RuleCollection Class

The RuleCollection class represents a collection of Rule objects that represent all the rules defined on the instance of SQL Server.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.AbstractCollectionBase
    Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SmoCollectionBase
      Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SortedListCollectionBase
        Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SchemaCollectionBase
          Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.RuleCollection

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class RuleCollection _
    Inherits SchemaCollectionBase
'Usage
Dim instance As RuleCollection
public sealed class RuleCollection : SchemaCollectionBase
public ref class RuleCollection sealed : public SchemaCollectionBase
[<SealedAttribute>]
type RuleCollection =  
    class 
        inherit SchemaCollectionBase 
    end
public final class RuleCollection extends SchemaCollectionBase

The RuleCollection type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property Count Gets the number of objects in the referenced collection. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.)
Public property IsSynchronized Gets the Boolean property value that specifies whether access to the collection is synchronized and therefore thread-safe. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.)
Public property Item[Int32] Gets a Rule object in the collection by index number.
Public property Item[String] Gets a Rule object in the collection by name.
Public property Item[String, String] Gets a Rule object in the collection by name.
Public property Parent Gets the Database object that is the parent of the RuleCollection object.
Public property SyncRoot Gets an object that can be used to synchronize access to the collection. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.)

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Add Adds a new Rule to the Rule Collection
Protected method AddExisting Adds an object to the collection. (Inherited from AbstractCollectionBase.)
Public method Contains(String) Validates whether the parameter collection contains a member with a name equal to the specified string. (Inherited from SchemaCollectionBase.)
Public method Contains(String, String) Validates whether the parameter collection contains a member with a name equal to the specified string and with the specified schema. (Inherited from SchemaCollectionBase.)
Public method CopyTo Copies the collection objects to a one-dimensional array beginning at the index value specified.
Public method Equals (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetEnumerator Returns an IEnumerator interface that allows you to iterate through the objects in the collection. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.)
Public method GetHashCode (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ItemById Extracts a member from the RuleCollection collection using a system-defined, unique identifier.
Public method Refresh() Refreshes the referenced collection. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.)
Public method Refresh(Boolean) Refreshes the referenced collection with the option to refresh child objects of the referenced collection. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.)
Public method ToString (Inherited from Object.)

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Fields

  Name Description
Protected field initialized This value supports the SMO infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. (Inherited from AbstractCollectionBase.)

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Explicit Interface Implementations

  Name Description
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method ICollection.CopyTo Copies the elements from an instance to an array beginning at the index indicated. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.)

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Remarks

A RuleCollection object can be used to gain access to a set of rules. You can use the Item property to return a specific Rule object.

Examples

Using Collections

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.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace