Entity Class
Represents a data type such as Customer or Product in an external system application.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.Client.MetadataObject
Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.Client.AccessControlledMetadataObject
Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.Client.IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject
Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.Client.Entity
Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.Client
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.Client (in Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.Client.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class Entity _
Inherits IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject
'Usage
Dim instance As Entity
public sealed class Entity : IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject
Remarks
External content types contain identifiers, methods, and actions. External content types can also have other related external content types associated with them. For example, Customers and Order external content types in the AdventureWorks system have an association because they share a relationship: customers make orders. This relationship is implemented as an association in the metadata.
The business objects, for example, Customer #88697 and Order #1000 in the external system application, are referred to as external items. If your external content type maps to a database table, you can think of an external item as a row.
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
Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.Client Namespace