EdmEntityContainer.AddFunctionImport Method (String, IEdmTypeReference, IEdmExpression)

Creates and adds a function import to this entity container.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Data.Edm.Library
Assembly:  Microsoft.Data.Edm (in Microsoft.Data.Edm.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable Function AddFunctionImport ( _
    name As String, _
    returnType As IEdmTypeReference, _
    entitySet As IEdmExpression _
) As EdmFunctionImport
'Usage
Dim instance As EdmEntityContainer 
Dim name As String 
Dim returnType As IEdmTypeReference 
Dim entitySet As IEdmExpression 
Dim returnValue As EdmFunctionImport 

returnValue = instance.AddFunctionImport(name, _
    returnType, entitySet)

public virtual EdmFunctionImport AddFunctionImport(
    string name,
    IEdmTypeReference returnType,
    IEdmExpression entitySet
)

public:
virtual EdmFunctionImport^ AddFunctionImport(
    String^ name, 
    IEdmTypeReference^ returnType, 
    IEdmExpression^ entitySet
)

abstract AddFunctionImport : 
        name:string * 
        returnType:IEdmTypeReference * 
        entitySet:IEdmExpression -> EdmFunctionImport  
override AddFunctionImport : 
        name:string * 
        returnType:IEdmTypeReference * 
        entitySet:IEdmExpression -> EdmFunctionImport

public function AddFunctionImport(
    name : String, 
    returnType : IEdmTypeReference, 
    entitySet : IEdmExpression
) : EdmFunctionImport

Parameters

• name
  Type: System.String
  The name of the function import.

• returnType
  Type: Microsoft.Data.Edm.IEdmTypeReference
  The return type of the function import.

• entitySet
  Type: Microsoft.Data.Edm.Expressions.IEdmExpression
  An entity set containing entities returned by this function import. The two expression kinds supported are IEdmEntitySetReferenceExpression and IEdmPathExpression.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Data.Edm.Library.EdmFunctionImport
The created function import.

See Also

Reference

EdmEntityContainer Class

AddFunctionImport Overload

Microsoft.Data.Edm.Library Namespace