HierarchyCollection Class

Contains a read-only, on-demand collection of Hierarchy objects contained in a Dimension or a Set.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient.HierarchyCollection

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

Syntax

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

public sealed class HierarchyCollection : ICollection, 
    IEnumerable

public ref class HierarchyCollection sealed : ICollection, 
    IEnumerable

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

public final class HierarchyCollection implements ICollection, IEnumerable

The HierarchyCollection type exposes the following members.

Properties

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

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Methods

	Name	Description
	CopyTo	Copies the elements of the collection to the specified array.
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	Find	Gets the specified Hierarchy from the collection by its name.
	GetEnumerator	Gets an enumerator for iterating through the collection.
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)

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Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	ICollection.CopyTo	Copies the elements of the HierarchyCollection to an array, starting at a particular array index.
	IEnumerable.GetEnumerator	Gets an enumerator for iterating through the HierarchyCollection.

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Remarks

While the HierarchyCollection externally represents a collection of Hierarchy objects, the collection is internally loaded and managed in one of two ways, depending on the parent of the collection:

• If the parent object was referenced as a result of a query, as in the case of a Set referenced from an Axis, the collection represents the members referenced by that query.

• If the parent object was referenced as a result of a request for metadata, as in the case of a Dimension referenced from a CubeDef, the collection represents the members referenced by the definition of the parent object.

Examples

The following subroutine, given a Dimension, iterates through the HierarchyCollection collection and displays information about each hierarchy:

Public Overloads Sub ListHierarchies(ByRef DimToCheck As Dimension)

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

        Try
            Dim hierToCheck As Hierarchy

            Debug.WriteLine("Found " & DimToCheck.Hierarchies.Count & _
                " hierarchies in dimension:")

            For Each hierToCheck In DimToCheck.Hierarchies
                Debug.WriteLine("Hierarchy:  " & hierToCheck.Name)
                Debug.WriteLine("  Caption:        " & _
                    hierToCheck.Caption)
                Debug.WriteLine("  Description:    " & _
                    hierToCheck.Description)
                Debug.WriteLine("  UniqueName:     " & _
                    hierToCheck.UniqueName)
            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.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient Namespace