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Represents the persistent identity of entity instances. You can use the key to search for a specific entity instance or a group of entity instances of that entity by using the Business Data Catalog.

The Identifier type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property DefaultDisplayName Gets the default display name of the metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public property Entity Returns the entity to which the identifier belongs.
Public property Id Gets the unique ID of the metadata object from the metadata repository. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public property IsCached Indicates whether this metadata object is cached or not. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public property LocalizedDisplayName Gets or sets the localized display name for the metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public property LocalizedDisplayNames Gets all the localized display names available for this metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public property Name Gets or sets the name of the metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public property OrdinalNumber Returns the ordinal number of the identifier in case of composite keys.
Public property Properties Gets all the properties that belong to this metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public property Type Sets or gets the type of the identifier.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method ContainsLocalizedDisplayName Indicates whether the metadata object contains a localized display name. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public method Delete Deletes an identifier. (Overrides AccessControlledMetadataObject.Delete().)
Protected method DeleteInternal When overridden in a derived class, deletes the metadata object and all of its children as per the specified SQL command. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public method Equals (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetAccessControlList A virtual method that is designed to return the list of access control entries (ACEs) associated with the metadata object registered in the Business Data Catalog. (Inherited from AccessControlledMetadataObject.)
Public methodStatic member GetById Gets an Identifier object given its ID.
Public method GetHashCode (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method GetNearestIndividuallySecurableMetadataObjectAncestor Returns the nearest individually securable parent metadata object. (Overrides AccessControlledMetadataObject.GetNearestIndividuallySecurableMetadataObjectAncestor().)
Public method GetType (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method IsPrimitive Indicates whether the metadata object is of the specified primitive type. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodStatic member MergeXml Merges the specified XML fragment with the existing metadata in the metadata repository and creates an Identifier object.
Public method Read Reads the identifier from the Business Data Catalog. (Overrides MetadataObject.Read().)
Protected method ReadInternal When overridden in a derived class, reads the metadata object from the metadata repository and creates an object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public methodStatic member ReadXml Reads the specified XML fragment from the metadata repository and creates an Identifier object.
Public method ToString (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Update Updates the Identifier object metadata with the changes. (Overrides AccessControlledMetadataObject.Update().)
Protected method UpdateInternal Updates the Identifier object metadata directly with SQL statements. (Overrides MetadataObject.UpdateInternal(SqlCommand).)
Public method WriteXml Writes the XML fragment to the metadata repository. (Overrides MetadataObject.WriteXml(XmlWriter, PackageContents).)
Public method WriteXmlLocalizedNames Writes the specified XML fragment containing localized names in the metadata repository. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public method WriteXmlProperties Writes the specified XML fragment containing properties in the metadata repository. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
Public method WriteXmlSecurity Writes the XML fragment containing security information. (Inherited from AccessControlledMetadataObject.)

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Fields

  Name Description
Protected field version Represents the version number of the metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)

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See Also

Reference

Identifier Class

Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Administration Namespace