ItemMetadata.GetStringField Method

When overridden in a derived class, gets the value of the specified custom field.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Synchronization.MetadataStorage
Assembly:  Microsoft.Synchronization.MetadataStorage (in Microsoft.Synchronization.MetadataStorage.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustOverride Function GetStringField ( _
    fieldName As String _
) As String
'Usage
Dim instance As ItemMetadata
Dim fieldName As String
Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = instance.GetStringField(fieldName)

public abstract string GetStringField(
    string fieldName
)

public:
virtual String^ GetStringField(
    String^ fieldName
) abstract

abstract GetStringField : 
        fieldName:string -> string 

public abstract function GetStringField(
    fieldName : String
) : String

Parameters

• fieldName
  Type: System.String
  The name of the custom field.

Return Value

Type: System.String
The value of the specified custom field. Returns a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) when the field value has not been set.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	fieldName is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ArgumentException	fieldName is 0 length.

Remarks

Custom fields must be defined in a FieldSchema object when the replica metadata is first initialized.

See Also

Reference

ItemMetadata Class

Microsoft.Synchronization.MetadataStorage Namespace