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Represents a relationship between two or more related entities within a line-of-business (LOB) system.

The Association type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property Id Gets the unique ID of each metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public property IsCached Determines whether the metadata object is cached or not. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public property MethodInstanceType Gets the type of the MethodInstance object. (Inherited from MethodInstance.)
Public property Name Gets the name of the metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method ContainsLocalizedDisplayName Determines whether the metadata object contains a localized display name. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public method Equals (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodStatic member GetById Gets an Association object given its ID.
Public methodStatic member GetByName Gets an Association object given its name.
Public method GetDefaultDisplayName Gets the default display name of the metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public method GetDestination Gets the destination entity in an association.
Public method GetFilters Gets the filters associated with this MethodInstance object. (Inherited from MethodInstance.)
Public method GetHashCode (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetLocalizedDisplayName Gets the localized display name of the metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public method GetMethod Gets the method this MethodInstance object belongs to. (Inherited from MethodInstance.)
Public method GetProperties Gets the properties associated with the metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public method GetReturnTypeDescriptor Gets the return type descriptor for this MethodInstance object. (Inherited from MethodInstance.)
Public method GetSources Gets the source entities in an association.
Public method GetType (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Initialize Initializes an Association object.
Protected method MemberwiseClone (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString (Inherited from Object.)

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Fields

  Name Description
Public fieldStatic member EntityRoleDestination A constant that represents a destination entity.
Public fieldStatic member EntityRoleSource A constant that represents a source entity.

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See Also

Reference

Association Class

Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.MetadataModel Namespace