ForeignKeyAttribute Class

Denotes a property used as a foreign key in a relationship. The annotation may be placed on the foreign key property and specify the associated navigation property name, or placed on a navigation property and specify the associated foreign key name.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Attribute
    System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.ForeignKeyAttribute

Namespace:  System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations
Assembly:  EntityFramework (in EntityFramework.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Property Or AttributeTargets.Field, AllowMultiple := False)> _
Public Class ForeignKeyAttribute _
    Inherits Attribute
'Usage
Dim instance As ForeignKeyAttribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Property|AttributeTargets.Field, AllowMultiple = false)]
public class ForeignKeyAttribute : Attribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets::Property|AttributeTargets::Field, AllowMultiple = false)]
public ref class ForeignKeyAttribute : public Attribute

[<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Property|AttributeTargets.Field, AllowMultiple = false)>]
type ForeignKeyAttribute =  
    class
        inherit Attribute
    end

public class ForeignKeyAttribute extends Attribute

The ForeignKeyAttribute type exposes the following members.

Constructors

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

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Name	If placed on a foreign key property, the name of the associated navigation property. If placed on a navigation property, the name of the associated foreign key(s).
	TypeId	(Inherited from Attribute.)

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	(Inherited from Attribute.)
	Finalize	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Attribute.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	IsDefaultAttribute	(Inherited from Attribute.)
	Match	(Inherited from Attribute.)
	MemberwiseClone	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)

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Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	_Attribute.GetIDsOfNames	(Inherited from Attribute.)
	_Attribute.GetTypeInfo	(Inherited from Attribute.)
	_Attribute.GetTypeInfoCount	(Inherited from Attribute.)
	_Attribute.Invoke	(Inherited from Attribute.)

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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.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations Namespace

Other Resources

Entity Framework 4.1

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