EntityContainer Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm

Assembly:

EntityFramework.dll

Class for representing an entity container

public class EntityContainer : System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.GlobalItem

type EntityContainer = class
    inherit GlobalItem

Public Class EntityContainer
Inherits GlobalItem

Inheritance

Object

MetadataItem

GlobalItem

EntityContainer

Constructors

EntityContainer(String, DataSpace)

Creates an entity container with the specified name and data space.

Properties

AssociationSets	Gets the association sets for this entity container.
BaseEntitySets	Gets a list of entity sets and association sets that this EntityContainer includes.
BuiltInTypeKind	Gets the built-in type kind for this EntityContainer.
Documentation	Gets or sets the documentation associated with this type. (Inherited from MetadataItem)
EntitySets	Gets the entity sets for this entity container.
FunctionImports	Specifies a collection of EdmFunction elements. Each function contains the details of a stored procedure that exists in the database or equivalent CommandText that is mapped to an entity and its properties.
MetadataProperties	Gets the list of properties of the current type. (Inherited from MetadataItem)
Name	Gets the name of this EntityContainer.

Methods

AddAnnotation(String, Object)	Adds or updates an annotation with the specified name and value. (Inherited from MetadataItem)
AddEntitySetBase(EntitySetBase)	Adds the specified entity set to the container.
AddFunctionImport(EdmFunction)	Adds a function import to the container.
Create(String, DataSpace, IEnumerable<EntitySetBase>, IEnumerable<EdmFunction>, IEnumerable<MetadataProperty>)	The factory method for constructing the EntityContainer object.
GetEntitySetByName(String, Boolean)	Returns an EntitySet object by using the specified name for the entity set.
GetRelationshipSetByName(String, Boolean)	Returns a RelationshipSet object by using the specified name for the relationship set.
RemoveAnnotation(String)	Removes an annotation with the specified name. (Inherited from MetadataItem)
RemoveEntitySetBase(EntitySetBase)	Removes a specific entity set from the container.
ToString()	Returns the name of this EntityContainer.
TryGetEntitySetByName(String, Boolean, EntitySet)	Returns an EntitySet object by using the specified name for the entity set.
TryGetRelationshipSetByName(String, Boolean, RelationshipSet)	Returns a RelationshipSet object by using the specified name for the relationship set.