Business Connectivity Services Class Library

Applies to: SharePoint Foundation 2010

Explore the following namespaces to learn about the object model supported by Microsoft Business Connectivity Services (BCS).

Namespaces

Namespace	Description
Microsoft.BusinessData.Infrastructure	Contains types that handle the business data infrastructure.
Microsoft.BusinessData.Infrastructure.Collections	Contains collections that are used for the Business Data Connectivity (BDC) service infrastructure.
Microsoft.BusinessData.Infrastructure.SecureStore	Contains the interfaces, classes, and enumerations that are used to handle the Secure Store Service.
Microsoft.BusinessData.Infrastructure.Throttle	Contains one interface used to load and control throttling rules.
Microsoft.BusinessData.MetadataModel	Contains classes, interfaces, and enumerations that are used in the design of external systems, external content types, methods, and associations between external content types.
Microsoft.BusinessData.MetadataModel.Collections	Contains types that are used to handle collections in the metadata model.
Microsoft.BusinessData.Offlining	Contains types that are used to handle the data cache on the client.
Microsoft.BusinessData.Runtime	Used for creating or augmenting types that can be reflected by using a Microsoft .NET Framework type reflector.
Microsoft.BusinessData.SystemSpecific	Contains types that handle the tasks specific to external systems.
Microsoft.BusinessData.SystemSpecific.Wcf	Contains types to help users create a user-generated proxy and specify and instantiate custom bindings.
Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration	Contains types that administer external content types.
Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Infrastructure	Contains types that handle the metadata of the Business Data Connectivity (BDC) service.
Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.MetadataModel	Contains types that handle the metadata model.
Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.MetadataModel.Constants	Contains types to define various constants used in the metadata model.
Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Parser	Contains types to handle the package contents.
Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Runtime	Creates or augments types that can be reflected against by using a Microsoft .NET Framework type reflector.
Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.SharedService	Contains types that handle the business data shared services.
Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.SystemSpecific	Handles the throttling rules.

See Also

Concepts

SharePoint Foundation 2010 Class Libraries

Other Resources

SharePoint Foundation 2010 General Reference

What's New in SharePoint Foundation 2010

What's New in SharePoint Server 2010

Setting Up the Development Environment for SharePoint 2010 on Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008

Video: Using the SharePoint 2010 SDK Help

SharePoint Developer Center

SharePoint Developer Team Blog

SharePoint Stack Exchange