C4Element Class

An element of a C4 diagram: a person, a software system, a container or a component.

public sealed class C4Element : C4Item

Constructors

Name	Description
C4Element(string, C4ElementKind, DiagramText)	Initializes a new instance of the `C4Element` class.

Initializes a new instance of the C4Element class.

public C4Element(string id, C4ElementKind kind, DiagramText label)

Name	Description
IsExternal	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the element is outside of the system being described, drawn in gray (Mermaid `_Ext`).
Kind	Gets or sets the kind of the element, shown between brackets and with the colors of C4.
Shape	Gets or sets the shape of the element. A person is always drawn as a person.
Technology	Gets or sets the technology of a container or a component, shown with its kind, or `null` for none.

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the element is outside of the system being described, drawn in gray (Mermaid _Ext).

public bool IsExternal { get; set; }

Gets or sets the kind of the element, shown between brackets and with the colors of C4.

public C4ElementKind Kind { get; set; }

Gets or sets the shape of the element. A person is always drawn as a person.

public C4ElementShape Shape { get; set; }

Gets or sets the technology of a container or a component, shown with its kind, or null for none.

public string? Technology { get; set; }