IOfflineEntityInstance.GetAuthoritativeData Method (IAuthoritativeDataInformation)

Gets the authoritative data of an External Item regardless of whether it is valid.

Namespace:  Microsoft.BusinessData.Offlining
Assembly:  Microsoft.BusinessData (in Microsoft.BusinessData.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function GetAuthoritativeData ( _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef authoritativeDataInformation As IAuthoritativeDataInformation _
) As IEntityInstance
'Usage
Dim instance As IOfflineEntityInstance
Dim authoritativeDataInformation As IAuthoritativeDataInformation
Dim returnValue As IEntityInstance

returnValue = instance.GetAuthoritativeData(authoritativeDataInformation)

IEntityInstance GetAuthoritativeData(
    out IAuthoritativeDataInformation authoritativeDataInformation
)

Parameters

• authoritativeDataInformation
  Type: Microsoft.BusinessData.Offlining.IAuthoritativeDataInformation

  The existing authoritative data, regardless of whether it is valid.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.BusinessData.Runtime.IEntityInstance
The authoritative data of an External Item.

Remarks

Instances of objects in the Business Data Connectivity object model are tied to the Metadata Store they are obtained from. Using instances tied to one Metadata Store with the instances from another Metadata Store will cause data corruption and other unexpected behavior. For more information, see DatabaseBackedMetadataCatalog, FileBackedMetadataCatalog, and RemoteSharedFileBackedMetadataCatalog.

See Also

Reference

IOfflineEntityInstance Interface

IOfflineEntityInstance Members

GetAuthoritativeData Overload

Microsoft.BusinessData.Offlining Namespace