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EntityContainer.Create Method

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm
Assembly:
EntityFramework.dll

The factory method for constructing the EntityContainer object.

public static System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EntityContainer Create (string name, System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.DataSpace dataSpace, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EntitySetBase> entitySets, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EdmFunction> functionImports, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.MetadataProperty> metadataProperties);
static member Create : string * System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.DataSpace * seq<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EntitySetBase> * seq<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EdmFunction> * seq<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.MetadataProperty> -> System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EntityContainer

Parameters

name
String

The name of the entity container to be created.

dataSpace
DataSpace

DataSpace in which this entity container belongs to.

entitySets
IEnumerable<EntitySetBase>

Entity sets that will be included in the new container. Can be null.

functionImports
IEnumerable<EdmFunction>

Functions that will be included in the new container. Can be null.

metadataProperties
IEnumerable<MetadataProperty>

Metadata properties to be associated with the instance.

Returns

EntityContainer

The EntityContainer object.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

Thrown if the name argument is null or empty string.

Remarks

The newly created EntityContainer will be read only.

Applies to