TypeDescriptorCollection Class

Represents a collection of TypeDescriptor objects. Provides methods to create and enumerate TypeDescriptor objects.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Administration.TypeDescriptorCollection

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Administration
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal (in Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, ObjectModel := True)> _
<SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, ObjectModel := True)> _
Public Class TypeDescriptorCollection _
    Implements IEnumerable(Of TypeDescriptor)

'Usage
Dim instance As TypeDescriptorCollection

[SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, ObjectModel = true)]
[SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, ObjectModel = true)]
public class TypeDescriptorCollection : IEnumerable<TypeDescriptor>

Examples

The following code example shows how to create a method, complete with method instances, filter descriptors, default values, and type descriptors, for the ProductModel entity in the AdventureWorks2000 database.

Prerequisites

• Ensure a Shared Service Provider is already created.

• Create an LobSystem instance and set connection parameters as shown in How to: Create an LobSystem Using the Administration Object Model.

• Create the ProductModel entity as shown in How to: Create an Entity Using the Administration Object Model

• Replace the constant value EnterYourSSPNameHere in the code with the name of your Shared Resource Provider.

Project References

Add the following Project References in your console application code project before running this sample:

• Microsoft.SharePoint

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal

• Microsoft.Office.Server

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Administration;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Infrastructure;
using WSSAdmin = Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration;
using OSSAdmin = Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration;

namespace Microsoft.SDK.SharePointServer.Samples
{
    class GetStartedAndCreateSystem
    {
        const string yourSSPName ="EnterYourSSPNameHere";

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            SetupBDC();
            CreateFinderMethod();
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
            Console.Read();
        }
        static void SetupBDC()
        {
            SqlSessionProvider.Instance().SetSharedResourceProviderToUse(yourSSPName);
        }
        static void CreateFinderMethod()
        {

            LobSystemInstance mySysInstance = null;
            LobSystemInstanceCollection sysInsCollection = ApplicationRegistry.Instance.GetLobSystemInstancesLikeName("AdventureWorksSampleFromCode");
            foreach (LobSystemInstance sysInstance in sysInsCollection)
            {
                if (sysInstance.Name == "AdventureWorksSampleFromCode")
                {
                    mySysInstance = sysInstance;
                    break;
                }
            }
            EntityCollection entityColl = mySysInstance.LobSystem.Entities;
            foreach (Entity entity in entityColl)
            {
                if (entity.Name == "ProductModel")
                {
                    Method meth = entity.Methods.Create("GetProductModels", true, true);
                    meth.Properties.Add("RdbCommandText", "SELECT ProductModelID, Name, CatalogDescription FROM ProductModel WHERE Name LIKE @Name");
                    meth.Properties.Add("RdbCommandType", System.Data.CommandType.Text);
                    FilterDescriptor fd = meth.FilterDescriptors.Create("Name", true, "Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Runtime.WildcardFilter");
                    Parameter p1 = meth.Parameters.Create("@Name", true, Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.MetadataModel.DirectionType.In, "Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Infrastructure.DotNetTypeReflector");
                    TypeDescriptor td1 = p1.CreateRootTypeDescriptor("Name", true, "System.String", null, fd, false);
                    Parameter p2 = meth.Parameters.Create("ProductModels", true, Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.MetadataModel.DirectionType.Return, "Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Infrastructure.DotNetTypeReflector");
                    IList<Identifier> ids = new List<Identifier>(entity.Identifiers);
                    Identifier id = ids[0];
                    TypeDescriptor td2 = p2.CreateRootTypeDescriptor("ProductModelDataReader", true, "System.Data.IDataReader, System.Data, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089", null, null, true);
                    TypeDescriptor td21 = td2.ChildTypeDescriptors.Create("ProductModelDataRecord", true, "System.Data.IDataRecord, System.Data, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089", null, null, false);
                    TypeDescriptor td210 = td21.ChildTypeDescriptors.Create("ProductModelID", true, "System.Int32", id, null, false);
                    TypeDescriptor td211 = td21.ChildTypeDescriptors.Create("Name", true, "System.String", null, null, false);
                    TypeDescriptor td212 = td21.ChildTypeDescriptors.Create("CatalogDescription", true, "System.String", null, null, false);
                    MethodInstance methInst1 = meth.MethodInstances.Create("ProductModelFinder", true, td2, Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.MetadataModel.MethodInstanceType.Finder);
                    MethodInstance methInst2 = meth.MethodInstances.Create("ProductModelSpecificFinder", true, td2, Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.MetadataModel.MethodInstanceType.SpecificFinder);
                    IList<MethodInstance> methInstCollection = new List<MethodInstance>(entity.MethodInstances);
                    td1.SetDefaultValue(methInstCollection[0].Id, "%");
                    td1.SetDefaultValue(methInstCollection[1].Id, "%");
                    Console.WriteLine("Created the finder method successfully.");
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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

TypeDescriptorCollection Members

Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Administration Namespace