EntityType Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Data.Metadata.Edm

Assembly:

System.Data.Entity.dll

Represents a particular type of data, such as a customer entity or an order entity in a conceptual model.

public ref class EntityType : System::Data::Metadata::Edm::EntityTypeBase

public class EntityType : System.Data.Metadata.Edm.EntityTypeBase

type EntityType = class
    inherit EntityTypeBase

Public Class EntityType
Inherits EntityTypeBase

Inheritance

Object

MetadataItem

GlobalItem

EdmType

StructuralType

EntityTypeBase

EntityType

Remarks

For more information, see Entity type.

Properties

Abstract	Gets a value indicating whether this type is abstract or not. (Inherited from EdmType)
BaseType	Gets the base type of this type. (Inherited from EdmType)
BuiltInTypeKind	Gets the built-in type kind for this EntityType.
Documentation	Gets or sets the documentation associated with this type. (Inherited from MetadataItem)
FullName	Gets the full name of this type. (Inherited from EdmType)
KeyMembers	Gets the list of all the key members for the current entity or relationship type. (Inherited from EntityTypeBase)
Members	Gets the list of members on this type. (Inherited from StructuralType)
MetadataProperties	Gets the list of properties of the current type. (Inherited from MetadataItem)
Name	Gets the name of this type. (Inherited from EdmType)
NamespaceName	Gets the namespace of this type. (Inherited from EdmType)
NavigationProperties	Gets the navigation properties of this EntityType.
Properties	Gets the list of properties for this EntityType.

Methods

Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
GetCollectionType()	Returns an instance of the CollectionType whose element type is this type. (Inherited from EdmType)
GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
GetReferenceType()	Returns a RefType object that references this EntityType.
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
ToString()	Returns the full name of this type. (Inherited from EdmType)