MetaType Class
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Represents the mapping of a domain object type to the columns of a database table.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
System.Data.Linq.Mapping.MetaType
Namespace: System.Data.Linq.Mapping
Assembly: System.Data.Linq (in System.Data.Linq.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class MetaType
public abstract class MetaType
The MetaType type exposes the following members.
Properties
Name | Description | |
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Associations | Gets an enumeration of all the associations. | |
CanInstantiate | Gets whether the underlying type can be instantiated as the result of a query. | |
DataMembers | Gets an enumeration of all the data members (fields and properties). | |
DBGeneratedIdentityMember | Gets the member that represents the auto-generated identity column. | |
DerivedTypes | Gets an enumeration of the immediate derived types in an inheritance hierarchy. | |
Discriminator | Gets the member that represents the inheritance discriminator column. | |
HasAnyLoadMethod | Gets a value that indicates whether the current MetaType or any of its bases types has an OnLoaded method. | |
HasAnyValidateMethod | Gets a value that indicates whether the MetaType or any of its bases types has an OnValidate method. | |
HasInheritance | Gets a value indicating whether the type is part of a mapped inheritance hierarchy. | |
HasInheritanceCode | Gets a value indicating whether this type defines an inheritance code. | |
HasUpdateCheck | Gets a value indicating whether the type has any persistent member that may require a test for optimistic concurrency conflicts. | |
IdentityMembers | Gets an enumeration of all the data members that define the unique identity of the type. | |
Indexes | Gets a read-only collection of MetaType indexes. | |
InheritanceBase | Gets the base meta-type in the inheritance hierarchy. | |
InheritanceCode | Gets a value indicating whether this type defines an inheritance code. | |
InheritanceDefault | Gets a value indicating whether this type is used as the default of an inheritance hierarchy. | |
InheritanceRoot | Gets the root type of the inheritance hierarchy. | |
InheritanceTypes | Gets a collection of all types that are defined by an inheritance hierarchy. | |
IsEntity | Gets a value indicating whether the MetaType is an entity type. | |
IsInheritanceDefault | Gets a value indicating whether this type is used as the default of an inheritance hierarchy. | |
Model | Gets the MetaModel that contains this MetaType. | |
Name | Gets the name of the MetaType. | |
OnLoadedMethod | Gets information about the OnLoaded method contained by this meta-type. | |
OnValidateMethod | Gets information about the OnValidate method contained by this meta-type. | |
PersistentDataMembers | Gets a collection of all the persistent data members. | |
Table | Gets the MetaTable that uses this MetaType for row definition. | |
Type | Gets the underlying common language runtime (CLR) type. | |
VersionMember | Gets a row-version or timestamp column for this MetaType. |
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Methods
Name | Description | |
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Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) | |
Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) | |
GetDataMember | Gets the MetaDataMember associated with the specified member. | |
GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) | |
GetInheritanceType | Gets the MetaType for an inheritance subtype. | |
GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) | |
GetTypeForInheritanceCode | Gets the meta-type associated with the specified inheritance code. | |
MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) | |
ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Version Information
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.
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.