ModelElement.CanMerge Method

Verifies whether a source element can be added to this element.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.12.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.12.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Protected Overridable Function CanMerge ( _
    rootElement As ProtoElementBase, _
    elementGroupPrototype As ElementGroupPrototype _
) As Boolean

protected virtual bool CanMerge(
    ProtoElementBase rootElement,
    ElementGroupPrototype elementGroupPrototype
)

protected:
virtual bool CanMerge(
    ProtoElementBase^ rootElement, 
    ElementGroupPrototype^ elementGroupPrototype
)

abstract CanMerge : 
        rootElement:ProtoElementBase * 
        elementGroupPrototype:ElementGroupPrototype -> bool  
override CanMerge : 
        rootElement:ProtoElementBase * 
        elementGroupPrototype:ElementGroupPrototype -> bool

protected function CanMerge(
    rootElement : ProtoElementBase, 
    elementGroupPrototype : ElementGroupPrototype
) : boolean

Parameters

• rootElement
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.ProtoElementBase

  The root ProtoElement representing a source element. If this is null, the ElementGroupPrototype does not contain any ProtoElements and the code should inspect the ElementGroupPrototype context information.

• elementGroupPrototype
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.ElementGroupPrototype

  The ElementGroupPrototype that contains the root ProtoElement.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the source element represented by the ProtoElement can be added to this target element; otherwise, false.

Remarks

Accept merges of extensions, or any supplementary elements that extensions are prepared to merge

.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

ModelElement Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling Namespace