MetadataWorkspaceExtensions.GetNamespace Method

Returns the namespace name of the first StructuralType found in the specified ItemCollection.

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 GetNamespace ( _
    itemCollection As ItemCollection _
) As String
'Usage
Dim itemCollection As ItemCollection
Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = itemCollection.GetNamespace()

public static string GetNamespace(
    this ItemCollection itemCollection
)

[ExtensionAttribute]
public:
static String^ GetNamespace(
    ItemCollection^ itemCollection
)

public static function GetNamespace(
    itemCollection : ItemCollection
) : String

Parameters

• itemCollection
  Type: System.Data.Metadata.Edm.ItemCollection
  An in-memory collection of metadata.

Return Value

Type: System.String
The namespace name of the first StructuralType found in the specified ItemCollection.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type ItemCollection. 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 GetNamespace() 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