Identifier members

Contains methods and properties to handle the Identifier object of an external content type.

The Identifier type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	DefaultDisplayName	Gets or sets the default display name. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	Entity	Gets the external content type to which the Identifier belongs.
	Id	Gets the identifier of the MetadataObject object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	IsCached	Indicates whether the object is cached. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	LocalizedDisplayName	Gets or sets the localized display name. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	LocalizedDisplayNames	Gets the collection of localized display names. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	Name	Gets or sets the name of the object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	OrdinalNumber	Gets the ordinal number of the Identifier object from the database sequencing.
	Properties	Gets the property collection of the object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	Type	Gets or sets the type of the Identifier.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	ContainsLocalizedDisplayName	Indicates whether the object contains a localized display name. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	Delete	Deletes the MetadataObject object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	GetAccessControlList()	Gets the access control list for this metadata object. (Inherited from AccessControlledMetadataObject.)
	GetAccessControlList(String)	Gets the access control list for this metadata object by using a setting identifier. (Inherited from AccessControlledMetadataObject.)
	GetById	Gets an Identifier object given its ID.
	MergeXml	Reads the Identifier definition from the specified resource XML for the specified external content type, and then merges its properties, localized names, and access control entries with the existing Identifier in the metadata store.
	Read	Reads the Identifier from the Business Data Connectivity (BDC) service metadata store, overwriting the current values of the fields of the object with whatever was present in the metadata store. (Overrides MetadataObject.Read().)
	ReadCommon	This member is reserved for internal use and is not intended to be used directly from your code. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	ReadXml	Reads the Identifier definition from the specified metadata XML for the specified external content type.
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)
	Update	Updates the object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	WriteSlicedXml	Writes a sliced XML fragment in the metadata store. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	WriteXml(PackageContents)	Returns the XML representation of the MetadataObject. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	WriteXml(PackageContents, String)	Returns the XML representation of the MetadataObject, which is generated using the properties, localized names, and access control entries from the specified setting. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)

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See also

Reference

Identifier class

Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration namespace