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How to: Create a Method and Filters Using the Administration Object Model

Methods are the operations allowed on an entity. This topic shows how to create a method—complete with method instances, filter descriptors, default values, and type descriptors—for the ProductModel entity in the AdventureWorks 2000 database.

Example

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 AdventureWorks 2000 database.

Prerequisites

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

Concepts

Business Data Catalog: Metadata Model