RemoteSharedFileBackedMetadataCatalog.GetEntity method

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10/19/2013

Gets the external content type with the specified namespace and name.

Namespace: Microsoft.Office.BusinessData.MetadataModel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.BusinessApplications.Runtime (in Microsoft.Office.BusinessApplications.Runtime.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetEntity ( _
    namespace As String, _
    name As String _
) As IEntity
'Usage
Dim instance As RemoteSharedFileBackedMetadataCatalog
Dim namespace As String
Dim name As String
Dim returnValue As IEntity

returnValue = instance.GetEntity(namespace, _
    name)

public IEntity GetEntity(
    string namespace,
    string name
)

Parameters

namespace
Type: System.String

The namespace of the external content type.

name
Type: System.String

The name of the external content type.

Return value

Type: Microsoft.BusinessData.MetadataModel.IEntity
The external content type.

Implements

IMetadataCatalog.GetEntity(String, String)

Remarks

Object instances obtained from an instance of RemoteSharedFileBackedMetadataCatalog can only be used with object instances obtained from the same instance of RemoteSharedFileBackedMetadataCatalog. Using incompatible object instances with each other causes data corruption and other unexpected behavior.

Examples

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