Universal Windows® Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed

Representing Geometries as Strings

Representing each segment in a Geometry with a separate element is fine for simple shapes and paths or geometries formed dynamically in C#. For complicated artwork in XAML, however, it can get extremely verbose. Although most people use a design tool to emit XAML-based geometries rather than craft them by hand, it makes sense to keep the resultant file size as small as reasonably possible.

Therefore, XAML supports a flexible syntax for representing just about any PathGeometry as a string. The PathGeometry representing the simple triangle displayed in Figure 15.11:

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<Path Fill="Orange" Stroke="Black" StrokeThickness="10">   <Path.Data>     < PathGeometry >       < PathFigure IsClosed ...