LifelineExtensions Class

Extension methods for ILifeline.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.ArchitectureTools.Extensibility.Uml.LifelineExtensions

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.ArchitectureTools.Extensibility.Uml
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.ArchitectureTools.Extensibility (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.ArchitectureTools.Extensibility.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public NotInheritable Class LifelineExtensions

public static class LifelineExtensions

[ExtensionAttribute]
public ref class LifelineExtensions abstract sealed

[<AbstractClass>]
[<Sealed>]
type LifelineExtensions =  class end

public final class LifelineExtensions

The LifelineExtensions type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	FindInsertionPoint(ILifeline, IExecutionSpecification)	Returns an insertion point at the beginning (top) of an Execution Specification. Use this to add the first message to or from the Execution Specification.
	FindInsertionPoint(ILifeline, IInteractionOperand)	Returns an insertion point at the beginning (top) of an Interaction Operand. Use this to add the first message inside the Interaction Operand.
	FindInsertionPointAfterCombinedFragment	Returns an insertion point immediately after the given Combined Fragment
	FindInsertionPointAfterExecutionSpecification	Returns an insertion point on this lifeline immediately after the given Execution Specification.
	FindInsertionPointAfterInteractionUse	Returns an insertion point immediately after the given Interaction Use.
	FindInsertionPointAfterMessage	Returns an insertion point on this lifeline immediately after the given message.
	FindInsertionPointAtBottom	The insertion point at the bottom of the lifeline
	FindInsertionPointAtTop	The insertion point at the top of the lifeline.
	GetAllIncomingMessages	All messages incoming to the lifeline or any Execution Specification on the lifeline
	GetAllOutgoingMessages	All messages outgoing from the lifeline or from any ExecutionSpecification on the lifeline
	GetCombinedFragments	The collection of Combined Fragments that contain messages starting or ending on this lifeline, or that contain Interaction Uses or nested fragments that cover this Lifeline.
	GetDisplayName	Get the lifeline name or name and type, as displayed on the diagram.
	GetExecutionSpecifications	The top level Execution Specification blocks on the lifeline
	GetInstanceType	Get the type name.
	GetOutgoingMessages	The top level outgoing messages outgoing from the Lifeline, not from any Execution Specification.
	SetInstanceType	Set the type name.

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Remarks

For more information about UML diagrams, see Developing Models for Software Design.

For more information about using the UML API, see Extending UML Models and Diagrams.

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

Microsoft.VisualStudio.ArchitectureTools.Extensibility.Uml Namespace