FilterDescriptor Members

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Filters are the fundamental way in which the Business Data Catalog captures user (or system) input and plumbs it through to the backend API invocation. FilterDescriptors describe where in a complex series of parameters, a filter value should be inserted. This is accomplished by 'tagging' the TypeDEscriptors representing complex parameters of a Method definition to flag where the insertion should happen. It is important to note that the backend must supply the functionality for filtering; the FilterDescriptors merely form a mechanism to surface this to the end user. FilterDescriptor objects are owned (contained) inside Method objects. They are subsequently referred by TypeDescriptor objects.

The FilterDescriptor type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	FilterType	Gets the data type of the filter.
	Id	Gets the unique ID of each metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	IsCached	Determines whether the metadata object is cached or not. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	Name	Gets the name of the metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)

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Methods

	Name	Description
	ContainsLocalizedDisplayName	Determines whether the metadata object contains a localized display name. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetById	Gets a filter given its ID.
	GetDefaultDisplayName	Gets the default display name of the metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetLocalizedDisplayName	Gets the localized display name of the metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	GetMethod	Gets the method associated with the filter.
	GetProperties	Gets the properties associated with the metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetTypeDescriptors	Gets the TypeDescriptor objects associated with the filter.
	Initialize	Initializes a FilterDescriptor object.
	MemberwiseClone	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)

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Fields

	Name	Description
	CaseSensitivePropertyName	A constant that represents a case-sensitive property name.
	IsDefaultPropertyName	A constant that represents the default property name.

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Reference

FilterDescriptor Class

Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.MetadataModel Namespace