EntityRef<TEntity> Structure
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Provides for deferred loading and relationship maintenance for the singleton side of a one-to-many relationship in a LINQ to SQL application.
Assembly: System.Data.Linq (in System.Data.Linq.dll)
The EntityRef<TEntity> type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | EntityRef<TEntity>(TEntity) | Initializes a new instance of the EntityRef<TEntity> class by specifying the target entity. |
| EntityRef<TEntity>(EntityRef<TEntity>) | Initializes a new instance of the EntityRef<TEntity> class by referencing the target entity. |
| EntityRef<TEntity>(IEnumerable<TEntity>) | Initializes a new instance of the EntityRef<TEntity> class by specifying the source. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Entity | Gets or sets the target entity. |
| HasLoadedOrAssignedValue | Gets a value that indicates whether the target has been loaded or assigned. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Equals | Indicates whether this instance and a specified object are equal. (Inherited from ValueType.) |
 | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetHashCode | Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from ValueType.) |
| 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 the fully qualified type name of this instance. (Inherited from ValueType.) |
This class is used in combination with EntitySet<TEntity>.
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