Entity Class

Article
10/23/2012

Specifies a container for members and their attribute values and explicit hierarchies.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.MasterDataServices.DataContractBase
    Microsoft.MasterDataServices.MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier
      Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Entity

Namespace: Microsoft.MasterDataServices
Assembly: Microsoft.MasterDataServices (in Microsoft.MasterDataServices.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DataContractAttribute(Name := "Entity", Namespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/masterdataservices/2009/09")> _
Public Class Entity _
    Inherits MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier
'Usage
Dim instance As Entity

[DataContractAttribute(Name = "Entity", Namespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/masterdataservices/2009/09")]
public class Entity : MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier

[DataContractAttribute(Name = L"Entity", Namespace = L"https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/masterdataservices/2009/09")]
public ref class Entity : public MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier

[<DataContractAttribute(Name = "Entity", Namespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/masterdataservices/2009/09")>]
type Entity =  
    class
        inherit MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier
    end

public class Entity extends MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier

The Entity type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Entity	Initializes a new instance of the Entity class.

Top

Properties

	Name	Description
	AuditInfo	Gets or sets audit information. (Inherited from MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier.)
	CodeGenerationSeed	Gets or sets the seed of a code generation.
	ExplicitHierarchies	Gets or sets an object containing extra data.
	ExtensionData	Gets or sets the structure that contains extra data. (Inherited from DataContractBase.)
	Identifier	Gets or sets the ID of the model context. (Inherited from MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier.)
	IsBase	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the entity shows on model explorer initial screen as the main entity.
	IsCodeGenerationEnabled	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the code generation is enabled.
	IsFlat	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the entity supports explicit hierarchies.
	IsSystem	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the entity was created by the MDS system. System entities cannot be deleted.
	MemberTypes	Gets or sets an array of entity member types.
	Permission	Gets or sets the security permission. (Inherited from MdmDataContractOfModelContextIdentifier.)
	StagingName	Gets or sets the staging name for Entity.

Top

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)

Top

Thread Safety

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