified GeometryCombineMode and tolerance factor, and applies the specified transform to the resulting geometry. |
| CreateInstance() |
Initializes a new instance of the Freezable class. (Inherited from Freezable) |
| CreateInstanceCore() |
When implemented in a derived class, creates a new instance of the Freezable derived class. (Inherited from Freezable) |
| Equals(Object) |
Determines whether a provided DependencyObject is equivalent to the current DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject) |
| FillContains(Geometry) |
Indicates whether the current geometry completely contains the specified Geometry. |
| FillContains(Geometry, Double, ToleranceType) |
Indicates whether the current geometry contains the specified Geometry, given the specified margin of error. |
| FillContains(Point) |
Indicates whether the geometry contains the specified Point. |
| FillContains(Point, Double, ToleranceType) |
Indicates whether the geometry contains the specified Point, given the specified margin of error. |
| FillContainsWithDetail(Geometry) |
Returns a value that describes the intersection between the current geometry and the specified geometry. |
| FillContainsWithDetail(Geometry, Double, ToleranceType) |
Returns a value that describes the intersection between the current geometry and the specified geometry, given the specified margin of error. |
| Freeze() |
Makes the current object unmodifiable and sets its IsFrozen property to |
| FreezeCore(Boolean) |
Makes this Animatable object unmodifiable or determines whether it can be made unmodifiable. (Inherited from Animatable) |
| GetAnimationBaseValue(DependencyProperty) |
Returns the non-animated value of the specified DependencyProperty. (Inherited from Animatable) |
| GetArea() |
Gets the area of the filled region of the Geometry object. |
| GetArea(Double, ToleranceType) |
Gets the area, within the specified tolerance, of the filled region of the Geometry object. |
| GetAsFrozen() |
Creates a frozen copy of the Freezable, using base (non-animated) property values. Because the copy is frozen, any frozen sub-objects are copied by reference. (Inherited from Freezable) |
| GetAsFrozenCore(Freezable) |
Makes the instance a frozen clone of the specified Freezable using base (non-animated) property values. (Inherited from Freezable) |
| GetCurrentValueAsFrozen() |
Creates a frozen copy of the Freezable using current property values. Because the copy is frozen, any frozen sub-objects are copied by reference. (Inherited from Freezable) |
| GetCurrentValueAsFrozenCore(Freezable) |
Makes the current instance a frozen clone of the specified Freezable. If the object has animated dependency properties, their current animated values are copied. (Inherited from Freezable) |
| GetFlattenedPathGeometry() |
Gets a PathGeometry that is a polygonal approximation of the Geometry object. |
| GetFlattenedPathGeometry(Double, ToleranceType) |
Gets a PathGeometry, within the specified tolerance, that is a polygonal approximation of the Geometry object. |
| GetHashCode() |
Gets a hash code for this DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject) |
| GetLocalValueEnumerator() |
Creates a specialized enumerator for determining which dependency properties have locally set values on this DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject) |
| GetOutlinedPathGeometry() |
Gets a PathGeometry that is a simplified outline of the filled region of the Geometry. |
| GetOutlinedPathGeometry(Double, ToleranceType) |
Gets a PathGeometry, within the specified tolerance, that is a simplified outline of the filled region of the Geometry. |
| GetRenderBounds(Pen) |
Returns an axis-aligned rectangle that is exactly large enough to contain the geometry after it has been outlined with the specified Pen. |
| GetRenderBounds(Pen, Double, ToleranceType) |
Returns an axis-aligned rectangle that is exactly large enough to contain the geometry after it has been outlined with the specified Pen, given the specified tolerance factor. |
| GetType() |
Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object) |
| GetValue(DependencyProperty) |
Returns the current effective value of a dependency property on this instance of a DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject) |
| GetWidenedPathGeometry(Pen) |
Gets a PathGeometry that is the shape defined by the stroke on the Geometry produced by the specified Pen. |
| GetWidenedPathGeometry(Pen, Double, ToleranceType) |
Gets a PathGeometry that is the shape defined by the stroke on the Geometry produced by the specified Pen, given the specified tolerance factor. |
