MethodCollection.Create Method

Creates a Method object.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Administration
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal (in Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function Create ( _
    name As String, _
    isCached As Boolean, _
    isStatic As Boolean _
) As Method

'Usage
Dim instance As MethodCollection
Dim name As String
Dim isCached As Boolean
Dim isStatic As Boolean
Dim returnValue As Method

returnValue = instance.Create(name, isCached, _
    isStatic)

public Method Create(
    string name,
    bool isCached,
    bool isStatic
)

Parameters

• name
  Type: System.String
  The name of the method.

• isCached
  Type: System.Boolean
  true if cached; otherwise, false.

• isStatic
  Type: System.Boolean
  true if the method is static; false if not.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Administration.Method
A Method object.

Examples

The following code example shows how to create a method, complete with method instances, filter descriptors, default values, and type descriptors, for the ProductModel entity in the AdventureWorks2000 database.

Prerequisites

• Ensure a Shared Service Provider is already created.

• Create an LobSystem instance and set connection parameters as shown in How to: Create an LobSystem Using the Administration Object Model.

• Create the ProductModel entity as shown in How to: Create an Entity Using the Administration Object Model

• Replace the constant value EnterYourSSPNameHere in the code with the name of your Shared Resource Provider.

Project References

Add the following Project References in your console application code project before running this sample:

• Microsoft.SharePoint

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal

• Microsoft.Office.Server

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Administration;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Infrastructure;
using WSSAdmin = Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration;
using OSSAdmin = Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration;

namespace Microsoft.SDK.SharePointServer.Samples
{
    class GetStartedAndCreateSystem
    {
        const string yourSSPName ="EnterYourSSPNameHere";

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            SetupBDC();
            CreateFinderMethod();
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
            Console.Read();
        }
        static void SetupBDC()
        {
            SqlSessionProvider.Instance().SetSharedResourceProviderToUse(yourSSPName);
        }
        static void CreateFinderMethod()
        {

            LobSystemInstance mySysInstance = null;
            LobSystemInstanceCollection sysInsCollection = ApplicationRegistry.Instance.GetLobSystemInstancesLikeName("AdventureWorksSampleFromCode");
            foreach (LobSystemInstance sysInstance in sysInsCollection)
            {
                if (sysInstance.Name == "AdventureWorksSampleFromCode")
                {
                    mySysInstance = sysInstance;
                    break;
                }
            }
            EntityCollection entityColl = mySysInstance.LobSystem.Entities;
            foreach (Entity entity in entityColl)
            {
                if (entity.Name == "ProductModel")
                {
                    Method meth = entity.Methods.Create("GetProductModels", true, true);
                    meth.Properties.Add("RdbCommandText", "SELECT ProductModelID, Name, CatalogDescription FROM ProductModel WHERE Name LIKE @Name");
                    meth.Properties.Add("RdbCommandType", System.Data.CommandType.Text);
                    FilterDescriptor fd = meth.FilterDescriptors.Create("Name", true, "Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Runtime.WildcardFilter");
                    Parameter p1 = meth.Parameters.Create("@Name", true, Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.MetadataModel.DirectionType.In, "Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Infrastructure.DotNetTypeReflector");
                    TypeDescriptor td1 = p1.CreateRootTypeDescriptor("Name", true, "System.String", null, fd, false);
                    Parameter p2 = meth.Parameters.Create("ProductModels", true, Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.MetadataModel.DirectionType.Return, "Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Infrastructure.DotNetTypeReflector");
                    IList<Identifier> ids = new List<Identifier>(entity.Identifiers);
                    Identifier id = ids[0];
                    TypeDescriptor td2 = p2.CreateRootTypeDescriptor("ProductModelDataReader", true, "System.Data.IDataReader, System.Data, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089", null, null, true);
                    TypeDescriptor td21 = td2.ChildTypeDescriptors.Create("ProductModelDataRecord", true, "System.Data.IDataRecord, System.Data, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089", null, null, false);
                    TypeDescriptor td210 = td21.ChildTypeDescriptors.Create("ProductModelID", true, "System.Int32", id, null, false);
                    TypeDescriptor td211 = td21.ChildTypeDescriptors.Create("Name", true, "System.String", null, null, false);
                    TypeDescriptor td212 = td21.ChildTypeDescriptors.Create("CatalogDescription", true, "System.String", null, null, false);
                    MethodInstance methInst1 = meth.MethodInstances.Create("ProductModelFinder", true, td2, Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.MetadataModel.MethodInstanceType.Finder);
                    MethodInstance methInst2 = meth.MethodInstances.Create("ProductModelSpecificFinder", true, td2, Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.MetadataModel.MethodInstanceType.SpecificFinder);
                    IList<MethodInstance> methInstCollection = new List<MethodInstance>(entity.MethodInstances);
                    td1.SetDefaultValue(methInstCollection[0].Id, "%");
                    td1.SetDefaultValue(methInstCollection[1].Id, "%");
                    Console.WriteLine("Created the finder method successfully.");
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

See Also

Reference

MethodCollection Class

MethodCollection Members

Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Administration Namespace