MetaAssociation Class

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Represents an association relationship between two entity types.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Data.Linq.Mapping.MetaAssociation

Namespace:  System.Data.Linq.Mapping
Assembly:  System.Data.Linq (in System.Data.Linq.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class MetaAssociation

public abstract class MetaAssociation

The MetaAssociation type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	MetaAssociation	Initializes a new instance of the MetaAssociation class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	DeleteOnNull	Gets whether the object should be deleted when the association is set to null.
	DeleteRule	Gets the behavior when the child is deleted.
	IsForeignKey	Gets whether the other type is the parent of this type.
	IsMany	Gets whether the association represents a one-to-many relationship.
	IsNullable	Gets whether the association can be null.
	IsUnique	Gets whether the association is unique.
	OtherKey	Gets a list of members that represents the values on the other side of the association.
	OtherKeyIsPrimaryKey	Gets whether the OtherKey forms the identity of the other type.
	OtherMember	Gets the member on the other side of this association that represents the reverse association.
	OtherType	Gets the type on the other side of the association.
	ThisKey	Gets a list of members representing the values on this side of the association.
	ThisKeyIsPrimaryKey	Gets whether ThisKey forms the identity of this type.
	ThisMember	Gets the member on this side that represents the association.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Version Information

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

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

System.Data.Linq.Mapping Namespace