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TypeUsage Class

Describes a type and a set of facets for that type.

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

public ref class TypeUsage sealed : public MetadataItem

The TypeUsage type exposes the following members.

  NameDescription
Public propertyBuiltInTypeKindGets the built-in type kind for this TypeUsage. (Overrides MetadataItem::BuiltInTypeKind.)
Public propertyDocumentationGets or sets the documentation associated with this type. (Inherited from MetadataItem.)
Public propertyEdmTypeGets the type information described by this TypeUsage.
Public propertyFacetsGets the list of facets for the type that is described by this TypeUsage.
Public propertyMetadataPropertiesGets the list of properties of the current type. (Inherited from MetadataItem.)
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  NameDescription
Public methodStatic memberCreateBinaryTypeUsage(PrimitiveType, Boolean)Creates a TypeUsage object to describe a binary type by using the specified facet values.
Public methodStatic memberCreateBinaryTypeUsage(PrimitiveType, Boolean, Int32)Creates a TypeUsage object to describe a binary type by using the specified facet values.
Public methodStatic memberCreateDateTimeOffsetTypeUsageCreates a DateTimeOffsetTypeUsage object of the type that the parameters describe.
Public methodStatic memberCreateDateTimeTypeUsageCreates a DateTimeTypeUsage object of the type that the parameters describe.
Public methodStatic memberCreateDecimalTypeUsage(PrimitiveType)Creates a TypeUsage object to describe a decimal type with unbounded precision and scale facet values.
Public methodStatic memberCreateDecimalTypeUsage(PrimitiveType, Byte, Byte)Creates a TypeUsage object to describe a decimal type by using the specified facet values.
Public methodStatic memberCreateDefaultTypeUsageCreates a TypeUsage object with the specified conceptual model type.
Public methodStatic memberCreateStringTypeUsage(PrimitiveType, Boolean, Boolean)Creates a TypeUsage object to describe a string type by using the specified facet values and unbounded MaxLength.
Public methodStatic memberCreateStringTypeUsage(PrimitiveType, Boolean, Boolean, Int32)Creates a TypeUsage object to describe a string type by using the specified facet values.
Public methodStatic memberCreateTimeTypeUsageCreates a TimeTypeUsage object of the type that the parameters describe.
Public methodEquals(Object)Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodFinalizeAllows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetHashCodeServes as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetTypeGets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodIsSubtypeOfChecks whether this TypeUsage is a subtype of the specified TypeUsage.
Protected methodMemberwiseCloneCreates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodToStringReturns the full name of the type described by this TypeUsage. (Overrides Object::ToString().)
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.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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