AssociationAttribute Class
Specifies that the property (mapped to a list field) has an association to another list, such as when the property is mapped to a lookup field.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
System.Attribute
Microsoft.SharePoint.Linq.DataAttribute
Microsoft.SharePoint.Linq.AssociationAttribute
Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint.Linq
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint.Linq (in Microsoft.SharePoint.Linq.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Property Or AttributeTargets.Field, AllowMultiple := False)> _
Public NotInheritable Class AssociationAttribute _
Inherits DataAttribute
'Usage
Dim instance As AssociationAttribute
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Property|AttributeTargets.Field, AllowMultiple = false)]
public sealed class AssociationAttribute : DataAttribute
Examples
The following example shows the attribute used in the declaration of a property that represents a Lookup column to a Managers list.
[Association(Name="Manager", Storage="_manager", MultivalueType=AssociationType.Multi, List="Managers")]
public EntitySet<Item> Manager {
get {
return this._manager;
}
set {
this._manager.Assign(value);
}
}
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.