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MetaType Class
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MetaType Members

Represents the mapping of a domain object type to the columns of a database table.

The MetaType type exposes the following members.

 Constructors
  NameDescription
Protected methodMetaTypeInitializes a new instance of the MetaType class.
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 Methods
  NameDescription
Public methodEqualsDetermines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodFinalizeAllows an Object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetDataMemberGets the MetaDataMember associated with the specified member.
Public methodGetHashCodeServes as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetInheritanceTypeGets the MetaType for an inheritance subtype.
Public methodGetTypeGets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetTypeForInheritanceCodeGets the meta-type associated with the specified inheritance code.
Protected methodMemberwiseCloneCreates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodToStringReturns a String that represents the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
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 Properties
  NameDescription
Public propertyAssociationsGets an enumeration of all the associations.
Public propertyCanInstantiateGets whether the underlying type can be instantiated as the result of a query.
Public propertyDataMembersGets an enumeration of all the data members (fields and properties).
Public propertyDBGeneratedIdentityMemberGets the member that represents the auto-generated identity column.
Public propertyDerivedTypesGets an enumeration of the immediate derived types in an inheritance hierarchy.
Public propertyDiscriminatorGets the member that represents the inheritance discriminator column.
Public propertyHasAnyLoadMethodGets a value that indicates whether the current MetaType or any of its bases types has an OnLoaded method.
Public propertyHasAnyValidateMethodGets a value that indicates whether the MetaType or any of its bases types has an OnValidate method.
Public propertyHasInheritanceGets a value indicating whether the type is part of a mapped inheritance hierarchy.
Public propertyHasInheritanceCodeGets a value indicating whether this type defines an inheritance code.
Public propertyHasUpdateCheckGets a value indicating whether the type has any persistent member that may require a test for optimistic concurrency conflicts.
Public propertyIdentityMembersGets an enumeration of all the data members that define the unique identity of the type.
Public propertyInheritanceBaseGets the base meta-type in the inheritance hierarchy.
Public propertyInheritanceCodeGets a value indicating whether this type defines an inheritance code.
Public propertyInheritanceDefaultGets a value indicating whether this type is used as the default of an inheritance hierarchy.
Public propertyInheritanceRootGets the root type of the inheritance hierarchy.
Public propertyInheritanceTypesGets a collection of all types that are defined by an inheritance hierarchy.
Public propertyIsEntityGets a value indicating whether the MetaType is an entity type.
Public propertyIsInheritanceDefaultGets a value indicating whether this type is used as the default of an inheritance hierarchy.
Public propertyModelGets the MetaModel that contains this MetaType.
Public propertyNameGets the name of the MetaType.
Public propertyOnLoadedMethodGets information about the OnLoaded method contained by this meta-type.
Public propertyOnValidateMethodGets information about the OnValidate method contained by this meta-type.
Public propertyPersistentDataMembersGets a collection of all the persistent data members.
Public propertyTableGets the MetaTable that uses this MetaType for row definition.
Public propertyTypeGets the underlying common language runtime (CLR) type.
Public propertyVersionMemberGets a row-version or timestamp column for this MetaType.
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 See Also

Reference

MetaType Class
System.Data.Linq.Mapping Namespace
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