Entity.FindAssociated Method (EntityInstanceCollection, Association, LobSystemInstance)

NOTE: This API is now obsolete.

Gets the entity instances associated with a given entity instance collection.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<ObsoleteAttribute("O12 Application Registry API is deprecated. Please use BusinessData.",  _
    False)> _
Public Function FindAssociated ( _
    sourceEntityInstances As EntityInstanceCollection, _
    association As Association, _
    lobSystemInstance As LobSystemInstance _
) As IEntityInstanceEnumerator
'Usage
Dim instance As Entity
Dim sourceEntityInstances As EntityInstanceCollection
Dim association As Association
Dim lobSystemInstance As LobSystemInstance
Dim returnValue As IEntityInstanceEnumerator

returnValue = instance.FindAssociated(sourceEntityInstances, _
    association, lobSystemInstance)

[ObsoleteAttribute("O12 Application Registry API is deprecated. Please use BusinessData.", 
    false)]
public IEntityInstanceEnumerator FindAssociated(
    EntityInstanceCollection sourceEntityInstances,
    Association association,
    LobSystemInstance lobSystemInstance
)

Parameters

• sourceEntityInstances
  Type: Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Runtime.EntityInstanceCollection

  The collection containing the source entity instances. The collection must contain one instance of each Entity that is a Source in the Association.

• association
  Type: Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.MetadataModel.Association

  The Association object.

• lobSystemInstance
  Type: Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.MetadataModel.LobSystemInstance

  The LobSystemInstance object.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Runtime.IEntityInstanceEnumerator
An entity instance collection enumerator.

Remarks

This form of FindAssociated explicitly requests which Association to use from the user. This Entity must be a destination in the Association.

See Also

Reference

Entity Class

Entity Members

FindAssociated Overload

Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.MetadataModel Namespace