IMetadataProvider Interface

Defines methods and properties that can be used to access server metadata objects or create metadata objects.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlParser.MetadataProvider
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlParser (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlParser.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Interface IMetadataProvider
'Usage
Dim instance As IMetadataProvider

public interface IMetadataProvider

public interface class IMetadataProvider

type IMetadataProvider =  interface end

public interface IMetadataProvider

The IMetadataProvider type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	AfterBindHandler	Gets the MetadataProviderEventHandler object that will handle the AfterBind event.
	BeforeBindHandler	Gets the MetadataProviderEventHandler object that will handle the BeforeBind event.
	BuiltInFunctionLookup	Gets an IBuiltInFunctionLookup object that can be used to look up built-in functions and system functions that start with @@.
	CollationLookup	Gets an ICollationLookup object that can be used to look up system collations.
	MetadataFactory	Gets an IMetadataFactory object that can be used to create metadata objects.
	Server	Gets an IServer object that can be used to access server metadata objects such as databases, schemas, tables, and so on.
	SystemDataTypeLookup	Gets an ISystemDataTypeLookup object that can be used to look up and retrieve system data types.

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Reference

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlParser.MetadataProvider Namespace