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EdmTypeSemantics.AsString Method

Returns a valid string type reference to the type definition if this reference is of a string type. Otherwise, it will return a bad string type reference.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Data.Edm
Assembly:  Microsoft.Data.Edm (in Microsoft.Data.Edm.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function AsString ( _
    type As IEdmTypeReference _
) As IEdmStringTypeReference
'Usage
Dim type As IEdmTypeReference 
Dim returnValue As IEdmStringTypeReference 

returnValue = type.AsString()
public static IEdmStringTypeReference AsString(
    this IEdmTypeReference type
)
[ExtensionAttribute]
public:
static IEdmStringTypeReference^ AsString(
    IEdmTypeReference^ type
)
static member AsString : 
        type:IEdmTypeReference -> IEdmStringTypeReference
public static function AsString(
    type : IEdmTypeReference
) : IEdmStringTypeReference

Parameters

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Data.Edm.IEdmStringTypeReference
A valid string type reference if the definition of the reference is of a string type. Otherwise a bad string type reference.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IEdmTypeReference. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384936(v=vs.113) or https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb383977(v=vs.113).

See Also

Reference

EdmTypeSemantics Class

Microsoft.Data.Edm Namespace