create

Description:

[ CCode ( returns_floating_reference = true ) ]
public Element? create (string? name)

Create a new element of the type defined by the given elementfactory.

It will be given the name supplied, since all elements require a name as their first argument.

Parameters:

this

factory to instantiate
name

name of new element, or null to automatically create a unique name

Returns:

new Element or null if the element couldn't be created