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EdmProperty Class

Definition

In conceptual-space, EdmProperty represents a property on an Entity. In store-space, EdmProperty represents a column in a table.

public class EdmProperty : System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EdmMember
type EdmProperty = class
    inherit EdmMember
Public Class EdmProperty
Inherits EdmMember
Inheritance

Properties

BuiltInTypeKind

Gets the built-in type kind for this EdmProperty.

CollectionKind

Gets or sets the kind of collection for this model.

ComplexType

Gets the complex type information for this property.

ConcurrencyMode

Gets or sets the concurrency mode for the property.

DeclaringType

Gets the type on which this member is declared.

(Inherited from EdmMember)
DefaultValue

Gets the default value for this EdmProperty.

Documentation

Gets or sets the documentation associated with this type.

(Inherited from MetadataItem)
EnumType

Gets the enumeration type information for this property.

IsCollectionType

Gets whether the property is a collection type property.

IsComplexType

Gets whether this property is a complex type property.

IsEnumType

Gets whether this property is an enumeration type property.

IsFixedLength

Gets or sets whether the length of this property is fixed.

IsFixedLengthConstant

Gets whether the fixed length facet is constant for the database provider.

IsMaxLength

Gets or sets whether this property uses the maximum length supported by the provider.

IsMaxLengthConstant

Gets whether the maximum length facet is constant for the database provider.

IsPrecisionConstant

Gets whether the precision facet is constant for the database provider.

IsPrimitiveType

Gets whether this property is a primitive type.

IsScaleConstant

Gets whether the scale facet is constant for the database provider.

IsStoreGeneratedComputed

Tells whether this member is marked as a Computed member in the EDM definition

(Inherited from EdmMember)
IsStoreGeneratedIdentity

Tells whether this member's Store generated pattern is marked as Identity in the EDM definition

(Inherited from EdmMember)
IsUnderlyingPrimitiveType

Gets whether this property is an underlying primitive type.

IsUnicode

Gets or sets whether this property is a Unicode property.

IsUnicodeConstant

Gets whether the Unicode facet is constant for the database provider.

MaxLength

Gets or sets the maximum length of the property.

MetadataProperties

Gets the list of properties of the current type.

(Inherited from MetadataItem)
Name

Gets or sets the name of the property. Setting this from a store-space model-convention will change the name of the database column for this property. In the conceptual model, this should align with the corresponding property from the entity class and should not be changed.

(Inherited from EdmMember)
Nullable

Gets a value indicating whether this EdmProperty can have a null value.

Precision

Gets or sets the precision of this property.

PrimitiveType

Gets the primitive type information for this property.

Scale

Gets or sets the scale of this property.

StoreGeneratedPattern

Gets or sets the database generation method for the database column associated with this property

TypeName

Gets the type name of the property.

TypeUsage

Gets the instance of the TypeUsage class that contains both the type of the member and facets for the type.

(Inherited from EdmMember)
UnderlyingPrimitiveType

Gets the underlying primitive type information for this property.

Methods

AddAnnotation(String, Object)

Adds or updates an annotation with the specified name and value.

(Inherited from MetadataItem)
Create(String, TypeUsage)

Creates a new instance of EdmProperty type.

CreateComplex(String, ComplexType)

Creates a new complex property.

CreateEnum(String, EnumType)

Creates a new enum property.

CreatePrimitive(String, PrimitiveType)

Creates a new primitive property.

RemoveAnnotation(String)

Removes an annotation with the specified name.

(Inherited from MetadataItem)
SetMetadataProperties(IEnumerable<MetadataProperty>)

Sets the metadata properties.

ToString()

Returns the name of this member.

(Inherited from EdmMember)

Applies to