MetadataProperty Class

.NET Framework (current version)

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Represents a metadata attribute for an item in the ADO.NET metadata hierarchy.

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::MetadataProperty

Syntax

C++

public ref class MetadataProperty sealed : MetadataItem

Properties

	Name	Description
	BuiltInTypeKind	Gets the built-in type kind for this MetadataProperty.(Overrides MetadataItem::BuiltInTypeKind.)
	Documentation	Gets or sets the documentation associated with this type.(Inherited from MetadataItem.)
	MetadataProperties	Gets the list of properties of the current type.(Inherited from MetadataItem.)
	Name	Gets the name of this MetadataProperty.
	PropertyKind	Gets the value of this PropertyKind.
	TypeUsage	Gets the instance of the TypeUsage class that contains both the type of this MetadataProperty and facets for the type.
	Value	Gets the value of this MetadataProperty.

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 a string that represents the current object.(Inherited from Object.)

You can access every item in the ADO.NET metadata hierarchy as a strongly typed property bag. The EdmType class provides properties called Name, NamespaceName, and so on. The EdmType class also inherits a MetadataProperties property, which is a collection of MetadataProperty objects. When the application creates an instance of the EdmType class, the MetadataProperties property automatically contains a collection of MetadataProperty objects for Name property, NamespaceName property, and so on.

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.