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Represents a relationship between two or more related entities.

The Association type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	DefaultDisplayName	Gets the default display name of the metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	DestinationEntity	Gets the destination entity in an association.
	Id	Gets the unique ID of the metadata object from the metadata repository. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	IsCached	Indicates whether this metadata object is cached or not. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	LocalizedDisplayName	Gets or sets the localized display name for the metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	LocalizedDisplayNames	Gets all the localized display names available for this metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	Method	Returns the method the method instance belongs to. (Inherited from MethodInstance.)
	MethodId	Returns the ID of the method the method instance belongs to. (Inherited from MethodInstance.)
	MethodInstanceType	Sets or gets the type of the method instance. (Inherited from MethodInstance.)
	Name	Gets or sets the name of the metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	Properties	Gets all the properties that belong to this metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	ReturnTypeDescriptor	Gets or sets the return TypeDescriptor of the association method. (Overrides MethodInstance.ReturnTypeDescriptor.)
	SourceEntities	Gets the source entities in an association.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	ContainsLocalizedDisplayName	Indicates whether the metadata object contains a localized display name. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	CopyAclAcrossChildren	A virtual method that is designed to copy the list of access control entries (ACEs) associated with the metadata object to all of its children metadata objects. Each individually securable metadata object inherits from this class and provides its own implementation of this method. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	Create
	Delete	Deletes an association object. (Overrides MethodInstance.Delete().)
	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.)
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	(Inherited from Object.)
	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. Each individually securable metadata object inherits from this class and provides its own implementation of this method. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	GetById	Gets an Association object given its ID.
	GetByName
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetIndividuallySecurableMetadataObjectChildren	Returns the individually securable metadata objects. (Inherited from MethodInstance.)
	GetNearestIndividuallySecurableMetadataObjectAncestor	Returns the nearest individually securable ancestor. Of the 13 metadata objects, only LobSystem, Entity, Method, and MethodInstance have their own individually securable access control list (ACL). Other metadata objects inherit the ACL from their immediate individually securable parent. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	IsPrimitive	Indicates whether the metadata object is of the specified primitive type. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	MemberwiseClone	(Inherited from Object.)
	MergeXml
	Read	Reads an Association object from the metadata database, overwriting the current value of the fields of the object with whatever was present in the database. (Overrides MethodInstance.Read().)
	ReadInternal	When overridden in a derived class, reads the metadata object from the metadata repository and creates an object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	ReadXml	Reads an Association object from an XML stream.
	SetAccessControlList	Sets the access control list for an individually securable metadata object. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)
	Update	Updates changes in the fields of an Association object by writing them to the metadata database. (Overrides MethodInstance.Update().)
	UpdateInternal	Infrastructure. (Inherited from MethodInstance.)
	WriteXml	Writes an Association object to the XML stream. (Overrides MethodInstance.WriteXml(XmlWriter, PackageContents).)
	WriteXmlLocalizedNames	Writes the specified XML fragment containing localized names in the metadata repository. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	WriteXmlProperties	Writes the specified XML fragment containing properties in the metadata repository. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	WriteXmlSecurity(XmlWriter)	Writes the XML fragment containing security information to the metadata repository. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	WriteXmlSecurity(XmlWriter, PackageContents)	Writes the XML fragment containing security information. (Inherited from AccessControlledMetadataObject.)

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Fields

	Name	Description
	EntityRoleDestination	A constant that represents a destination entity.
	EntityRoleSource	A constant that represents a source entity.
	version	Represents the version number of the metadata object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)

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See Also

Reference

Association Class

Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Administration Namespace