GraphLinkCollection.GetOrCreate Method (String, String, String, GraphCategory)

Attempts to get the link with the specified source, target. If not found, a new link will be created. It also adds the specified category if it is not already defined. It also creates the source and target Node if those are not already defined (and these are created with no category).

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.GraphModel
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.GraphModel (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.GraphModel.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetOrCreate ( _
    sourceId As String, _
    targetId As String, _
    label As String, _
    category As GraphCategory _
) As GraphLink

public GraphLink GetOrCreate(
    string sourceId,
    string targetId,
    string label,
    GraphCategory category
)

public:
GraphLink^ GetOrCreate(
    String^ sourceId, 
    String^ targetId, 
    String^ label, 
    GraphCategory^ category
)

member GetOrCreate : 
        sourceId:string * 
        targetId:string * 
        label:string * 
        category:GraphCategory -> GraphLink

public function GetOrCreate(
    sourceId : String, 
    targetId : String, 
    label : String, 
    category : GraphCategory
) : GraphLink

Parameters

• sourceId
  Type: String

  source of the link

• targetId
  Type: String

  target of the link

• label
  Type: String

  displayable label of the link

• category
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.GraphModel.GraphCategory

  link category

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.GraphModel.GraphLink
the link that was found or created

Exceptions

.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

GraphLinkCollection Class

GetOrCreate Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.GraphModel Namespace