IEntity.GetSecurityDescriptor Method

Gets the security descriptor of the external item with the given identity from the the given external system instance.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function GetSecurityDescriptor ( _
    id As Identity, _
    lsi As ILobSystemInstance _
) As Byte()
'Usage
Dim instance As IEntity
Dim id As Identity
Dim lsi As ILobSystemInstance
Dim returnValue As Byte()

returnValue = instance.GetSecurityDescriptor(id, _
    lsi)

byte[] GetSecurityDescriptor(
    Identity id,
    ILobSystemInstance lsi
)

Parameters

• id
  Type: Microsoft.BusinessData.Runtime.Identity

  The identity of the external item.

• lsi
  Type: Microsoft.BusinessData.MetadataModel.ILobSystemInstance

  The external system instance.

Return Value

Type: []
The security descriptor.

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

IEntity Interface

IEntity Members

Microsoft.BusinessData.MetadataModel Namespace