IElementPartitionMapper.BeginMapping(ElementGroupPrototype, Partition) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk v17.10.40171

Notification that a series of partition mapping requests are bout to be made for a particular ElementGroupPrototype and merge (or target) partition. This is an opportunity to perform one-off initialization and establish a context for the subsequent mapping calls.

public:
 System::Object ^ BeginMapping(Microsoft::VisualStudio::Modeling::ElementGroupPrototype ^ groupPrototype, Microsoft::VisualStudio::Modeling::Partition ^ mergePartition);

public object BeginMapping (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.ElementGroupPrototype groupPrototype, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Partition mergePartition);

abstract member BeginMapping : Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.ElementGroupPrototype * Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Partition -> obj

Public Function BeginMapping (groupPrototype As ElementGroupPrototype, mergePartition As Partition) As Object

Parameters

groupPrototype

ElementGroupPrototype

The ElementGroupPrototype that is being, or is to be, reconstituted.

mergePartition

Partition

The merge target partition. Not necessarily where the elements will be reconstituted.

Returns

Object

An object, e.g. a cookie or context specific state, that has meaning to the partition mapper.