Facet Class

.NET Framework (current version)

Provides additional information about members. In the ADO.NET metadata type hierarchy, facets provide additional information about members through the declared type for the member.

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

Inheritance Hierarchy

System::Object
System.Data.Metadata.Edm::MetadataItem
System.Data.Metadata.Edm::Facet

Syntax

C++

public ref class Facet sealed : MetadataItem

Properties

	Name	Description
	BuiltInTypeKind	Gets the built-in type kind for this Facet.(Overrides MetadataItem::BuiltInTypeKind.)
	Description	Gets the description of this Facet.
	Documentation	Gets or sets the documentation associated with this type.(Inherited from MetadataItem.)
	FacetType	Gets the type of this Facet.
	IsUnbounded	Gets a value indicating whether the value of the facet is unbounded.
	MetadataProperties	Gets the list of properties of the current type.(Inherited from MetadataItem.)
	Name	Gets the name of this Facet.
	Value	Gets the value of this Facet.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object^)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance.(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString()	Returns the name of this Facet.(Overrides Object::ToString().)

Remarks

For more information about members and facets, see Structural Types.

Version Information

.NET Framework
Available since 3.5

Thread Safety

Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.