Class Class

[XmlNamespace("http://nmf.codeplex.com/nmeta/")]
[XmlNamespacePrefix("nmeta")]
[ModelRepresentationClass("http://nmf.codeplex.com/nmeta/#//Class")]
public class Class : ReferenceType, IClass, IReferenceType, IStructuredType, IType, IMetaElement, IModelElement, INotifyPropertyChanged, INotifyPropertyChanging

Constructors

| Edit this page View Source

Class()

Declaration

public Class()

Properties

| Edit this page View Source

AttributeConstraints

The AttributeConstraints property

Declaration

[Browsable(false)]
[XmlAttribute(false)]
[Containment]
[XmlOpposite("DeclaringType")]
public ICollectionExpression<IAttributeConstraint> AttributeConstraints { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ICollectionExpression<IAttributeConstraint>

| Edit this page View Source

BaseTypes

The BaseTypes property

Declaration

[XmlAttribute(true)]
public ICollectionExpression<IClass> BaseTypes { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ICollectionExpression<IClass>

| Edit this page View Source

Children

Gets the child model elements of this model element

Declaration

public override IEnumerableExpression<IModelElement> Children { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IEnumerableExpression<IModelElement>

Overrides

ReferenceType.Children

| Edit this page View Source

ClassInstance

Gets the Class model for this type

Declaration

public static IClass ClassInstance { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IClass

| Edit this page View Source

Identifier

Gets or sets the attribute that will identify instances of this class

Declaration

[XmlAttribute(true)]
public IAttribute Identifier { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IAttribute

| Edit this page View Source

IdentifierScope

Specifies whether the identifier is valid only in the scope of its container or on a global scope.

Declaration

[XmlAttribute(true)]
public IdentifierScope IdentifierScope { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IdentifierScope

Remarks

This attribute is ignored when this class is not identified.

| Edit this page View Source

InstanceOf

The InstanceOf property

Declaration

[XmlAttribute(true)]
public IClass InstanceOf { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IClass

| Edit this page View Source

IsAbstract

The IsAbstract property

Declaration

[XmlAttribute(true)]
[TypeConverter(typeof(LowercaseBooleanConverter))]
public bool IsAbstract { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
bool

| Edit this page View Source

ReferenceConstraints

The ReferenceConstraints property

Declaration

[Browsable(false)]
[XmlAttribute(false)]
[Containment]
[XmlOpposite("DeclaringType")]
public ICollectionExpression<IReferenceConstraint> ReferenceConstraints { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ICollectionExpression<IReferenceConstraint>

| Edit this page View Source

ReferencedElements

Gets the referenced model elements of this model element

Declaration

public override IEnumerableExpression<IModelElement> ReferencedElements { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IEnumerableExpression<IModelElement>

Overrides

ReferenceType.ReferencedElements

Methods

| Edit this page View Source

GetAttributeValue(string, int)

Resolves the given attribute name

Declaration

protected override object GetAttributeValue(string attribute, int index)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	attribute	The requested attribute name
int	index	The index of this attribute

Returns

Type	Description
object	The attribute value or null if it could not be found

Overrides

MetaElement.GetAttributeValue(string, int)

| Edit this page View Source

GetClass()

Gets the Class for this model element

Declaration

public override IClass GetClass()

Returns

Type	Description
IClass

Overrides

ReferenceType.GetClass()

| Edit this page View Source

GetCollectionForFeature(string)

Gets the Model element collection for the given feature

Declaration

protected override IList GetCollectionForFeature(string feature)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	feature	The requested feature

Returns

Type	Description
IList	A non-generic list of elements

Overrides

ReferenceType.GetCollectionForFeature(string)

| Edit this page View Source

GetCompositionName(object)

Gets the property name for the given container

Declaration

protected override string GetCompositionName(object container)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
object	container	The container object

Returns

Type	Description
string	The name of the respective container reference

Overrides

ReferenceType.GetCompositionName(object)

| Edit this page View Source

GetExpressionForAttribute(string)

Gets the property expression for the given attribute

Declaration

protected override INotifyExpression<object> GetExpressionForAttribute(string attribute)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	attribute	The requested attribute in upper case

Returns

Type	Description
INotifyExpression<object>	An incremental property expression

Overrides

MetaElement.GetExpressionForAttribute(string)

| Edit this page View Source

GetExpressionForReference(string)

Gets the property expression for the given reference

Declaration

protected override INotifyExpression<IModelElement> GetExpressionForReference(string reference)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	reference	The requested reference in upper case

Returns

Type	Description
INotifyExpression<IModelElement>	An incremental property expression

Overrides

Type.GetExpressionForReference(string)

| Edit this page View Source

GetModelElementForReference(string, int)

Resolves the given URI to a child model element

Declaration

protected override IModelElement GetModelElementForReference(string reference, int index)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	reference	The requested reference name
int	index	The index of this reference

Returns

Type	Description
IModelElement	The model element or null if it could not be found

Overrides

Type.GetModelElementForReference(string, int)

| Edit this page View Source

OnIdentifierChanged(ValueChangedEventArgs)

