EntitySet Class
Represents an entity set in a conceptual model. An EntitySet for an EntityType contains instances of the EntityType or any of its subtypes. More than one EntitySet can be defined by using the same EntityType.
Assembly: System.Data.Entity (in System.Data.Entity.dll)
System.Data.Metadata.Edm::MetadataItem
System.Data.Metadata.Edm::EntitySetBase
System.Data.Metadata.Edm::EntitySet
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | BuiltInTypeKind | Gets the built-in type kind for this EntitySet.(Overrides EntitySetBase::BuiltInTypeKind.) |
![]() | Documentation | Gets or sets the documentation associated with this type.(Inherited from MetadataItem.) |
![]() | ElementType | Gets the entity type of this EntitySet. |
![]() | EntityContainer | Gets the entity container of the current entity or relationship set.(Inherited from EntitySetBase.) |
![]() | MetadataProperties | Gets the list of properties of the current type.(Inherited from MetadataItem.) |
![]() | Name | Gets the name of the current entity or relationship set.(Inherited from EntitySetBase.) |
| 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.) |
![]() | GetHashCode() | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetType() | |
![]() | MemberwiseClone() | |
![]() | ToString() | Returns the name of the current entity or relationship set.(Inherited from EntitySetBase.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | CreateRef(array<DbExpression^>^) | Overloaded. Creates a new DbRefExpression that encodes a reference to a specific entity based on key values. (Defined by DbExpressionBuilder.) |
![]() | CreateRef(EntityType^, array<DbExpression^>^) | Overloaded. Creates a new DbRefExpression that encodes a reference to a specific entity of a given type based on key values. (Defined by DbExpressionBuilder.) |
![]() | CreateRef(EntityType^, IEnumerable<DbExpression^>^) | Overloaded. Creates a new DbRefExpression that encodes a reference to a specific entity of a given type based on key values. (Defined by DbExpressionBuilder.) |
![]() | CreateRef(IEnumerable<DbExpression^>^) | Overloaded. Creates a new DbRefExpression that encodes a reference to a specific entity based on key values. (Defined by DbExpressionBuilder.) |
![]() | RefFromKey(DbExpression^) | Overloaded. Creates a new DbRefExpression that encodes a reference to a specific Entity based on key values. (Defined by DbExpressionBuilder.) |
![]() | RefFromKey(DbExpression^, EntityType^) | Overloaded. Creates a new DbRefExpression that encodes a reference to a specific Entity based on key values. (Defined by DbExpressionBuilder.) |
![]() | Scan() | Creates a new DbScanExpression that references the specified entity or relationship set. (Defined by DbExpressionBuilder.) |
For more information about the entity sets in a conceptual model, see Entity Sets (EDM).
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.


