SymmetricKeyCollection Class

The SymmetricKeyCollection class represents a collection of SymmetricKey objects that represent all the symmetric keys on the referenced database.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DefaultMemberAttribute("Item")> _
Public NotInheritable Class SymmetricKeyCollection
    Inherits SimpleObjectCollectionBase
[DefaultMemberAttribute("Item")] 
public sealed class SymmetricKeyCollection : SimpleObjectCollectionBase
[DefaultMemberAttribute(L"Item")] 
public ref class SymmetricKeyCollection sealed : public SimpleObjectCollectionBase
/** @attribute DefaultMemberAttribute("Item") */ 
public final class SymmetricKeyCollection extends SimpleObjectCollectionBase
DefaultMemberAttribute("Item") 
public final class SymmetricKeyCollection extends SimpleObjectCollectionBase

Remarks

An SymmetricKeyCollection object can be used to gain access to a set of symmetric keys. You can use the Item property to return a specific SymmetricKey object.

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.AbstractCollectionBase
     Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SmoCollectionBase
       Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SortedListCollectionBase
         Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SimpleObjectCollectionBase
          Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SymmetricKeyCollection

Example

How to: Reference an Object by Using a Collection in Visual Basic .NET

Thread Safety

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

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

SymmetricKeyCollection Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Using Collections