ModelElementExtensionMethods.GetExtension Method (ModelElement, Type)

Get the ExtensionElement of the specified type from the available extensions of this ModelElement. If the element has no such extension then an InvalidOperationException will be raised.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function GetExtension ( _
    element As ModelElement, _
    extensionType As Type _
) As ExtensionElement

public static ExtensionElement GetExtension(
    this ModelElement element,
    Type extensionType
)

[ExtensionAttribute]
public:
static ExtensionElement^ GetExtension(
    ModelElement^ element, 
    Type^ extensionType
)

static member GetExtension : 
        element:ModelElement * 
        extensionType:Type -> ExtensionElement

public static function GetExtension(
    element : ModelElement, 
    extensionType : Type
) : ExtensionElement

Parameters

• element
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.ModelElement

  The extended ModelElement

• extensionType
  Type: System.Type

  The type of ExtensionElement to retrieve

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.ExtensionElement
The ExtensionElement of the requested type

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type ModelElement. 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

ModelElementExtensionMethods Class

GetExtension Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Extensibility Namespace