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ElementTypeDescriptor Class

Provides additional run-time type information for a ModelElement object.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.ComponentModel.CustomTypeDescriptor
    Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Design.ElementTypeDescriptor
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Diagrams.PresentationElementTypeDescriptor
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.DslDefinition.ConnectorHasDecoratorsTypeDescriptor
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.DslDefinition.Design.DslDefinitionModelElementTypeDescriptor
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.DslDefinition.ExplorerBehaviorTypeDescriptor
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.DslDefinition.ShapeHasDecoratorsTypeDescriptor
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.DslDefinition.XmlSerializationBehaviorTypeDescriptor

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class ElementTypeDescriptor _
    Inherits CustomTypeDescriptor
public class ElementTypeDescriptor : CustomTypeDescriptor
public ref class ElementTypeDescriptor : public CustomTypeDescriptor
type ElementTypeDescriptor =  
    class 
        inherit CustomTypeDescriptor 
    end
public class ElementTypeDescriptor extends CustomTypeDescriptor

The ElementTypeDescriptor type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Protected method ElementTypeDescriptor(Type) ctor for creating the wrapper class which represents the MEL type to be consumed
Protected method ElementTypeDescriptor(ModelElement) Initializes a new instance of the ElementTypeDescriptor class.
Protected method ElementTypeDescriptor(ICustomTypeDescriptor, ModelElement) Initializes a new instance of the ElementTypeDescriptor class by using a parent custom type descriptor.
Protected method ElementTypeDescriptor(ICustomTypeDescriptor, Type) ctor for creating the wrapper class which represents the MEL type to be consumed

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Properties

  Name Description
Protected property ComponentType Gets the Type of the model element that this class is representing.
Public property ModelElement Gets the model element that this class is representing.
Protected property Store

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Methods

  Name Description
Protected method CollectionRolePropertiesBrowsable For all the relationships this model element participate, return whether any PropertyDescriptor for Collection properties based on roles is Browsable
Protected method CreateCollectionPropertyDescriptor
Protected method CreatePropertyDescriptor Creates a descriptor for a property of a model element.
Protected method CreateRolePlayerPropertyDescriptor Creates a descriptor for a role property of a model element.
Public method Equals Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetAttributes Returns a collection of custom attributes for the type represented by this type descriptor. (Inherited from CustomTypeDescriptor.)
Protected method GetCategory Returns a localized string for the category of a domain property.
Public method GetClassName Returns the name of the class this descriptor represents. (Overrides CustomTypeDescriptor.GetClassName().)
Public method GetComponentName Gets the name of the model element that is represented by this class. (Overrides CustomTypeDescriptor.GetComponentName().)
Public method GetConverter Returns a type converter for the type represented by this type descriptor. (Inherited from CustomTypeDescriptor.)
Public method GetDefaultEvent Returns the event descriptor for the default event of the object represented by this type descriptor. (Inherited from CustomTypeDescriptor.)
Public method GetDefaultProperty Returns the property descriptor for the default property of the object represented by this type descriptor. (Inherited from CustomTypeDescriptor.)
Protected method GetDescription Returns a localized string for the description of a domain property.
Protected method GetDisplayProperties(ModelElement, PropertyDescriptor%) Returns a collection of property descriptors for all the properties of a model element.
Protected method GetDisplayProperties(ModelElement, Store, PropertyDescriptor%) Returns a list of property descriptors corresponding to each domain property
Protected method GetDomainClassInfo Return the domain class info for the type of element being described.
Protected method GetDomainPropertyAttributes Returns an array of the custom attributes that are applied to the described property.
Public method GetEditor Returns an editor of the specified type that is to be associated with the class represented by this type descriptor. (Inherited from CustomTypeDescriptor.)
Public method GetEvents() Returns a collection of event descriptors for the object represented by this type descriptor. (Inherited from CustomTypeDescriptor.)
Public method GetEvents(array<Attribute[]) Returns a filtered collection of event descriptors for the object represented by this type descriptor. (Inherited from CustomTypeDescriptor.)
Protected method GetExtensionProperties Returns the property descriptors for any extension elements
Public method GetHashCode Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetProperties() Returns a collection of domain property descriptors that contains all the properties of the described type. (Overrides CustomTypeDescriptor.GetProperties().)
Public method GetProperties(array<Attribute[]) Returns a collection of domain property descriptors that contains all the properties of the described type, filtered by the specified attributes. (Overrides CustomTypeDescriptor.GetProperties(array<Attribute[]).)
Protected method GetPropertyDescriptorDisplayName Returns a localized string for the display name of a domain property.
Public method GetPropertyOwner Returns an object that contains the property described by the specified property descriptor. (Inherited from CustomTypeDescriptor.)
Protected method GetRolePlayerPropertyAttributes Returns an array of the custom attributes that are applied to the described role property.
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method IncludeCollectionRoleProperties For all the relationships this model element participate, return whether to provide a PropertyDescriptor for Collection properties based on roles.
Protected method IncludeEmbeddingRelationshipProperties For the specified model element, returns a value that indicates whether to add properties of the target element of any embedded relationships that do not allow duplicates.
Protected method IncludeOppositeRolePlayerProperties For the specified model element, returns a value that indicates whether to add role properties for zero-to-one and one-to-one relationships.
Protected method IsPropertyDescriptorReadOnly Returns a value that indicates whether the described property is read-only.
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method ShouldCreateCollectionPropertyDescriptor For the relationship and the instance level role players involved, return whether to create a property descriptor for the collections
Protected method ShouldCreatePropertyDescriptor Returns a value that indicates whether a descriptor should be created for the specified domain property.
Protected method ShouldCreateRolePlayerPropertyDescriptor Returns a value that indicates whether a descriptor should be created for the specified role property.
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

This class provides dynamic custom type information for model elements.

The Domain-Specific Language Tools (DSL Tools) use this type to represent the model elements in a domain model. This type controls how an element is handled by the property grid in the domain model and provides methods for working with the described element.

To create a customized element type descriptor, inherit from this class and override one or more of the members.

Note

If your DSL definition specifies a domain type descriptor for a domain class, then the generated code for the definition will contain a type descriptor, derived from ElementTypeDescriptor, specifically for that domain class. For more information, see Displaying Properties of Related Elements - redirection.

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.Modeling.Design Namespace

ElementTypeDescriptionProvider

TypeDescriptionProviderAttribute