DeletedMetadataCollection Class

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Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

The structure used to return deleted metadata.

Namespace: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata.Query
Assembly: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk (in Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<CollectionDataContractAttribute(Name:="DeletedMetadataCollection", Namespace:="https://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Metadata/Query")> _
Public NotInheritable Class DeletedMetadataCollection
    Inherits DataCollection(Of DeletedMetadataFilters, DataCollection(Of Guid))

[CollectionDataContractAttribute(Name="DeletedMetadataCollection", Namespace="https://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Metadata/Query")] 
public sealed class DeletedMetadataCollection : DataCollection<DeletedMetadataFilters,DataCollection<Guid>>

Remarks

This is the collection returned as the RetrieveMetadataChangesResponse.DeletedMetadata property when the RetrieveMetadataChangesRequest has values set for the ClientVersionStamp and DeletedMetadataFilters properties.

The following code snippets taken from Sample: Query Metadata and Detect Changes show how the DeletedMetadataCollectioncan be used to detect deleted OptionSetMetadata.

protected String updateOptionLabelList(EntityQueryExpression entityQueryExpression, String clientVersionStamp)
{
 //Retrieve metadata changes and add them to the cache
 RetrieveMetadataChangesResponse updateResponse;
 try
 {
  updateResponse = getMetadataChanges(entityQueryExpression, clientVersionStamp, DeletedMetadataFilters.OptionSet);
  addOptionLabelsToCache(updateResponse.EntityMetadata, true);
  removeOptionLabelsFromCache(updateResponse.DeletedMetadata, true);

 }
 catch (FaultException<Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationServiceFault> ex)
 {
  // Check for ErrorCodes.ExpiredVersionStamp (0x80044352)
  // Will occur when the timestamp exceeds the Organization.ExpireSubscriptionsInDays value, which is 90 by default.
  if (ex.Detail.ErrorCode == unchecked((int)0x80044352))
  {
   //reinitialize cache
   _optionLabelList.Clear();

   updateResponse = getMetadataChanges(entityQueryExpression, null, DeletedMetadataFilters.OptionSet);
   //Add them to the cache and display the changes
   addOptionLabelsToCache(updateResponse.EntityMetadata, true);

  }
  else
  {
   throw ex;
  }

 }
 return updateResponse.ServerVersionStamp;
}
   
   
   ...
   
   
   
protected void removeOptionLabelsFromCache(DeletedMetadataCollection DeletedMetadata, Boolean showChanges)
{
 List<OptionSetOption> optionSetOptionsToRemove = new List<OptionSetOption>();

 if (DeletedMetadata.Keys.Contains(DeletedMetadataFilters.OptionSet))
 {
  DataCollection<Guid> optionsetmetadataids = (DataCollection<Guid>)DeletedMetadata[DeletedMetadataFilters.OptionSet];
  foreach (Guid metadataid in optionsetmetadataids)
  {
   foreach (OptionSetOption oso in _optionLabelList)
   {
    if (metadataid == oso.optionsetId)
    {
     optionSetOptionsToRemove.Add(oso);
    }
   }
  }
 }
 foreach (OptionSetOption option in optionSetOptionsToRemove)
 {
  _optionLabelList.Remove(option);
 }
 if (showChanges)
 {
  if (optionSetOptionsToRemove.Count > 0)
  {
   Console.WriteLine("{0} Option Labels removed", optionSetOptionsToRemove.Count);
   Console.WriteLine("{0} Total Option Labels currently cached", _optionLabelList.Count);
   Console.WriteLine("");
  }
  else
  {
   Console.WriteLine("No Option Labels removed.");
   Console.WriteLine("");
  }

 }
}

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.DataCollection
    Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata.Query.DeletedMetadataCollection

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.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7 (All Versions), Windows 8 (All Versions)

Target Platforms

Windows 98,Windows 2000,Windows 2000 Server,Windows CE,Windows Server 2008,Windows 98 Second Edition,Pocket PC,Smart Phone,Windows Server 2003,Windows XP Professional,Windows Server 2008, ,Windows Server 2012, ,Windows 7 (All Versions), ,Windows 8 (All Versions)

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See Also

Reference

DeletedMetadataCollection Members
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata.Query Namespace
Retrieve Information about Deleted Metadata

Other Resources

Query and Capture Changes to Metadata
Sample: Query Metadata and Detect Changes

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