IMethod.GetFilters Method

Returns the filters for this method for the given method instance.

Namespace:  Microsoft.BusinessData.MetadataModel
Assembly:  Microsoft.BusinessData (in Microsoft.BusinessData.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function GetFilters ( _
    methodInstance As IMethodInstance _
) As IFilterCollection
'Usage
Dim instance As IMethod
Dim methodInstance As IMethodInstance
Dim returnValue As IFilterCollection

returnValue = instance.GetFilters(methodInstance)

IFilterCollection GetFilters(
    IMethodInstance methodInstance
)

Parameters

• methodInstance
  Type: Microsoft.BusinessData.MetadataModel.IMethodInstance

  The method instance.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.BusinessData.Runtime.IFilterCollection
A collection of filters.

Remarks

An empty collection is returned if there are no filters for the method.

Instances of objects in the Business Data Connectivity object model are tied to the Metadata Store they are obtained from. Using instances tied to one Metadata Store with the instances from another Metadata Store will cause data corruption and other unexpected behavior. For more information, see DatabaseBackedMetadataCatalog, FileBackedMetadataCatalog, and RemoteSharedFileBackedMetadataCatalog.

See Also

Reference

IMethod Interface

IMethod Members

Microsoft.BusinessData.MetadataModel Namespace