MetaType Class

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Data.Linq.Mapping.MetaType

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class MetaType

public abstract class MetaType

Constructors

	Name	Description
	MetaType	Initializes a new instance of the MetaType class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Associations	Gets an enumeration of all the associations.
	CanInstantiate	Gets whether the underlying type can be instantiated as the result of a query.
	DataMembers	Gets an enumeration of all the data members (fields and properties).
	DBGeneratedIdentityMember	Gets the member that represents the auto-generated identity column.
	DerivedTypes	Gets an enumeration of the immediate derived types in an inheritance hierarchy.
	Discriminator	Gets the member that represents the inheritance discriminator column.
	HasAnyLoadMethod	Gets a value that indicates whether the current MetaType or any of its bases types has an OnLoaded method.
	HasAnyValidateMethod	Gets a value that indicates whether the MetaType or any of its bases types has an OnValidate method.
	HasInheritance	Gets a value indicating whether the type is part of a mapped inheritance hierarchy.
	HasInheritanceCode	Gets a value indicating whether this type defines an inheritance code.
	HasUpdateCheck	Gets a value indicating whether the type has any persistent member that may require a test for optimistic concurrency conflicts.
	IdentityMembers	Gets an enumeration of all the data members that define the unique identity of the type.
	Indexes	Gets a read-only collection of MetaType indexes.
	InheritanceBase	Gets the base meta-type in the inheritance hierarchy.
	InheritanceCode	Gets a value indicating whether this type defines an inheritance code.
	InheritanceDefault	Gets a value indicating whether this type is used as the default of an inheritance hierarchy.
	InheritanceRoot	Gets the root type of the inheritance hierarchy.
	InheritanceTypes	Gets a collection of all types that are defined by an inheritance hierarchy.
	IsEntity	Gets a value indicating whether the MetaType is an entity type.
	IsInheritanceDefault	Gets a value indicating whether this type is used as the default of an inheritance hierarchy.
	Model	Gets the MetaModel that contains this MetaType.
	Name	Gets the name of the MetaType.
	OnLoadedMethod	Gets information about the OnLoaded method contained by this meta-type.
	OnValidateMethod	Gets information about the OnValidate method contained by this meta-type.
	PersistentDataMembers	Gets a collection of all the persistent data members.
	Table	Gets the MetaTable that uses this MetaType for row definition.
	Type	Gets the underlying common language runtime (CLR) type.
	VersionMember	Gets a row-version or timestamp column for this MetaType.

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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.)
	GetDataMember	Gets the MetaDataMember associated with the specified member.
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetInheritanceType	Gets the MetaType for an inheritance subtype.
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetTypeForInheritanceCode	Gets the meta-type associated with the specified inheritance code.
	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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Version Information

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1

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.

See Also

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