IdentifierCollection Class

NOTE: This API is now obsolete.

Represents a collection of Identifier objects.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Administration.IdentifierCollection

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<ObsoleteAttribute("O12 Application Registry API is deprecated. Please use BusinessData.",  _
    False)> _
<SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, ObjectModel := True)> _
<SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, ObjectModel := True)> _
Public Class IdentifierCollection _
    Implements IEnumerable(Of Identifier), IEnumerable
'Usage
Dim instance As IdentifierCollection

[ObsoleteAttribute("O12 Application Registry API is deprecated. Please use BusinessData.", 
    false)]
[SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, ObjectModel = true)]
[SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, ObjectModel = true)]
public class IdentifierCollection : IEnumerable<Identifier>, 
    IEnumerable

Examples

This example creates an entity called ProductModel from the AdventureWorks2000 database.

Prerequisites

• Ensure a Shared Service Provider is already created.

• Create an LobSystem object and set connection parameters as shown in How To: Create a LOBSystem 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();
            CreateEntity();
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
            Console.Read();
        }
        static void SetupBDC()
        {
            SqlSessionProvider.Instance().SetSharedResourceProviderToUse(yourSSPName);
        }
        static void CreateEntity()
        {
            LobSystemInstance mySysInstance = null;
            LobSystemInstanceCollection sysInsCollection = ApplicationRegistry.Instance.GetLobSystemInstancesLikeName("AdventureWorksSampleFromCode");
            foreach (LobSystemInstance sysInstance in sysInsCollection)
            {
                if (sysInstance.Name == "AdventureWorksSampleFromCode")
                {
                    mySysInstance = sysInstance;
                    break;
                }
            }
            IList<Entity> entityCollection = new List<Entity>(mySysInstance.LobSystem.Entities);
            Entity newEntity = mySysInstance.LobSystem.Entities.Create("ProductModel", true);
            EntityCollection entityColl = mySysInstance.LobSystem.Entities;
            foreach (Entity entity in entityColl)
            {
                if (entity.Name == "ProductModel")
                {
                    entity.Identifiers.Create("ProductModelID", true, "System.Int32");
                    break;
                }
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Created the entity successfully.");
        }
    }

}

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

IdentifierCollection Members

Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Administration Namespace