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Link<T> Structure

Used to enable deferred loading of individual properties (similar to EntityRef<TEntity>).

Namespace:  System.Data.Linq
Assembly:  System.Data.Linq (in System.Data.Linq.dll)
public struct Link<T>

Type Parameters

T

The type of the elements in the deferred source.

The Link<T> type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Link<T>(T) Initializes a new instance of the Link<T> structure by referencing the value of the property.
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Link<T>(IEnumerable<T>) Initializes a new instance of the Link<T> structure by referencing the source.
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Link<T>(Link<T>) Initializes a new instance of the Link<T> structure by copying the internal state from another Link<T> instance.
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  Name Description
Public property Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone HasLoadedOrAssignedValue Specifies whether the Link<T> has loaded or assigned a value.
Public property Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone HasValue Gets a value that specifies whether the source has a value.
Public property Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Value Gets or sets the value assigned to or loaded by the Link<T>.
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  Name Description
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Equals Indicates whether this instance and a specified object are equal. (Inherited from ValueType.)
Protected method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone 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.)
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetHashCode Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from ValueType.)
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ToString Returns the fully qualified type name of this instance. (Inherited from ValueType.)
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If you assign a deferred source (IEnumerable<T>) to Link<T>, Link<T> loads the value by enumerating the source the first time the Value property is accessed.

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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