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MetaType Class
Silverlight
Represents the mapping of a domain object type to the columns of a database table.
Namespace: System.Data.Linq.Mapping
Assembly: System.Data.Linq (in System.Data.Linq.dll)
The MetaType type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() | Associations | Gets an enumeration of all the associations. |
![]() ![]() | CanInstantiate | Gets whether the underlying type can be instantiated as the result of a query. |
![]() ![]() | DataMembers | Gets an enumeration of all the data members (fields and properties). |
![]() ![]() | DBGeneratedIdentityMember | Gets the member that represents the auto-generated identity column. |
![]() ![]() | DerivedTypes | Gets an enumeration of the immediate derived types in an inheritance hierarchy. |
![]() ![]() | Discriminator | Gets the member that represents the inheritance discriminator column. |
![]() ![]() | HasAnyLoadMethod | Gets a value that indicates whether the current MetaType or any of its bases types has an OnLoaded method. |
![]() ![]() | HasAnyValidateMethod | Gets a value that indicates whether the MetaType or any of its bases types has an OnValidate method. |
![]() ![]() | HasInheritance | Gets a value indicating whether the type is part of a mapped inheritance hierarchy. |
![]() ![]() | HasInheritanceCode | Gets a value indicating whether this type defines an inheritance code. |
![]() ![]() | HasUpdateCheck | Gets a value indicating whether the type has any persistent member that may require a test for optimistic concurrency conflicts. |
![]() ![]() | IdentityMembers | Gets an enumeration of all the data members that define the unique identity of the type. |
![]() ![]() | Indexes | Gets a read-only collection of MetaType indexes. |
![]() ![]() | InheritanceBase | Gets the base meta-type in the inheritance hierarchy. |
![]() ![]() | InheritanceCode | Gets a value indicating whether this type defines an inheritance code. |
![]() ![]() | InheritanceDefault | Gets a value indicating whether this type is used as the default of an inheritance hierarchy. |
![]() ![]() | InheritanceRoot | Gets the root type of the inheritance hierarchy. |
![]() ![]() | InheritanceTypes | Gets a collection of all types that are defined by an inheritance hierarchy. |
![]() ![]() | IsEntity | Gets a value indicating whether the MetaType is an entity type. |
![]() ![]() | IsInheritanceDefault | Gets a value indicating whether this type is used as the default of an inheritance hierarchy. |
![]() ![]() | Model | Gets the MetaModel that contains this MetaType. |
![]() ![]() | Name | Gets the name of the MetaType. |
![]() ![]() | OnLoadedMethod | Gets information about the OnLoaded method contained by this meta-type. |
![]() ![]() | OnValidateMethod | Gets information about the OnValidate method contained by this meta-type. |
![]() ![]() | PersistentDataMembers | Gets a collection of all the persistent data members. |
![]() ![]() | Table | Gets the MetaTable that uses this MetaType for row definition. |
![]() ![]() | Type | Gets the underlying common language runtime (CLR) type. |
![]() ![]() | VersionMember | Gets a row-version or timestamp column for this MetaType. |
| 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 the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() | GetDataMember | Gets the MetaDataMember associated with the specified member. |
![]() ![]() | GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() | GetInheritanceType | Gets the MetaType for an inheritance subtype. |
![]() ![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() | GetTypeForInheritanceCode | Gets the meta-type associated with the specified inheritance code. |
![]() ![]() | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() | ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.
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