| InvalidateProperty(DependencyProperty) |
Re-evaluates the effective value for the specified dependency property. (Inherited from DependencyObject) |
| IsEmpty() |
Determines whether the object is empty. |
| MayHaveCurves() |
Determines whether the object might have curved segments. |
| MemberwiseClone() |
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object) |
| OnChanged() |
Called when the current Freezable object is modified. (Inherited from Freezable) |
| OnFreezablePropertyChanged(DependencyObject, DependencyObject) |
Ensures that appropriate context pointers are established for a DependencyObjectType data member that has just been set. (Inherited from Freezable) |
| OnFreezablePropertyChanged(DependencyObject, DependencyObject, DependencyProperty) |
This member supports the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. (Inherited from Freezable) |
| OnPropertyChanged(DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs) |
Overrides the DependencyObject implementation of OnPropertyChanged(DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs) to also invoke any Changed handlers in response to a changing dependency property of type Freezable. (Inherited from Freezable) |
| Parse(String) |
Creates a new Geometry instance from the specified string using the current culture. |
| ReadLocalValue(DependencyProperty) |
Returns the local value of a dependency property, if it exists. (Inherited from DependencyObject) |
| ReadPreamble() |
Ensures that the Freezable is being accessed from a valid thread. Inheritors of Freezable must call this method at the beginning of any API that reads data members that are not dependency properties. (Inherited from Freezable) |
| SetCurrentValue(DependencyProperty, Object) |
Sets the value of a dependency property without changing its value source. (Inherited from DependencyObject) |
| SetValue(DependencyProperty, Object) |
Sets the local value of a dependency property, specified by its dependency property identifier. (Inherited from DependencyObject) |
| SetValue(DependencyPropertyKey, Object) |
Sets the local value of a read-only dependency property, specified by the DependencyPropertyKey identifier of the dependency property. (Inherited from DependencyObject) |
| ShouldSerializeProperty(DependencyProperty) |
Returns a value that indicates whether serialization processes should serialize the value for the provided dependency property. (Inherited from DependencyObject) |
| ShouldSerializeTransform() |
Gets a value that indicates whether the value of the Transform property should be serialized. |
| StrokeContains(Pen, Point) |
Determines whether the specified Point is contained in the stroke produced by applying the specified Pen to the geometry. |
| StrokeContains(Pen, Point, Double, ToleranceType) |
Determines whether the specified Point is contained in the stroke produced by applying the specified Pen to the geometry, given the specified margin of error. |
| StrokeContainsWithDetail(Pen, Geometry) |
Returns a value that describes the intersection between the specified Geometry and the stroke created by applying the specified Pen to the current geometry. |
| StrokeContainsWithDetail(Pen, Geometry, Double, ToleranceType) |
Gets a value that describes the intersection between the specified Geometry and the stroke created by applying the specified Pen to the current geometry, given the specified margin of error. |
| ToString() |
Creates a string representation of the object based on the current culture. |
| ToString(IFormatProvider) |
Creates a string representation of the object using the specified culture-specific formatting information. |
| VerifyAccess() |
Enforces that the calling thread has access to this DispatcherObject. (Inherited from DispatcherObject) |
| WritePostscript() |
Raises the Changed event for the Freezable and invokes its OnChanged() method. Classes that derive from Freezable should call this method at the end of any API that modifies class members that are not stored as dependency properties. (Inherited from Freezable) |
| WritePreamble() |
Verifies that the Freezable is not frozen and that it is being accessed from a valid threading context. Freezable inheritors should call this method at the beginning of any API that writes to data members that are not dependency properties. (Inherited from Freezable) |
Events
| Changed |
Occurs when the Freezable or an object it contains is modified. (Inherited from Freezable) |
Explicit Interface Implementations
| IFormattable.ToString(String, IFormatProvider) |
Formats the value of the current instance using the specified format. |
