Class ClassExtensions

Denotes extension methods for Class instances

Inheritance

object

ClassExtensions

Inherited Members

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.ToString()

Namespace: NMF.Models.Meta

Assembly: NMF.Models.dll

Syntax

public static class ClassExtensions

Methods

IsAssignableFrom(IClass, IClass)

Determines whether an instance of the provided class can be assigned to this class

Declaration

public static bool IsAssignableFrom(this IClass @class, IClass specificType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IClass	class	the more abstract class
IClass	specificType	the more concrete class

Returns

Type	Description
bool	True, if the provided class is a derived class, otherwise False

IsContainerReference(IReference)

Determines whethe the given reference is a reference to the container

Declaration

public static bool IsContainerReference(this IReference reference)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IReference	reference	the reference

Returns

Type	Description
bool	True, if the reference has an opposite containment reference, otherwise False

IsRefined(IClass, IAttribute)

Determines whether the given attribute is refined in the scope of this class

Declaration

public static bool IsRefined(this IClass @class, IAttribute attribute)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IClass	class	the context class
IAttribute	attribute	the attribute

Returns

Type	Description
bool	True, if the attribute is refined, otherwise False

IsRefined(IClass, IReference)

Determines whether the given reference is refined in the scope of this class

Declaration

public static bool IsRefined(this IClass @class, IReference reference)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IClass	class	the context class
IReference	reference	the reference

Returns

Type	Description
bool	True, if the reference is refined otherwise False

LookupAttribute(IClass, string)

Looks up the attribute with the given name

Declaration

public static IAttribute LookupAttribute(this IClass @class, string name)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IClass	class	the context class
string	name	the name of the attribute

Returns

Type	Description
IAttribute	The attribute or null, if no such attribute could be found

LookupOperation(IClass, string)

Looks up the operation with the given name

Declaration

public static IOperation LookupOperation(this IClass @class, string name)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IClass	class	the context class
string	name	the name of the operation

Returns

Type	Description
IOperation	The operation or null, if no such operation was found

LookupReference(IClass, string)

Looks up the reference with the given name

Declaration

public static IReference LookupReference(this IClass @class, string name)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IClass	class	the context class
string	name	the name of the reference

Returns

Type	Description
IReference	The reference or null, if no such reference could be found

RetrieveIdentifier(IClass)

Retrieves the identifier of the class

Declaration

public static ScopedIdentifier RetrieveIdentifier(this IClass @class)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IClass	class	the class

Returns

Type	Description
ScopedIdentifier	A scoped identifier