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Entity Class

Specifies a container for members and their attribute values and explicit hierarchies.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.MasterDataServices.MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier
    Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Entity

Namespace:  Microsoft.MasterDataServices
Assembly:  Microsoft.MasterDataServices (in Microsoft.MasterDataServices.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DataContractAttribute(Name := "Entity", Namespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/masterdataservices/2009/09")> _
Public Class Entity _
    Inherits MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier
'Usage
Dim instance As Entity

[DataContractAttribute(Name = "Entity", Namespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/masterdataservices/2009/09")]
public class Entity : MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier

[DataContractAttribute(Name = L"Entity", Namespace = L"https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/masterdataservices/2009/09")]
public ref class Entity : public MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier

[<DataContractAttribute(Name = "Entity", Namespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/masterdataservices/2009/09")>]
type Entity =  
    class
        inherit MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier
    end

public class Entity extends MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier

The Entity type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public method Entity Initializes a new instance of the Entity class.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public property AuditInfo Gets or sets audit information. (Inherited from MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier.)
Public property ExplicitHierarchies Gets or sets an object containing extra data.
Public property ExtensionData Gets or sets an object that contains extra data. (Inherited from MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier.)
Public property Identifier Gets or sets the ID of the model context. (Inherited from MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier.)
Public property IsBase Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the entity shows on model explorer initial screen as the main entity.
Public property IsFlat Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the entity supports explicit hierarchies.
Public property IsSystem Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the entity was created by the MDS system. System entities cannot be deleted.
Public property MemberTypes Gets or sets an array of entity member types.
Public property Permission Gets or sets the security permission. (Inherited from MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier.)

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Equals (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString (Inherited from Object.)

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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.