EdmType Class

.NET Framework (current version)

Represents a base class for all the types in a conceptual model.

Namespace: System.Data.Metadata.Edm
Assembly: System.Data.Entity (in System.Data.Entity.dll)

Inheritance Hierarchy

public ref class EdmType abstract : GlobalItem

	Name	Description
	Abstract	Gets a value indicating whether this type is abstract or not.
	BaseType	Gets the base type of this type.
	BuiltInTypeKind	Gets the built-in type kind for this type.(Inherited from MetadataItem.)
	Documentation	Gets or sets the documentation associated with this type.(Inherited from MetadataItem.)
	FullName	Gets the full name of this type.
	MetadataProperties	Gets the list of properties of the current type.(Inherited from MetadataItem.)
	Name	Gets the name of this type.
	NamespaceName	Gets the namespace of this type.

	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.
	GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance.(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString()	Returns the full name of this type.(Overrides Object::ToString().)

For more information, see Metadata Type Hierarchy Overview.

.NET Framework
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.