Raises the IdentifierChanged event

Declaration

protected virtual void OnIdentifierChanged(ValueChangedEventArgs eventArgs)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ValueChangedEventArgs	eventArgs	The event data

| Edit this page View Source

OnIdentifierChanging(ValueChangedEventArgs)

Raises the IdentifierChanging event

Declaration

protected virtual void OnIdentifierChanging(ValueChangedEventArgs eventArgs)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ValueChangedEventArgs	eventArgs	The event data

| Edit this page View Source

OnIdentifierScopeChanged(ValueChangedEventArgs)

Raises the IdentifierScopeChanged event

Declaration

protected virtual void OnIdentifierScopeChanged(ValueChangedEventArgs eventArgs)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ValueChangedEventArgs	eventArgs	The event data

| Edit this page View Source

OnIdentifierScopeChanging(ValueChangedEventArgs)

Raises the IdentifierScopeChanging event

Declaration

protected virtual void OnIdentifierScopeChanging(ValueChangedEventArgs eventArgs)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ValueChangedEventArgs	eventArgs	The event data

| Edit this page View Source

OnInstanceOfChanged(ValueChangedEventArgs)

Raises the InstanceOfChanged event

Declaration

protected virtual void OnInstanceOfChanged(ValueChangedEventArgs eventArgs)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ValueChangedEventArgs	eventArgs	The event data

| Edit this page View Source

OnInstanceOfChanging(ValueChangedEventArgs)

Raises the InstanceOfChanging event

Declaration

protected virtual void OnInstanceOfChanging(ValueChangedEventArgs eventArgs)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ValueChangedEventArgs	eventArgs	The event data

| Edit this page View Source

OnIsAbstractChanged(ValueChangedEventArgs)

Raises the IsAbstractChanged event

Declaration

protected virtual void OnIsAbstractChanged(ValueChangedEventArgs eventArgs)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ValueChangedEventArgs	eventArgs	The event data

| Edit this page View Source

OnIsAbstractChanging(ValueChangedEventArgs)

Raises the IsAbstractChanging event

Declaration

protected virtual void OnIsAbstractChanging(ValueChangedEventArgs eventArgs)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ValueChangedEventArgs	eventArgs	The event data

| Edit this page View Source

SetFeature(string, object)

Sets a value to the given feature

Declaration

protected override void SetFeature(string feature, object value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	feature	The requested feature
object	value	The value that should be set to that feature

Overrides

Type.SetFeature(string, object)

Events

| Edit this page View Source

IdentifierChanged

Gets fired when the Identifier property changed its value

Declaration

public event EventHandler<ValueChangedEventArgs> IdentifierChanged

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandler<ValueChangedEventArgs>

| Edit this page View Source

IdentifierChanging

Gets fired before the Identifier property changes its value

Declaration

public event EventHandler<ValueChangedEventArgs> IdentifierChanging

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandler<ValueChangedEventArgs>

| Edit this page View Source

IdentifierScopeChanged

Gets fired when the IdentifierScope property changed its value

Declaration

public event EventHandler<ValueChangedEventArgs> IdentifierScopeChanged

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandler<ValueChangedEventArgs>

| Edit this page View Source

IdentifierScopeChanging

Gets fired before the IdentifierScope property changes its value

Declaration

public event EventHandler<ValueChangedEventArgs> IdentifierScopeChanging

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandler<ValueChangedEventArgs>

| Edit this page View Source

InstanceOfChanged

Gets fired when the InstanceOf property changed its value

Declaration

public event EventHandler<ValueChangedEventArgs> InstanceOfChanged

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandler<ValueChangedEventArgs>

| Edit this page View Source

InstanceOfChanging

Gets fired before the InstanceOf property changes its value

Declaration

public event EventHandler<ValueChangedEventArgs> InstanceOfChanging

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandler<ValueChangedEventArgs>

| Edit this page View Source

IsAbstractChanged

Gets fired when the IsAbstract property changed its value

Declaration

public event EventHandler<ValueChangedEventArgs> IsAbstractChanged

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandler<ValueChangedEventArgs>

| Edit this page View Source

IsAbstractChanging

Gets fired before the IsAbstract property changes its value

Declaration

public event EventHandler<ValueChangedEventArgs> IsAbstractChanging

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandler<ValueChangedEventArgs>

Implements

IClass

IReferenceType

IStructuredType

IType

IMetaElement

IModelElement

INotifyPropertyChanged

INotifyPropertyChanging

Extension Methods

ModelExtensions.AncestorTree(IModelElement)

ModelExtensions.Ancestors(IModelElement)

ModelExtensions.Descendants(IModelElement)

ClassExtensions.IsAssignableFrom(IClass, IClass)

ClassExtensions.IsRefined(IClass, IAttribute)

ClassExtensions.IsRefined(IClass, IReference)

ClassExtensions.LookupAttribute(IClass, string)

ClassExtensions.LookupOperation(IClass, string)

ClassExtensions.LookupReference(IClass, string)

ClassExtensions.RetrieveIdentifier(IClass)

TypeExtensions.Parse(IType, string)

TypeExtensions.Serialize(IType, object)