Identifier members

Contains methods and properties to handle the Identifier object of an external content type.

The Identifier type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property DefaultDisplayName Gets or sets the default display name. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public property Entity Gets the external content type to which the Identifier belongs.
Public property Id Gets the identifier of the MetadataObject object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public property IsCached Indicates whether the object is cached. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public property LocalizedDisplayName Gets or sets the localized display name. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public property LocalizedDisplayNames Gets the collection of localized display names. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public property Name Gets or sets the name of the object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public property OrdinalNumber Gets the ordinal number of the Identifier object from the database sequencing.
Public property Properties Gets the property collection of the object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public property Type Gets or sets the type of the Identifier.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method ContainsLocalizedDisplayName Indicates whether the object contains a localized display name. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public method Delete Deletes the MetadataObject object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public method GetAccessControlList() Gets the access control list for this metadata object. (Inherited from AccessControlledMetadataObject.)
Public method GetAccessControlList(String) Gets the access control list for this metadata object by using a setting identifier. (Inherited from AccessControlledMetadataObject.)
Public methodStatic member GetById Gets an Identifier object given its ID.
Public methodStatic member MergeXml Reads the Identifier definition from the specified resource XML for the specified external content type, and then merges its properties, localized names, and access control entries with the existing Identifier in the metadata store.
Public method Read Reads the Identifier from the Business Data Connectivity (BDC) service metadata store, overwriting the current values of the fields of the object with whatever was present in the metadata store. (Overrides MetadataObject.Read().)
Protected method ReadCommon This member is reserved for internal use and is not intended to be used directly from your code. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public methodStatic member ReadXml Reads the Identifier definition from the specified metadata XML for the specified external content type.
Public method ToString (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Update Updates the object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public method WriteSlicedXml Writes a sliced XML fragment in the metadata store. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public method WriteXml(PackageContents) Returns the XML representation of the MetadataObject. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public method WriteXml(PackageContents, String) Returns the XML representation of the MetadataObject, which is generated using the properties, localized names, and access control entries from the specified setting. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)

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See also

Reference

Identifier class

Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration namespace