Entity.ReadXml Method

Reads the external content type definition from the specified metadata XML for the specified parent 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, _
    lobSystem As LobSystem, _
    model As Model _
) As Entity
'Usage
Dim xml As String
Dim errors As String()
Dim packageContents As PackageContents
Dim lobSystem As LobSystem
Dim model As Model
Dim returnValue As Entity

returnValue = Entity.ReadXml(xml, errors, _
    packageContents, lobSystem, model)

public static Entity ReadXml(
    string xml,
    out string[] errors,
    PackageContents packageContents,
    LobSystem lobSystem,
    Model model
)

Parameters

• xml
  Type: System.String

  A string containing the metadata XML. The root element of the metadata XML must be the Entity Element in Entities (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.

• lobSystem
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.LobSystem

  The external system.

• model
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.Model

  The metadata model.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.Entity
The external content type.

Exceptions

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

See Also

Reference

Entity Class

Entity Members

Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration Namespace