MetaModel Class

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An abstraction that represents the mapping between a database and domain objects.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Data.Linq.Mapping.MetaModel

Namespace:  System.Data.Linq.Mapping
Assembly:  System.Data.Linq (in System.Data.Linq.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class MetaModel
public abstract class MetaModel

The MetaModel type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MetaModel Initializes a new instance of the MetaModel class.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ContextType Gets the type of DataContext type that this model describes.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone DatabaseName Gets the name of the database.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MappingSource Gets the mapping source that originated this model.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ProviderType Gets or sets the provider type.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported 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 methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetMetaType Discovers the MetaType for the specified Type.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetTable Gets the MetaTable associated with a specified Type.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetTables Get an enumeration of all tables.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Version Information

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1

Platforms

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

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.