MetaDataMember Class

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Represents the mapping between a field or a property of a domain object into a column of a database table.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Data.Linq.Mapping.MetaDataMember

Namespace:  System.Data.Linq.Mapping
Assembly:  System.Data.Linq (in System.Data.Linq.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class MetaDataMember

public abstract class MetaDataMember

The MetaDataMember type exposes the following members.

Constructors

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

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Association	Gets the MetaAssociation that corresponds to this member.
	AutoSync	Gets the read-back behavior for this member for insert and update operations.
	CanBeNull	Gets whether the value of this member can be assigned the nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) value.
	DbType	Gets the type of the corresponding database column.
	DeclaringType	Gets the MetaType that contains this data member.
	DeferredSourceAccessor	Gets the accessor that is used to get and set the deferred source of this member.
	DeferredValueAccessor	Gets the accessor that is used to get and set the deferred value of this member (without causing fetch).
	Expression	Gets the expression that defines a computed column.
	IsAssociation	Gets whether this member defines an association relationship.
	IsDbGenerated	Gets whether this member is automatically generated by the database.
	IsDeferred	Gets whether the default behavior is to load this member on a deferred basis.
	IsDiscriminator	Gets whether this member represents the inheritance discriminator.
	IsPersistent	Gets whether this member is mapped to a column (or constraint).
	IsPrimaryKey	Gets whether this member is part of the type's identity.
	IsVersion	Gets whether this member represents the row version or timestamp.
	LoadMethod	Gets the DataContext method that is used to perform load operations.
	MappedName	Gets the name of the column (or constraint) in the database.
	Member	Gets the underlying MemberInfo.
	MemberAccessor	Gets the accessor that is used to get or set the value of this member.
	Name	Gets the name of the member, same as the MemberInfo name.
	Ordinal	Gets the ordinal position of this member in the default layout of query results.
	StorageAccessor	Gets the accessor that is used to get or set the storage value of this member.
	StorageMember	Gets the member that stores the data for this member.
	Type	Gets the type of this member.
	UpdateCheck	Gets the optimistic concurrency check policy for this member.

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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.)
	IsDeclaredBy	Specifies whether this member is declared by the specified type.
	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

Reference

System.Data.Linq.Mapping Namespace