Entity.Validate method (IList<Entity>, AdministrationMetadataCatalog)

Validates the external content type by using a list of external content types and the Metadata Store.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function Validate ( _
    entities As IList(Of Entity), _
    catalog As AdministrationMetadataCatalog _
) As ActivationError()
'Usage
Dim entities As IList(Of Entity)
Dim catalog As AdministrationMetadataCatalog
Dim returnValue As ActivationError()

returnValue = Entity.Validate(entities, _
    catalog)

public static ActivationError[] Validate(
    IList<Entity> entities,
    AdministrationMetadataCatalog catalog
)

Parameters

• entities
  Type: System.Collections.Generic.IList<Entity>

  The list of external content types.

• catalog
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.AdministrationMetadataCatalog

  The Metadata Store.

Return value

Type: []
The activation errors that were encountered during validation.

See also

Reference

Entity class

Entity members

Validate overload

Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration namespace