Association members

Represents a relationship between two or more related external content types defined in one or multiple external systems.

The Association type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	AssociationGroup	Gets the association group for this association.
	DefaultDisplayName	Gets or sets the default display name. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	DestinationEntityReference	Gets a reference to the destination external content type.
	HasReturnTypeDescriptor	Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether the current MethodInstance object has a return TypeDescriptor. (Inherited from MethodInstance.)
	Id	Gets the identifier of the MetadataObject object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	IsCached	Indicates whether the object is cached. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	IsDefault	Gets or sets a value specifying whether this is the default method instance. (Inherited from MethodInstance.)
	LocalizedDisplayName	Gets or sets the localized display name. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	LocalizedDisplayNames	Gets the collection of localized display names. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	Method	Gets a Method object that represents the current MethodInstance object. (Inherited from MethodInstance.)
	MethodId	Gets the method identifier. (Inherited from MethodInstance.)
	MethodInstanceType	Gets or sets a MethodInstanceType indicating the type of the current MethodInstance object. (Inherited from MethodInstance.)
	Name	Gets or sets the name of the object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	Properties	Gets the property collection of the object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	ReturnTypeDescriptor	Gets or sets the association type descriptor. (Overrides MethodInstance.ReturnTypeDescriptor.)
	SourceEntityReferences	Gets the references to the source external content types.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	ContainsLocalizedDisplayName	Indicates whether the object contains a localized display name. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	CopyAclAcrossChildren	Copies the list of access control entries (ACEs) associated with the metadata object to all of its child metadata objects. Each individually securable metadata object inherits from this class and provides its own implementation of this method. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	CopyAclAcrossChildrenForSetting	Copies the list of access control entries (ACEs) associated with the metadata object to all of its child metadata objects for the specified setting. Each individually securable metadata object inherits from this class and provides its own implementation of this method. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	CopyAclToSetting	Copies the access control list (ACL) from the default setting to the target setting. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	Delete	Deletes the MetadataObject object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	GetAccessControlList()	Gets the access control list for this metadata object. (Inherited from AccessControlledMetadataObject.)
	GetAccessControlList(String)	Gets a list of the individually securable child metadata objects. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	GetAccessControlList(String, Boolean)	Gets a list of the individually securable child metadata objects. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	GetById	Gets the association by using the association identifier and the metadata store.
	MergeXml	Reads the Association definition from the specified resource XML for the specified method, and then merges its properties, localized names, and access control entries with the existing Association in the metadata store.
	Read	Reads this Association object from the database and refreshes its contents. (Overrides MethodInstance.Read().)
	ReadCommon	This member is reserved for internal use and is not intended to be used directly from your code. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	ReadXml	Reads the Association definition from the specified metadata XML for the specified method.
	SetAccessControlList(IAccessControlList)	Sets the access control list (ACL) for an individually securable metadata object. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	SetAccessControlList(IAccessControlList, String)	Sets the access control list (ACL) for an individually securable metadata object for the specified setting. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)
	Update	Updates the object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	WriteSlicedXml	Writes a sliced XML fragment in the metadata store. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	WriteXml(PackageContents)	Returns the XML representation of the MetadataObject. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	WriteXml(PackageContents, String)	Returns the XML representation of the MetadataObject, which is generated using the properties, localized names, and access control entries from the specified setting. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)

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Explicit interface implementations

	Name	Description
	IAssociationReference.Entity	Gets a reference to the external content type that contains the association.

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See also

Reference

Association class

Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration namespace