SmoMetadataProvider Class

Represents an IMetadataProvider object that uses the SMO layer to retrieve server metadata objects.

Inheritance Hierarchy

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SmoMetadataProvider
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SmoMetadataProvider (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SmoMetadataProvider.dll)

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class SmoMetadataProvider _
    Inherits MetadataProviderBase
'Usage
Dim instance As SmoMetadataProvider

public abstract class SmoMetadataProvider : MetadataProviderBase

public ref class SmoMetadataProvider abstract : public MetadataProviderBase

[<AbstractClassAttribute>]
type SmoMetadataProvider =  
    class
        inherit MetadataProviderBase
    end

public abstract class SmoMetadataProvider extends MetadataProviderBase

The SmoMetadataProvider type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	AfterBindHandler	Gets the method that will handle the AfterBind event. (Inherited from MetadataProviderBase.)
	BeforeBindHandler	Gets the method that will handle the BeforeBind event. (Inherited from MetadataProviderBase.)
	BuiltInFunctionLookup	Gets an IBuiltInFunctionLookup object that can be used to look up built-in functions and global variables. (Inherited from MetadataProviderBase.)
	CollationLookup	Gets an ICollationLookup object that can be used to look up system collations. (Inherited from MetadataProviderBase.)
	MetadataFactory	Gets an IMetadataFactory object that can be used to create metadata objects. (Inherited from MetadataProviderBase.)
	Server	Gets an IServer object which allows for accessing server-side metadata objects such as databases, schemas, and tables. (Overrides MetadataProviderBase.Server.)
	SmoServer	Gets a Server object associated with the metadata provider.
	SystemDataTypeLookup	Gets an ISystemDataTypeLookup object that can be used to look up and retrieve system data types. (Inherited from MetadataProviderBase.)

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	Name	Description
	CreateConnectedProvider(ServerConnection)	Creates a new instance of the SmoMetadataProvider class that uses the specified SMO connection to retrieve server metadata objects over the SMO.
	CreateConnectedProvider(ServerConnection, Int32)	Creates a new instance of the SmoMetadataProvider class that uses the specified connection to retrieve server metadata objects over the SMO.
	CreateDisconnectedProvider	Creates a new instance of the SmoMetadataProvider class that uses the specified SMO server object to retrieve metadata objects.
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)

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Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.