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VB.Net Conventions

Enterprise Architect supports round-trip engineering of Visual Basic.Net, where the following conventions are used. Earlier versions of Visual Basic are supported as a different language.

Reference

Stereotypes

Stereotype	Applies To	Corresponds To
event	Operation	An event declaration.
import	Operation	An operation to be imported from another library.
module	Class	A module.
operator	Operation	An operator overload definition.
partial	Operation	The partial keyword on an operation.
property	Operation	A property possibly containing both read and write code.

Tagged Values

Tag	Applies To	Corresponds To
Alias	Operation with stereotype import	The alias for this imported operation.
attribute_name	Operation with stereotype property	The name of the variable behind this property.
Charset	Operation with stereotype import	The character set clause for this import - one of the values Ansi, Unicode or Auto.
delegate	Operation	The Delegate keyword.
enumTag	Operation with stereotype property	The datatype that this property is represented as.
Handles	Operation	The handles clause on this operation.
Implements	Operation	The implements clause on this operation.
Lib	Operation with stereotype import	The library this import comes from.
MustOverride	Operation	The MustOverride keyword.
Narrowing	Operation with stereotype operator	The Narrowing keyword.
NotOverrideable	Operation	The NotOverrideable keyword.
Overloads	Operation	The Overloads keyword.
Overrides	Operation	The Overrides keyword.
parameterArray	Parameter	A parameter list using the ParamArray keyword.
partial	Class, Interface	The Partial keyword.
readonly	Operation with stereotype property	This property only defining read code.
shadows	Class, Interface, Operation	The Shadows keyword.
Shared	Attribute	The Shared keyword.
Widening	Operation with stereotype operator	The Widening keyword.
writeonly	Operation with stereotype property	This property only defining write code.

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Other Conventions

•	Namespaces are generated for each package below a namespace root

•	The Is Leaf property of a Class corresponds to the NotInheritable keyword

•	The Abstract property of a Class corresponds to the MustInherit keyword

•	The Static property of an attribute or operation corresponds to the Shared keyword

•	The Abstract property of an operation corresponds to the MustOverride keyword

•	The value of in for the Kind property of a parameter corresponds to the ByVal keyword

•	The value of inout or out for the Kind property of a parameter corresponds to the ByRef keyword

Namespaces

Learn more

•	Visual Basic Conventions

•	Import Source Code

•	Generate Source Code

•	VB.Net Options

Please note : This help page is not for the latest version of Enterprise Architect. The latest help can be found here.

VB.Net Conventions

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