EntityType.Create Method
Definition
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Overloads
| Create(String, String, DataSpace, IEnumerable<String>, IEnumerable<EdmMember>, IEnumerable<MetadataProperty>) |
The factory method for constructing the EntityType object. |
| Create(String, String, DataSpace, EntityType, IEnumerable<String>, IEnumerable<EdmMember>, IEnumerable<MetadataProperty>) |
The factory method for constructing the EntityType object. |
Create(String, String, DataSpace, IEnumerable<String>, IEnumerable<EdmMember>, IEnumerable<MetadataProperty>)
The factory method for constructing the EntityType object.
public static System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EntityType Create (string name, string namespaceName, System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.DataSpace dataSpace, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<string> keyMemberNames, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EdmMember> members, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.MetadataProperty> metadataProperties);static member Create : string * string * System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.DataSpace * seq<string> * seq<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EdmMember> * seq<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.MetadataProperty> -> System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EntityTypeParameters
- name
- String
The name of the entity type.
- namespaceName
- String
The namespace of the entity type.
- dataSpace
- DataSpace
The dataspace in which the EntityType belongs to.
- keyMemberNames
- IEnumerable<String>
Name of key members for the type.
- members
- IEnumerable<EdmMember>
Members of the entity type (primitive and navigation properties).
- metadataProperties
- IEnumerable<MetadataProperty>
Metadata properties to be associated with the instance.
Returns
The EntityType object.
Exceptions
Thrown if either name, namespace arguments are null.
Remarks
The newly created EntityType will be read only.
Applies to
Create(String, String, DataSpace, EntityType, IEnumerable<String>, IEnumerable<EdmMember>, IEnumerable<MetadataProperty>)
The factory method for constructing the EntityType object.
public static System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EntityType Create (string name, string namespaceName, System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.DataSpace dataSpace, System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EntityType baseType, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<string> keyMemberNames, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EdmMember> members, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.MetadataProperty> metadataProperties);static member Create : string * string * System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.DataSpace * System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EntityType * seq<string> * seq<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EdmMember> * seq<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.MetadataProperty> -> System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EntityTypeParameters
- name
- String
The name of the entity type.
- namespaceName
- String
The namespace of the entity type.
- dataSpace
- DataSpace
The dataspace in which the EntityType belongs to.
- baseType
- EntityType
The base type.
- keyMemberNames
- IEnumerable<String>
Name of key members for the type.
- members
- IEnumerable<EdmMember>
Members of the entity type (primitive and navigation properties).
- metadataProperties
- IEnumerable<MetadataProperty>
Metadata properties to be associated with the instance.
Returns
The EntityType object.
Exceptions
Thrown if either name, namespace arguments are null.
Remarks
The newly created EntityType will be read only.
Applies to
Entity Framework
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