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Tuesday, June 08, 2010 

 

When I learn a new API I like to look at the API using different views: API documentation, example code - and class diagrams. When we started to learn XNA, we created class diagrams for the XNA framework. This helped a lot in getting an overview and seeing relationships between types.

I haven’t seen XNA class diagrams publicly on the internet. So it might help if I post our class diagrams here.

A Few Notes

• The class diagrams show the types of the Microsoft XNA Framework 3.1.
• The classes are sorted by namespaces.
• Large namespaces, e.g. Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics, are subdivided into several class diagrams.
• Unimportant class members have been hidden to remove “noise”, e.g. constructors, destructors.

Download

Here is a .zip that contains all images in PNG format and a Visual Studio 2008 project containing the class diagrams: Download Class Diagrams

Class Diagrams (by Namespace)

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework

 

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Audio

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GamerServices

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics (Effects)

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics (Models & Sprites)

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics (RenderState)

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics (RenderTargets, Textures)

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics (Misc)

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.PackedVector

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Media

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Net

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Storage

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Audio

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Graphics

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Graphics (Textures)

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Processors

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Serialization.Compiler

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Serialization.Intermediate

Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Tasks