AssociationGroup.ReadXml Method

Reads the AssociationGroup definition from the specified metadata XML for the specified external content type.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function ReadXml ( _
    xml As String, _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef errors As String(), _
    packageContents As PackageContents, _
    entity As Entity _
) As AssociationGroup
'Usage
Dim xml As String
Dim errors As String()
Dim packageContents As PackageContents
Dim entity As Entity
Dim returnValue As AssociationGroup

returnValue = AssociationGroup.ReadXml(xml, errors, _
    packageContents, entity)

public static AssociationGroup ReadXml(
    string xml,
    out string[] errors,
    PackageContents packageContents,
    Entity entity
)

Parameters

• xml
  Type: System.String

  A string containing the metadata XML. The root element of the metadata XML must be the AssociationGroup Element in AssociationGroups (BDCMetadata Schema).

• errors
  Type: []

  A list of noncritical errors that occurred when reading the XML.

• packageContents
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Parser.PackageContents

  Options that specify which elements to read.

• entity
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.Entity

  The parent external content type that this AssociationGroup is defined in.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.AssociationGroup
The AssociationGroup.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The xml parameter or the entity parameter is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ArgumentException	The packageContents parameter does not have the PackageContents.Model value set.

See Also

Reference

AssociationGroup Class

AssociationGroup Members

Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration Namespace