Browsing the Metadata Repository and Executing Methods and Filters

This section contains a series of how-to topics that help you build your own custom applications for browsing the metadata repository and executing methods and filters on the line-of-business (LOB) application.

In This Section

• How to: Get Started with Using the Runtime Object Model
  Learn how to use the Runtime object model to browse the metadata repository and execute methods on business applications.

• How to: Get an LobSystem and an Entity
  Find out how to use the Runtime object model to read and query the metadata repository.

• How to: Execute a Finder Method on an Entity
  Learn to use the Finder method to return entity instances.

• How to: Execute a SpecificFinder Method on an Entity
  Learn to use the SpecificFinder method to return one entity instance for a given key.

• How to: Execute a Wildcard Filter on an Entity
  Use the wildcard filter type to create more user-friendly filters.

• How to: Execute a Method on an Entity
  Learn how to execute methods, including finder and filter methods, on an entity.

Reference

Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.MetadataModel

Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Runtime

Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Infrastructure

Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.SystemSpecific.Db

Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.SystemSpecific.WebService