ShapeGeometry Class

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Represents the geometry for a shape or connector.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class ShapeGeometry _
    Implements IDisposable

'Usage
Dim instance As ShapeGeometry

public abstract class ShapeGeometry : IDisposable

public ref class ShapeGeometry abstract : IDisposable

public abstract class ShapeGeometry implements IDisposable

Remarks

This class and its derivatives deal with operations and calculations associated with the outline of the shape. There is a subclass for each of the major kinds of shape, such as ImageShapeGeometry, CompartmentShapeGeometry, and LinkShapeGeometry. By default, your shape or connector class is associated with one of these standard geometry classes.

To override functions of ShapeGeometry:

  • Create your own class derived from one of the standard subclasses of ShapeGeometry. Do not add state variables to this class.

  • In your shape class, override the ShapeGeometry property to return an instance of your ShapeGeometry subclass.

ShapeGeometry is a lightweight class – it has no state, so that you can share an instance between all the instances of a shape class.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Diagrams.ShapeGeometry
    Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Diagrams.LinkShapeGeometry
    Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Diagrams.NodeShapeGeometry

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

ShapeGeometry Members

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Diagrams Namespace

Change History

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History

Reason

Added descriptions of class and members.

Information enhancement.