Identifier.ReadXml method

Reads the Identifier definition from the specified metadata XML for the specified external content type.

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, _
    entity As Entity _
) As Identifier
'Usage
Dim xml As String
Dim errors As String()
Dim packageContents As PackageContents
Dim entity As Entity
Dim returnValue As Identifier

returnValue = Identifier.ReadXml(xml, errors, _
    packageContents, entity)

public static Identifier ReadXml(
    string xml,
    out string[] errors,
    PackageContents packageContents,
    Entity entity
)

Parameters

• xml
  Type: System.String

  A string containing the metadata XML. The root element of the metadata XML must be the Identifier Element in Identifiers (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.

• entity
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.Entity

  The parent external content type that this Identifier is defined in.

Return value

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

Exceptions

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

See also

Reference

Identifier class

Identifier members

Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration namespace