MetadataWorkspace.GetType Method

 

Searches for a type metadata with the specified name and namespace name in the given space.

Namespace:   System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm
Assembly:  EntityFramework (in EntityFramework.dll)

NameDescription
System_CAPS_pubmethodGetType()

(Inherited from Object.)

System_CAPS_pubmethodGetType(String, String, Boolean, DataSpace)

Returns an EdmType object by using the specified type name, namespace name, and data model.

System_CAPS_pubmethodGetType(String, String, DataSpace)

Returns an EdmType object by using the specified type name, namespace name, and data model.


MetadataWorkspace.GetType Method (String, String, Boolean, DataSpace)

Returns an EdmType object by using the specified type name, namespace name, and data model.

[SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Naming", "CA1716:IdentifiersShouldNotMatchKeywords", 
	MessageId = "GetType")]
public virtual EdmType GetType(
	string name,
	string namespaceName,
	bool ignoreCase,
	DataSpace dataSpace
)

Parameters

name
Type: System.String

The name of the type.

namespaceName
Type: System.String

The namespace of the type.

ignoreCase
Type: System.Boolean

true to perform the case-insensitive search; otherwise, false.

dataSpace
Type: System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.DataSpace

The conceptual model on which the type is searched.

Exception Condition
ArgumentException

Thrown if the space is not a valid space. Valid space is either C, O, CS or OCSpace


MetadataWorkspace.GetType Method (String, String, DataSpace)

Returns an EdmType object by using the specified type name, namespace name, and data model.

[SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Naming", "CA1716:IdentifiersShouldNotMatchKeywords", 
	MessageId = "GetType")]
public virtual EdmType GetType(
	string name,
	string namespaceName,
	DataSpace dataSpace
)

Parameters

name
Type: System.String

The name of the type.

namespaceName
Type: System.String

The namespace of the type.

dataSpace
Type: System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.DataSpace

The conceptual model on which the type is searched.

Return Value

Type: System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EdmType

An EdmType object that represents the type that matches the given type name and the namespace name in the specified data model. If there is no matched type, this method returns null.

Exception Condition
ArgumentException

Thrown if the space is not a valid space. Valid space is either C, O, CS or OCSpace