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02/09/2012

FacetInfo Class

The FacetInfo object represents facet information. A facet represents a logical dimension of a target object and is used, together with a local expression, to build a condition.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Dmf.FacetInfo

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Dmf
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Dmf (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Dmf.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<StrongNameIdentityPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, PublicKey := "0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100272736ad6e5f9586bac2d531eabc3acc666c2f8ec879fa94f8f7b0327d2ff2ed523448f83c3d5c5dd2dfc7bc99c5286b2c125117bf5cbe242b9d41750732b2bdffe649c6efb8e5526d526fdd130095ecdb7bf210809c6cdad8824faa9ac0310ac3cba2aa0523567b2dfa7fe250b30facbd62d4ec99b94ac47c7d3b28f1f6e4c8")> _
Public NotInheritable Class FacetInfo _
    Implements IDisposable, IComparable
'Usage
Dim instance As FacetInfo

[StrongNameIdentityPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, PublicKey = "0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100272736ad6e5f9586bac2d531eabc3acc666c2f8ec879fa94f8f7b0327d2ff2ed523448f83c3d5c5dd2dfc7bc99c5286b2c125117bf5cbe242b9d41750732b2bdffe649c6efb8e5526d526fdd130095ecdb7bf210809c6cdad8824faa9ac0310ac3cba2aa0523567b2dfa7fe250b30facbd62d4ec99b94ac47c7d3b28f1f6e4c8")]
public sealed class FacetInfo : IDisposable, 
    IComparable

[StrongNameIdentityPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction::LinkDemand, PublicKey = L"0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100272736ad6e5f9586bac2d531eabc3acc666c2f8ec879fa94f8f7b0327d2ff2ed523448f83c3d5c5dd2dfc7bc99c5286b2c125117bf5cbe242b9d41750732b2bdffe649c6efb8e5526d526fdd130095ecdb7bf210809c6cdad8824faa9ac0310ac3cba2aa0523567b2dfa7fe250b30facbd62d4ec99b94ac47c7d3b28f1f6e4c8")]
public ref class FacetInfo sealed : IDisposable, 
    IComparable

[<SealedAttribute>]
[<StrongNameIdentityPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, PublicKey = "0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100272736ad6e5f9586bac2d531eabc3acc666c2f8ec879fa94f8f7b0327d2ff2ed523448f83c3d5c5dd2dfc7bc99c5286b2c125117bf5cbe242b9d41750732b2bdffe649c6efb8e5526d526fdd130095ecdb7bf210809c6cdad8824faa9ac0310ac3cba2aa0523567b2dfa7fe250b30facbd62d4ec99b94ac47c7d3b28f1f6e4c8")>]
type FacetInfo =  
    class
        interface IDisposable
        interface IComparable
    end

public final class FacetInfo implements IDisposable, IComparable

The FacetInfo type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Description	Gets the descriptions of the facet.
	DisplayName	Gets the display name of the facet.
	EvaluationMode	Gets the evaluation mode for the facet.
	FacetProperties	Gets static information about the properties of the facet.
	FacetPropertyDescriptors	Gets the descriptors of the facet properties.
	FacetType	Gets the facet type.
	Name	Gets the name of the facet.
	TargetTypes	Represents a collection of Type objects. Each Type object represents a system type on which the facet operates.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetTargetProperty	Indicates the target property to get.
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Renders a string input in the FacetInfo object. (Overrides Object.ToString().)

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Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	IComparable.CompareTo	Compares the objects within the FacetInfo.
	IDisposable.Dispose	Releases all resources used by the FacetInfo class.

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Remarks

A facet is a logical dimension of a target type with a set of logical properties. An example of a facet on a SQL Server instance target is Database Mail. A target type can implement more than one management facet; and a management facet can be implemented by more than one target type. For example, many instances of SQL Server can have Database Mail installed and one instance of SQL Server can have both Database Mail and as well other facets.

Facets are stored in the FacetRepository which is in the Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Facets namespace.

The state of a target is the description of current characteristics of a target in terms of management facets. The expression used to create a condition specified the state of the target in terms of the facet.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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