GraphCategory Class

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Graph Categories are used to specify category information on a GraphObject, like nodes and links.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.GraphModel.GraphMetadataContainer
    Microsoft.VisualStudio.GraphModel.GraphCategory

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.GraphModel
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.GraphModel (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.GraphModel.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class GraphCategory _
    Inherits GraphMetadataContainer

public class GraphCategory : GraphMetadataContainer

public ref class GraphCategory : public GraphMetadataContainer

type GraphCategory =  
    class 
        inherit GraphMetadataContainer 
    end

public class GraphCategory extends GraphMetadataContainer

The GraphCategory type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	BasedOnCategory	Get/Set the base category or null
	DefaultCallback	(Inherited from GraphMetadataContainer.)
	Id	Unique id of this GraphCategory

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Methods

	Name	Description
	CreateDefaultMetadata	(Inherited from GraphMetadataContainer.)
	Equals	Determines of a passed in category is equivalent to this one (Overrides Object.Equals(Object).)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	The hash code of the category (Overrides Object.GetHashCode().)
	GetLabelOrId	Return the Label of this GraphCategory or else return the ID if no label was set
	GetMetadata	Gets the graph specific metadata that describes this object. (Inherited from GraphMetadataContainer.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	IsBasedOn	Determines if this category is based upon the specified category. Walks the entire "BasedOn" chain looking for the specified category.
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	The Id of the category (Overrides Object.ToString().)

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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.GraphModel Namespace