ConnectableElementExtensions.CreateConnector Method

Connect the source element to a target element, such as a Part or Port. If the source or target is a Port located on a Part, specify both.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function CreateConnector ( _
    parent As IStructuredClassifier, _
    sourceConnectableElement As IConnectableElement, _
    targetConnectableElement As IConnectableElement, _
    sourcePart As IProperty, _
    targetPart As IProperty _
) As IConnector

public static IConnector CreateConnector(
    this IStructuredClassifier parent,
    IConnectableElement sourceConnectableElement,
    IConnectableElement targetConnectableElement,
    IProperty sourcePart,
    IProperty targetPart
)

[ExtensionAttribute]
public:
static IConnector^ CreateConnector(
    IStructuredClassifier^ parent, 
    IConnectableElement^ sourceConnectableElement, 
    IConnectableElement^ targetConnectableElement, 
    IProperty^ sourcePart, 
    IProperty^ targetPart
)

static member CreateConnector : 
        parent:IStructuredClassifier * 
        sourceConnectableElement:IConnectableElement * 
        targetConnectableElement:IConnectableElement * 
        sourcePart:IProperty * 
        targetPart:IProperty -> IConnector

public static function CreateConnector(
    parent : IStructuredClassifier, 
    sourceConnectableElement : IConnectableElement, 
    targetConnectableElement : IConnectableElement, 
    sourcePart : IProperty, 
    targetPart : IProperty
) : IConnector

Parameters

• parent
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Uml.CompositeStructures.IStructuredClassifier

• sourceConnectableElement
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Uml.CompositeStructures.IConnectableElement

  Part or port to be connected.

• targetConnectableElement
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Uml.CompositeStructures.IConnectableElement

  Part or port to be connected.

• sourcePart
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Uml.Classes.IProperty

  Parent part of the source port, or null.

• targetPart
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Uml.Classes.IProperty

  Parent part of the target port, or null.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Uml.CompositeStructures.IConnector

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IStructuredClassifier. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

.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

ConnectableElementExtensions Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.ArchitectureTools.Extensibility.Uml Namespace