RefType Class

.NET Framework (current version)

Provides the address of an entity for operations that use the entity. You cannot define a RefType in a conceptual model schema explicitly.

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

Inheritance Hierarchy

public ref class RefType sealed : EdmType

	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 RefType.(Overrides MetadataItem::BuiltInTypeKind.)
	Documentation	Gets or sets the documentation associated with this type.(Inherited from MetadataItem.)
	ElementType	Gets the entity type referenced by this RefType.
	FullName	Gets the full name of this type.(Inherited from EdmType.)
	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.)

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object^)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(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()	Gets the Type of the current instance.(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString()	Returns the full name of this type.(Inherited from EdmType.)

.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.