EntityContainer Class

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01/27/2012

[WCF RIA Services Version 1 Service Pack 2 is compatible with either .NET framework 4 or .NET Framework 4.5, and with either Silverlight 4 or Silverlight 5.]

Represents a cache of entities in the form of a collection of EntitySet objects.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Client.EntityContainer

Namespace: System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Client
Assembly: System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Client (in System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Client.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class EntityContainer _
    Implements IRevertibleChangeTracking, IChangeTracking, INotifyPropertyChanged

'Usage
Dim instance As EntityContainer

public abstract class EntityContainer : IRevertibleChangeTracking, 
    IChangeTracking, INotifyPropertyChanged

public ref class EntityContainer abstract : IRevertibleChangeTracking, 
    IChangeTracking, INotifyPropertyChanged

[<AbstractClassAttribute>]
type EntityContainer =  
    class
        interface IRevertibleChangeTracking
        interface IChangeTracking
        interface INotifyPropertyChanged
    end

public abstract class EntityContainer implements IRevertibleChangeTracking, IChangeTracking, INotifyPropertyChanged

The EntityContainer type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	EntityContainer	Initializes a new instance of the EntityContainer class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	EntitySets	Gets the collection of EntitySet objects in this EntityContainer.
	HasChanges	Gets a value indicating whether this EntityContainer currently has any pending changes.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	AcceptChanges	Accepts all changes that have been made to entities or the EntitySet objects in this container.
	AddReference	Adds a reference to an external EntitySet.
	Clear	Clears the contents of all EntitySet objects in this container.
	CreateEntitySet<TEntity>()	Creates a new EntitySet in this container for the specified entity type.
	CreateEntitySet<TEntity>(EntitySetOperations)	Create an EntitySet in this container for the specified EntitySetOperations.
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetChanges	Returns an EntityChangeSet containing the current set of pending changes.
	GetEntitySet(Type)	Gets the EntitySet for the specified Entity type.
	GetEntitySet<TEntity>()	Gets the EntitySet for the specified Entity type.
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	LoadEntities(IEnumerable)	Loads the specified collection of entities into this EntityContainer.
	LoadEntities(IEnumerable, LoadBehavior)	Loads the specified collection of entities into this EntityContainer using the specified load behavior.
	MemberwiseClone	(Inherited from Object.)
	RaisePropertyChanged	Raises the PropertyChanged event for the specified property.
	RejectChanges	Reverts all changes that have been made to the entities or the EntitySet objects in this container.
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)
	TryGetEntitySet	Tries to get the entity set for the specified Entity type.

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Events

	Name	Description
	PropertyChanged	Occurs when a property has changed.

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Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	IChangeTracking.AcceptChanges	Resets the object’s state to unchanged by accepting the modifications.
	IChangeTracking.IsChanged	Gets the object's changed status.
	IRevertibleChangeTracking.RejectChanges	Resets the object’s state to unchanged by rejecting the modifications.

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Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.