EntitySet.Create Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm

Assembly:: EntityFramework.dll

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The factory method for constructing the EntitySet object.

public static System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EntitySet Create (string name, string schema, string table, string definingQuery, System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EntityType entityType, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.MetadataProperty> metadataProperties);

static member Create : string * string * string * string * System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EntityType * seq<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.MetadataProperty> -> System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EntitySet

Parameters

name: String

The name of the EntitySet.

schema: String

The db schema. Can be null.

table: String

The db table. Can be null.

definingQuery: String

The provider specific query that should be used to retrieve data for this EntitySet. Can be null.

entityType: EntityType

The entity type of the entities that this entity set type contains.

metadataProperties: IEnumerable<MetadataProperty>

Metadata properties that will be added to the newly created EntitySet. Can be null.

Returns

EntitySet

The EntitySet object.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

Thrown if the name argument is null or empty string.

Remarks

The newly created EntitySet will be read only.

Applies to