Metadata Class

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10/23/2012

Specifies a superset of all container objects within the MDS system.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.MasterDataServices.DataContractBase
Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Metadata

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

Syntax

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

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

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

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

public class Metadata extends DataContractBase

The Metadata type exposes the following members.

Constructors

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

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Properties

	Name	Description
	AttributeGroups	Gets or sets an array of attribute groups.
	Attributes	Gets or sets an array of attributes.
	DerivedHierarchies	Gets or sets an array of derived hierarchies.
	DerivedHierarchyLevels	Gets or sets an array of derived hierarchy levels.
	Entities	Gets or sets an array of entities.
	ExplicitHierarchies	Gets or sets an array of explicit hierarchies.
	ExtensionData	Gets or sets the structure that contains extra data. (Inherited from DataContractBase.)
	MemberTypes	Gets or sets a collection of entity member types.
	Models	Gets or sets an array of models.
	VersionFlags	Gets or sets an array of version flags.
	Versions	Gets or sets an array of versions.

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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.)

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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.