ActionParameter.ReadXml Method

Reads the ActionParameter definition from the specified metadata XML for the specified action.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function ReadXml ( _
    xml As String, _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef errors As String(), _
    packageContents As PackageContents, _
    action As Action _
) As ActionParameter
'Usage
Dim xml As String
Dim errors As String()
Dim packageContents As PackageContents
Dim action As Action
Dim returnValue As ActionParameter

returnValue = ActionParameter.ReadXml(xml, errors, _
    packageContents, action)

public static ActionParameter ReadXml(
    string xml,
    out string[] errors,
    PackageContents packageContents,
    Action action
)

Parameters

• xml
  Type: System.String

  A string containing the metadata XML. The root element of the metadata XML must be the ActionParameter Element in ActionParameters (BDCMetadata Schema).

• errors
  Type: []

  A list of noncritical errors that occurred when reading the XML.

• packageContents
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Parser.PackageContents

  Options that specify which elements to read.

• action
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.Action

  The parent action that this ActionParameter is defined in.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.ActionParameter
The ActionParameter.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The xml parameter or the action parameter is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ArgumentException	The packageContents parameter does not have the PackageContents.Model value set.

See Also

Reference

ActionParameter Class

ActionParameter Members

Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration Namespace