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DimensionCollection Class

Contains a read-only, on-demand collection of Dimension objects contained in a CubeDef.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient.DimensionCollection

Namespace:  Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient
Assembly:  Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient (in Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class DimensionCollection _
    Implements ICollection, IEnumerable
'Usage
Dim instance As DimensionCollection

public sealed class DimensionCollection : ICollection, 
    IEnumerable

public ref class DimensionCollection sealed : ICollection, 
    IEnumerable

[<SealedAttribute>]
type DimensionCollection =  
    class
        interface ICollection
        interface IEnumerable
    end

public final class DimensionCollection implements ICollection, IEnumerable

The DimensionCollection type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property Count Gets the number of Dimension objects in the collection.
Public property IsSynchronized Gets a value indicating whether access to the collection is synchronized (thread safe).
Public property Item[Int32] Gets the specified Dimension from the collection by its index. In C#, this property is the indexer for the DimensionCollection class.
Public property Item[String] Gets the specified Dimensionfrom the collection by its name. In C#, this property is the indexer for the DimensionCollection class.
Public property SyncRoot Gets an object that can be used to synchronize access to the collection.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method CopyTo Copies the elements of the collection to the specified array.
Public method Equals (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Find Gets the specified Dimension from the collection by its name.
Public method GetEnumerator Gets an Enumerator for iterating through the collection.
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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Explicit Interface Implementations

  Name Description
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method ICollection.CopyTo
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method IEnumerable.GetEnumerator

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Examples

The following subroutine, given a CubeDef, iterates through the DimensionCollection collection and displays information about each dimension:

Public Sub ListDimensionCollection(ByRef CubeToCheck As CubeDef)

    ' Check the parameter before performing actions on it.
    If CubeToCheck Is Nothing Then
        Throw New System.ArgumentNullException("CubeToCheck")
    Else
        ' Iterate through the Dimensions collection of the
        ' CubeDef object.

        Try
            Dim dimToCheck As Dimension

            Debug.WriteLine("Found " & CubeToCheck.Dimensions.Count & _
                " dimensions in cube:")

            For Each dimToCheck In CubeToCheck.Dimensions
                Debug.WriteLine("Dimension:  " & dimToCheck.Name)
                Debug.WriteLine("  Caption:        " & _
                    dimToCheck.Caption)
                Debug.WriteLine("  Description:    " & _
                    dimToCheck.Description)
                Debug.WriteLine("  UniqueName:     " & _
                    dimToCheck.UniqueName)
                Debug.WriteLine("  The dimension " & _
                    IIf(dimToCheck.WriteEnabled = True, "is", "is not") & _
                    " write-enabled.")
            Next
        Catch ex As AdomdConnectionException
            ' The connection could not be opened or was disconnected.
            ' This error can occur at any time, if the provider is 
            ' disconnected from the server.
            Debug.WriteLine(ex)
            Throw ex
        Catch ex As AdomdErrorResponseException
            ' A response is received from a provider which indicates an error.
            Debug.WriteLine(ex)
            Throw ex
        Catch ex As AdomdUnknownResponseException
            ' A response has been returned from the provider that 
            ' was not understood.
            Debug.WriteLine(ex)
            Throw ex
        Catch ex As AdomdCacheExpiredException
            ' A cached version of an ADOMD.NET object is no longer valid.
            ' This error is typically raised when reviewing metadata.
            Debug.WriteLine(ex)
            Throw ex
        Catch ex As AdomdException
            ' Any other error raised by ADOMD.NET.
            Debug.WriteLine(ex)
            Throw ex
        Catch ex As Exception
            ' Any other error.
            Debug.WriteLine(ex)
            Throw ex
        End Try
    End If
End Sub

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.