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Entity Class

Represents a container for members and their attribute values and explicit hierarchies.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Services.DataContracts.MdmDataContract<ModelContextIdentifier>
    Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Services.DataContracts.Entity

Namespace:  Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Services.DataContracts
Assembly:  Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Services (in Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Services.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DataContractAttribute(Name := "Entity", Namespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/masterdataservices/2009/09")> _
Public NotInheritable Class Entity _
    Inherits MdmDataContract(Of ModelContextIdentifier)
'Usage
Dim instance As Entity

[DataContractAttribute(Name = "Entity", Namespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/masterdataservices/2009/09")]
public sealed class Entity : MdmDataContract<ModelContextIdentifier>

[DataContractAttribute(Name = L"Entity", Namespace = L"https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/masterdataservices/2009/09")]
public ref class Entity sealed : public MdmDataContract<ModelContextIdentifier^>

[<SealedAttribute>]
[<DataContractAttribute(Name = "Entity", Namespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/masterdataservices/2009/09")>]
type Entity =  
    class
        inherit MdmDataContract<ModelContextIdentifier>
    end

public final class Entity extends MdmDataContract<ModelContextIdentifier>

The Entity type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public method Entity Initializes a new instance of the Entity class.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public property AuditInfo Gets or sets the AuditInfo. (Inherited from MdmDataContract<IdType>.)
Public property ExplicitHierarchies Gets or sets an ArrayOfExplicitHierarchy complex type.
Public property Identifier Gets or sets the ID. (Inherited from MdmDataContract<IdType>.)
Public property IsBase Gets or sets a value indicating whether the entity shows on model explorer initial screen as main entity.
Public property IsFlat Gets or sets a value indicating whether the entity supports explicit hierarchies.
Public property IsSystem Gets or sets a value indicating whether the entity was created by the MDS system. System entities cannot be deleted.
Public property MemberTypes Gets or sets an ArrayOfEntityMemberType complex type.
Public property Permission Gets or sets the permission. (Inherited from MdmDataContract<IdType>.)

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Equals (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString (Inherited from Object.)

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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.