ProfilePropertyMetadata Class
Provides a collection of values that describe a profile property.
Assembly: System.Web.Extensions (in System.Web.Extensions.dll)
The ProfilePropertyMetadata type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | ProfilePropertyMetadata | Initializes a new instance of the ProfilePropertyMetadata class. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | AllowAnonymousAccess | Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the property is available to unauthenticated users. |
![]() | DefaultValue | Gets or sets the default value of the property. |
![]() | ExtensionData | Infrastructure. Gets or sets a reference to an ExtensionDataObject instance. |
![]() | IsReadOnly | Gets or sets a value that indicates whether a profile property is read-only. |
![]() | PropertyName | Gets or sets the name of the profile property. |
![]() | SerializeAs | Gets or sets a value that indicates how to serialize the property value. |
![]() | TypeName | Gets or sets the assembly-qualified name of the profile property type. |
| 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 a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
You use the ProfilePropertyMetadata class to retrieve information about a profile property when you access profiles through the ProfileService class. You can retrieve the name and type of the property, whether it is read-only, whether it can be accessed by users who have not been authenticated, and the default value. An application can take the appropriate actions based on these values, such as not trying to set a read-only property.
To access the ProfilePropertyMetadata object from an application that is compatible with the Windows Communication Framework (WCF), use the GetPropertiesMetadata method of the ProfileService class. The user does not have to be logged on to retrieve the ProfilePropertyMetadata object because the metadata for profile properties is not specific to a user's profile property values.
The values in the ProfilePropertyMetadata class are set in the Web.config file in the add element of the properties section when the property is defined.
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.


