The following tables list the members exposed by EntityMetadata.
Public Properties
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | CanQueryByEntityKey | Gets whether primary key queries are allowed. |
| ComplexTypeProperties | Returns a collection of EntityProperties that describe complex object properties for entities of this type. |
| ConcurrencyProperties | Returns a collection of EntityProperties that are concurrency properties for entities of this type. |
| DataProperties | Returns a collection of DataEntityProperties for entities of this type in Ordinal order. |
| DataSourceKeyName | Gets the data source key name. |
| DefaultEntityContainerName | The default EntityContainerName for entities of this type. |
| DefaultEntitySetName | The default EntitySetName for entities of this type. |
 | DefaultValueFunction | Use to override how DevForce sets the default value for a data entity property. |
| EntityProperties | Returns a collection of EntityProperties that belong to entities of this type. |
| EntityType | Gets the Type of the entity. |
| ForeignKeyProperties | Returns a collection of ForegnKey EntityProperties |
| HasStoreGeneratedId | Returns whether this entity type has a store generated id. |
| IsCodeFirst | Whether this metadata was created via CodeFirst. |
| IsComplexObjectType | Returns whether this metadata describes a IComplexObject. |
| KeyProperties | Returns a collection of EntityProperties that are keys for entities of this type. |
| ListNavigationProperties | Returns a collection of ListNavigationEntityProperties for entities of this type. |
| NavigationProperties | Returns a collection of NavigationEntityProperties for entities of this type. |
| NullEntityGroup | Gets a Null EntityGroup. |
| ScalarNavigationProperties | Returns a collection of ListNavigationEntityProperties for entities of this type. |
Public Methods
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AuthorizeQuery | Called by the IdeaBlade.EntityModel.Server.EntityServerQueryInterceptor to authorize the query. |
| AuthorizeSave | Called by the IdeaBlade.EntityModel.Server.EntityServerSaveInterceptor to authorize the save operation. |
| CreateEntity | Creates a new entity of the type describe by this metadata item. |
| DevForceDefaultValueFunction | Returns the default value of a type: usually '0' or null for any data type. Note that this is subtly different from the TypeFns.GetDefaultValue method in that it returns Today for a default date time. |
| Equals | (Inherited from object) |
| GetClientQueryPermissions | Returns client query permissions for this type for this principal or null if no permissions specified. |
| GetDataSourceKeyName | DataSourceKey comes from attribute on Entity subtype |
| GetDefaultEntitySetNameFromAttr | Returns any DefaultEntitySetName from any DefaultEntitySetNameAttribute on the Entity subtype. |
| GetDefaultValue | Returns the default value for a simple type. |
| GetHashCode | See System.Object.GetHashCode |
| GetType | (Inherited from object) |
| HasAnyConcreteEntityBaseTypes | Does this entity type have any base types that are concrete. |
| IsComplexType | Returns true if the type represents a ComplexObject. |
| IsConcreteEntityType | Obsolete - see IsMappedEntityType |
| IsEntityType | Returns true if the specified type is an entity type or has a KeyAttribute defined. |
| IsMappedEntityType | Returns whether the specified type is mapped to the backend database via EF. |
| ToString | (Inherited from object) |
Protected Methods
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Finalize | (Inherited from object) |
| MemberwiseClone | (Inherited from object) |