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11/18/2011

LinkDescriptor Class

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Represents a link between two entities.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.Data.Services.Client.Descriptor
System.Data.Services.Client.LinkDescriptor

Namespace: System.Data.Services.Client
Assembly: System.Data.Services.Client (in System.Data.Services.Client.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DebuggerDisplayAttribute("State = {state}")> _
Public NotInheritable Class LinkDescriptor _
    Inherits Descriptor

[DebuggerDisplayAttribute("State = {state}")]
public sealed class LinkDescriptor : Descriptor

The LinkDescriptor type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Source	A source entity in the link returned by a DataServiceResponse.
	SourceProperty	The name of the navigation property on the source object that represents the link.
	State	When overridden in a derived class, gets the state of the object at the time this instance was constructed. (Inherited from Descriptor.)
	Target	The source entity in the link returned by a DataServiceResponse.

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Methods

	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.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

The EndSaveChanges method returns a DataServiceResponse object that contains a series of OperationResponse objects, each of which contains a sequence of EntityDescriptor or LinkDescriptor instances that represent persisted changes.

For successful operations, the state State property of the descriptor is set to unchanged and the new values for insert and update operations are merged according to the merge settings.

For operations with errors, the state of the descriptor will remain the same as it was before EndSaveChanges was called.

If an error occurred and processing stopped during an operation, the State will remain unchanged.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

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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