MetadataBase Class

Article
11/28/2016

Applies To: Dynamics 365 (online), Dynamics 365 (on-premises), Dynamics CRM 2016, Dynamics CRM Online

Specifies the base class for classes that contains metadata information.

Namespace: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata
Assembly: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk (in Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.dll)

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata.MetadataBase
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.LocalizedLabel
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata.AttributeMetadata
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata.EntityKeyMetadata
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata.EntityMetadata
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata.ManagedPropertyMetadata
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata.OptionMetadata
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata.OptionSetMetadataBase
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata.RelationshipMetadataBase

Syntax

[DataContractAttribute(Name = "MetadataBase", Namespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Metadata")]
[KnownTypeAttribute(typeof(RelationshipMetadataBase))]
[KnownTypeAttribute(typeof(EntityMetadata))]
[KnownTypeAttribute(typeof(AttributeMetadata))]
[KnownTypeAttribute(typeof(OptionSetMetadata))]
public abstract class MetadataBase : IExtensibleDataObject

<DataContractAttribute(Name := "MetadataBase", Namespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Metadata")>
<KnownTypeAttribute(GetType(RelationshipMetadataBase))>
<KnownTypeAttribute(GetType(EntityMetadata))>
<KnownTypeAttribute(GetType(AttributeMetadata))>
<KnownTypeAttribute(GetType(OptionSetMetadata))>
Public MustInherit Class MetadataBase
    Implements IExtensibleDataObject

Constructors

	Name	Description
	MetadataBase()	Initializes a new instance of theMetadataBase class

Properties

	Name	Description
	ExtensionData	Gets or sets the structure that contains extra data.
	HasChanged	Gets whether the item of metadata has changed.
	MetadataId	Gets or sets a unique identifier for the metadata item.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType()	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone()	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString()	(Inherited from Object.)

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.