StreamGeometry vs DrawingContext.DrawLine in WPF C #

Question

I am going to make hundreds of lines in real time. For this, I chose Visual Layer . But I see that there are two different ways to draw a line here. Which one is suggested to increase productivity and speed?

1. DrawingContext.DrawLine

public class DrawingTypeOne : FrameworkElement
{
    private readonly VisualCollection _visuals;
    public DrawingTypeOne(double thickness)
    {
        var myPen = new Pen
        {
            Thickness = 1,
            Brush = Brushes.White,
        };
        myPen.Freeze();

        _visuals = new VisualCollection(this);
        var drawingVisual = new DrawingVisual();
        using (var dc = drawingVisual.RenderOpen())
        {
            dc.DrawLine(myPen, new Point(0,0) , new Point(100,100));
            _visuals.Add(drawingVisual);
        }
    }

    protected override Visual GetVisualChild(int index)
    {
        return _visuals[index];
    }

    protected override int VisualChildrenCount
    {
        get
        {
            return _visuals.Count;
        }
    }
}

2. StreamGeometry

public class DrawingTypeTwo : FrameworkElement
{
    private readonly VisualCollection _visuals;
    public DrawingTypeTwo()
    {
        _visuals = new VisualCollection(this);

        var geometry = new StreamGeometry();
        using (var gc = geometry.Open())
        {
            gc.BeginFigure(new Point(0, 0), true, true);
            gc.LineTo(new Point(100,100), true, false);
        }
        geometry.Freeze();

        var drawingVisual = new DrawingVisual();
        using (var dc = drawingVisual.RenderOpen())
        {
            dc.DrawGeometry(Brushes.Red, null, geometry);
        }

        _visuals.Add(drawingVisual);
    }

    protected override Visual GetVisualChild(int index)
    {
        return _visuals[index];
    }

    protected override int VisualChildrenCount
    {
        get
        {
            return _visuals.Count;
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

As I said, you only need one visual and inside, you can have all your lines.

Take a look at this:

First, we define several drawings within our drawing context:

class EllipseAndRectangle : DrawingVisual
{
    public EllipseAndRectangle()
    {
        using (DrawingContext dc = RenderOpen())
        {
            // Black ellipse with blue border
            dc.DrawEllipse(Brushes.Black,
                new Pen(Brushes.Blue, 3),        
                new Point(120, 120), 20, 40); 

            // Red rectangle with green border
            dc.DrawRectangle(Brushes.Red,
                new Pen(Brushes.Green, 4),    
                new Rect(new Point(10, 10), new Point(80, 80))); 
        }
    }
}

This is what one visual visual or element places all the drawings:

public class EllAndRectHost : FrameworkElement
{
    private EllipseAndRectangle _ellAndRect = new EllipseAndRectangle();

    // EllipseAndRectangle instance is our only visual child
    protected override Visual GetVisualChild(int index)
    {
        return _ellAndRect;
    }

    protected override int VisualChildrenCount
    {
        get
        {
            return 1;
        }
    }
}

XAML:

<local:EllAndRectHost Margin="30" ... />

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