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PrimitiveType Class

.NET Framework 4

Describes the .NET Framework primitive types, conceptual model primitive types, and storage provider-specific primitive types.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Data.Metadata.Edm.MetadataItem
    System.Data.Metadata.Edm.GlobalItem
      System.Data.Metadata.Edm.EdmType
        System.Data.Metadata.Edm.SimpleType
          System.Data.Metadata.Edm.PrimitiveType

Namespace: System.Data.Metadata.Edm
Assembly: System.Data.Entity (in System.Data.Entity.dll)

Syntax

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public sealed class PrimitiveType : SimpleType

The PrimitiveType type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Abstract	Gets a value indicating whether this type is abstract or not. (Inherited from EdmType.)
	BaseType	Gets the base type of this type. (Inherited from EdmType.)
	BuiltInTypeKind	Gets the built-in type kind for this PrimitiveType. (Overrides MetadataItem.BuiltInTypeKind.)
	ClrEquivalentType	Returns an equivalent common language runtime (CLR) type of this PrimitiveType. Note that the ClrEquivalentType property always returns a non-nullable type value.
	Documentation	Gets or sets the documentation associated with this type. (Inherited from MetadataItem.)
	FacetDescriptions	Gets the list of facet descriptions for this PrimitiveType.
	FullName	Gets the full name of this type. (Inherited from EdmType.)
	MetadataProperties	Gets the list of properties of the current type. (Inherited from MetadataItem.)
	Name	Gets the name of this type. (Inherited from EdmType.)
	NamespaceName	Gets the namespace of this type. (Inherited from EdmType.)
	PrimitiveTypeKind	Gets a PrimitiveTypeKind enumeration value that indicates a primitive type of this PrimitiveType.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	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 it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetCollectionType	Returns an instance of the CollectionType whose element type is this type. (Inherited from EdmType.)
	GetEdmPrimitiveType()	Returns the equivalent EdmType of this PrimitiveType.
	GetEdmPrimitiveType(PrimitiveTypeKind)	Returns the equivalent EdmType of a PrimitiveType.
	GetEdmPrimitiveTypes	Returns the list of primitive types.
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns the full name of this type. (Inherited from EdmType.)

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Remarks

For more information, see Simple Types.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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.

Reference

System.Data.Metadata.Edm Namespace

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