ComplexType Class
Represents a complex type in a conceptual model.
Assembly: System.Data.Entity (in System.Data.Entity.dll)
System.Data.Metadata.Edm::MetadataItem
System.Data.Metadata.Edm::GlobalItem
System.Data.Metadata.Edm::EdmType
System.Data.Metadata.Edm::StructuralType
System.Data.Metadata.Edm::ComplexType
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Abstract | Gets a value indicating whether this type is abstract or not. (Inherited from EdmType.) |
![]() | BaseType | Gets the base type of this type.(Inherited from EdmType.) |
![]() | BuiltInTypeKind | Gets the built-in type kind for this ComplexType.(Overrides MetadataItem::BuiltInTypeKind.) |
![]() | Documentation | Gets or sets the documentation associated with this type.(Inherited from MetadataItem.) |
![]() | FullName | Gets the full name of this type.(Inherited from EdmType.) |
![]() | Members | Gets the list of members on this type.(Inherited from StructuralType.) |
![]() | MetadataProperties | Gets the list of properties of the current type.(Inherited from MetadataItem.) |
![]() | Name | Gets the name of this type.(Inherited from EdmType.) |
![]() | NamespaceName | Gets the namespace of this type.(Inherited from EdmType.) |
![]() | Properties | Gets the list of properties for this ComplexType. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Equals(Object^) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Finalize() | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetCollectionType() | Returns an instance of the CollectionType whose element type is this type. (Inherited from EdmType.) |
![]() | GetHashCode() | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetType() | |
![]() | MemberwiseClone() | |
![]() | ToString() | Returns the full name of this type.(Inherited from EdmType.) |
The ComplexType in a conceptual model represents a type that includes a set of properties like an entity type but does not include a key property. For more information about the complex types in a conceptual model, see Complex Type and How to: Define a Model with Complex Types (Entity Framework).
The following code sample gets a metadata workspace from the connection and uses that metadata workspace to retrieve information about the properties of the complex types in the specified model. Note that the metadata workspace is a runtime service component that provides support for retrieving metadata.
The code sample uses a CSpace to specify the model. The CSpace represents the default name for the conceptual model. The code sample uses the CustomerComplexAddr model that is provided in How to: Define a Model with Complex Types (Entity Framework) topic. For an example of the application config file, see Implementing Complex Type (EDM) topic.
Available since 3.5
Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.


