Entity Class
Definition
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Represents an instance of an entity (a record).
public ref class Entity : System::Runtime::Serialization::IExtensibleDataObject
[System.Runtime.Serialization.DataContract(Name="Entity", Namespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Contracts")]
public class Entity : System.Runtime.Serialization.IExtensibleDataObject
[<System.Runtime.Serialization.DataContract(Name="Entity", Namespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Contracts")>]
type Entity = class
interface IExtensibleDataObject
Public Class Entity
Implements IExtensibleDataObject
- Inheritance
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Entity
- Attributes
- Implements
Remarks
Entity
is the base class for all types of entities in Microsoft Dynamics 365. You use this class for both early and late bound programming.
Constructors
Entity() |
Initializes a new instance of the Entity class. |
Entity(String) |
Initializes a new instance of the Entity class setting the entity name. |
Entity(String, Guid) |
Initializes a new instance of the Entity class. This was introduced with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 2015 Update 1 and cannot be used with earlier versions. |
Entity(String, KeyAttributeCollection) |
Initializes a new instance of the Entity class. This was introduced with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 2015 Update 1 and cannot be used with earlier versions. |
Entity(String, String, Object) |
Initializes a new instance of the Entity class. This was introduced with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 2015 Update 1 and cannot be used with earlier versions. |
Properties
Attributes |
Gets or sets the collection of attributes for the entity. |
EntityState |
Gets or sets the state of the entity. |
ExtensionData |
Gets or sets the structure that contains extra data. |
FormattedValues |
Gets of sets the collection of formatted values for the entity attributes. |
HasLazyFileAttribute |
For internal use only. |
Id |
Gets or sets the ID of the record represented by this entity instance. |
Item[String] |
Provides an indexer for the attribute values. |
KeyAttributes |
Gets or sets the key attributes. |
LazyFileAttributeKey |
For internal use only. |
LazyFileAttributeValue |
For internal use only. |
LazyFileSizeAttributeKey |
For internal use only. |
LazyFileSizeAttributeValue |
For internal use only. |
LogicalName |
Gets or sets the logical name of the entity. |
RelatedEntities |
Gets or sets a collection of entity references (references to records). |
RowVersion |
Gets or sets the row version |
Methods
Contains(String) |
Checks to see if there is a value present for the specified attribute. |
GetAttributeValue<T>(String) |
Gets the value of the attribute. |
GetFormattedAttributeValue(String) |
Gets the formatted value of the attribute. |
GetRelatedEntities<TEntity>(String, Nullable<EntityRole>) |
Gets the collection of related entity instances for the specified relationship. |
GetRelatedEntity<TEntity>(String, Nullable<EntityRole>) |
Gets the related entity instance for the specified relationship. |
SetAttributeValue(String, Object) |
Sets the value of an attribute. |
SetRelatedEntities<TEntity>(String, Nullable<EntityRole>, IEnumerable<TEntity>) |
Sets the collection of related entity instances for the specified relationship. |
SetRelatedEntity<TEntity>(String, Nullable<EntityRole>, TEntity) |
Sets the related entity instance for the specified relationship. |
ToEntity<T>() |
Gets the entity as the specified type. |
ToEntityReference() |
Gets an entity reference for this entity instance. |
TryGetAttributeValue<T>(String, T) |