MetadataWorkspaceExtensions.GetAssociation Method

Returns the AssociationType object in the specified AssociationSet.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.DatabaseGeneration
Assembly:  Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.DatabaseGeneration (in Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.DatabaseGeneration.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function GetAssociation ( _
    associationSet As AssociationSet _
) As AssociationType
'Usage
Dim associationSet As AssociationSet
Dim returnValue As AssociationType

returnValue = associationSet.GetAssociation()

public static AssociationType GetAssociation(
    this AssociationSet associationSet
)

[ExtensionAttribute]
public:
static AssociationType^ GetAssociation(
    AssociationSet^ associationSet
)

public static function GetAssociation(
    associationSet : AssociationSet
) : AssociationType

Parameters

• associationSet
  Type: System.Data.Metadata.Edm.AssociationSet
  An association set in a conceptual model.

Return Value

Type: System.Data.Metadata.Edm.AssociationType
The AssociationType object in the specified AssociationSet.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type AssociationSet. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Remarks

The GetAssociation() method is used by the Generate Database Wizard when generating a database from a conceptual model.

Permissions

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

MetadataWorkspaceExtensions Class

MetadataWorkspaceExtensions Members

Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.DatabaseGeneration Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Generate a Database from a Conceptual Model (Entity Data Model Tools)

Windows Workflow Foundation