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EntityType Class

Definition

Represents a particular type of data, such as a customer entity or an order entity in a conceptual model.

public ref class EntityType : System::Data::Metadata::Edm::EntityTypeBase
public class EntityType : System.Data.Metadata.Edm.EntityTypeBase
type EntityType = class
    inherit EntityTypeBase
Public Class EntityType
Inherits EntityTypeBase
Inheritance

Remarks

For more information, see Entity type.

Properties

Abstract

Gets a value indicating whether this type is abstract or not.

(Inherited from EdmType)
BaseType

Gets the base type of this type.

(Inherited from EdmType)
BuiltInTypeKind

Gets the built-in type kind for this EntityType.

Documentation

Gets or sets the documentation associated with this type.

(Inherited from MetadataItem)
FullName

Gets the full name of this type.

(Inherited from EdmType)
KeyMembers

Gets the list of all the key members for the current entity or relationship type.

(Inherited from EntityTypeBase)
Members

Gets the list of members on this type.

(Inherited from StructuralType)
MetadataProperties

Gets the list of properties of the current type.

(Inherited from MetadataItem)
Name

Gets the name of this type.

(Inherited from EdmType)
NamespaceName

Gets the namespace of this type.

(Inherited from EdmType)
NavigationProperties

Gets the navigation properties of this EntityType.

Properties

Gets the list of properties for this EntityType.

Methods

Equals(Object)

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.

(Inherited from Object)
GetCollectionType()

Returns an instance of the CollectionType whose element type is this type.

(Inherited from EdmType)
GetHashCode()

Serves as the default hash function.

(Inherited from Object)
GetReferenceType()

Returns a RefType object that references this EntityType.

GetType()

Gets the Type of the current instance.

(Inherited from Object)
MemberwiseClone()

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

(Inherited from Object)
ToString()

Returns the full name of this type.

(Inherited from EdmType)

Applies to