<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1255" ?><Rule name="defineShape" modifier="restrictive" declarative="Yes" scope="public" sortGroup="true" id="core.gml2:defineShape" sort="27" urn="core.gml2:rules.drawing.defineShape.xml" toc="\Rules\Drawing rules"><Summary>Defines the drawing shape of a given element.</Summary><Parameters signature="restrictive rule::&lt;div style=&quot;padding:6 0 0 16&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;defineShape&lt;/b&gt;(&lt;i&gt;element&lt;/i&gt;) &amp;rarr; Object&lt;/div&gt;"><Param name="element" type="core.gml:GmlObject!" typeRef="&lt;q ref=&quot;core.gml:GmlObject&quot;&gt;GmlObject&lt;/q&gt;">The element classifier. This is an element class or instance for which the shape is defined.</Param></Parameters><Classifiers><Classifier name="element" type="GmlObject" expr="element"></Classifier></Classifiers><Return type="Object">Returns a collection of shape properties that define how to draw the element (see &lt;q ref=&quot;core.svg:ZDrawing&quot;&gt;ZDrawing&lt;/q&gt; for details).</Return><Remarks>&lt;h2&gt;Dependencies&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;INSET&quot;&gt;None&lt;/div&gt;
		&lt;h2&gt;Behavior&lt;/h2&gt;
		The behavior defines the drawing shape for a specified element.
		The shape is defined declaratively using the standard &lt;q ref=&quot;core.gml2:ShapeRulesSyntax&quot;&gt;shapes syntax&lt;/q&gt;.</Remarks><Copyright>(c) SAP AG 2003-2006. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
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