PrimitiveType Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm

Assembly:

EntityFramework.dll

Class representing a primitive type

public class PrimitiveType : System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.SimpleType

type PrimitiveType = class
    inherit SimpleType

Public Class PrimitiveType
Inherits SimpleType

Inheritance

Object

MetadataItem

GlobalItem

EdmType

SimpleType

PrimitiveType

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 PrimitiveType.
ClrEquivalentType	Returns an equivalent common language runtime (CLR) type of this PrimitiveType . Note that the ClrEquivalentType property always returns a non-nullable type value.
Documentation	Gets or sets the documentation associated with this type. (Inherited from MetadataItem)
FacetDescriptions	Gets the list of facet descriptions for this PrimitiveType.
FullName	Gets the full name of this type. (Inherited from EdmType)
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)
PrimitiveTypeKind	Gets a PrimitiveTypeKind enumeration value that indicates a primitive type of this PrimitiveType .

Methods

AddAnnotation(String, Object)	Adds or updates an annotation with the specified name and value. (Inherited from MetadataItem)
GetCollectionType()	Returns an instance of the CollectionType whose element type is this type. (Inherited from EdmType)
GetEdmPrimitiveType()	Returns the equivalent EdmType of this PrimitiveType .
GetEdmPrimitiveType(PrimitiveTypeKind)	Returns the equivalent EdmType of a PrimitiveType .
GetEdmPrimitiveTypes()	Returns the list of primitive types.
RemoveAnnotation(String)	Removes an annotation with the specified name. (Inherited from MetadataItem)
ToString()	Returns the full name of this type. (Inherited from EdmType)