EnumType.Create Method

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Definition

Namespace:: System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm

Assembly:: EntityFramework.dll

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Creates a read-only EnumType instance.

[System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Naming", "CA1726:UsePreferredTerms", MessageId="Flags")]
public static System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EnumType Create (string name, string namespaceName, System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.PrimitiveType underlyingType, bool isFlags, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EnumMember> members, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.MetadataProperty> metadataProperties);

static member Create : string * string * System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.PrimitiveType * bool * seq<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EnumMember> * seq<System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.MetadataProperty> -> System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EnumType

Public Shared Function Create (name As String, namespaceName As String, underlyingType As PrimitiveType, isFlags As Boolean, members As IEnumerable(Of EnumMember), metadataProperties As IEnumerable(Of MetadataProperty)) As EnumType

Parameters

name: String

The name of the enumeration type.

namespaceName: String

The namespace of the enumeration type.

underlyingType: PrimitiveType

The underlying type of the enumeration type.

isFlags: Boolean

Indicates whether the enumeration type can be treated as a bit field; that is, a set of flags.

members: IEnumerable<EnumMember>

The members of the enumeration type.

metadataProperties: IEnumerable<MetadataProperty>

Metadata properties to be associated with the enumeration type.

Returns

EnumType

The newly created EnumType instance.

Attributes: SuppressMessageAttribute

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

underlyingType is null.

ArgumentException

name is null or empty. -or- namespaceName is null or empty. -or- underlyingType is not a supported underlying type. -or- The specified members do not have unique names. -or- The value of a specified member is not in the range of the underlying type.

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