EdmFunction Class

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm

Assembly:: EntityFramework.dll

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Class for representing a function

public class EdmFunction : System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EdmType

type EdmFunction = class
    inherit EdmType

Public Class EdmFunction
Inherits EdmType

Inheritance: Object

MetadataItem

GlobalItem

EdmType
EdmFunction

Properties

Abstract	Gets a value indicating whether this type is abstract or not. (Inherited from EdmType)
AggregateAttribute	Gets the aggregate attribute of this function.
BaseType	Gets the base type of this type. (Inherited from EdmType)
BuiltInAttribute	Gets a value indicating whether built in attribute is present on this function.
BuiltInTypeKind	Gets the built-in type kind for this EdmFunction.
CommandTextAttribute	Gets a query in the language that is used by the database management system or storage model.
Documentation	Gets or sets the documentation associated with this type. (Inherited from MetadataItem)
FullName	Returns the full name (namespace plus name) of this type.
IsComposableAttribute	Gets whether this instance is mapped to a function or to a stored procedure.
IsFromProviderManifest	Gets a value indicating whether this instance is from the provider manifest.
MetadataProperties	Gets the list of properties of the current type. (Inherited from MetadataItem)
Name	Gets the name of this type. (Inherited from EdmType)
NamespaceName	Gets the namespace of this type. (Inherited from EdmType)
NiladicFunctionAttribute	Gets a value indicating whether the is a niladic function (a function that accepts no arguments).
Parameters	Gets the parameters of this EdmFunction.
ParameterTypeSemanticsAttribute	Gets the parameter type semantics attribute of this function.
ReturnParameter	Gets the return parameter of this EdmFunction.
ReturnParameters	Gets the return parameters of this EdmFunction.
Schema	Gets or sets the schema associated with the function.
StoreFunctionNameAttribute	Gets the store function name attribute of this function.

Methods

AddAnnotation(String, Object)	Adds or updates an annotation with the specified name and value. (Inherited from MetadataItem)
AddParameter(FunctionParameter)	Adds a parameter to this function.
Create(String, String, DataSpace, EdmFunctionPayload, IEnumerable<MetadataProperty>)	The factory method for constructing the EdmFunction object.
GetCollectionType()	Returns an instance of the CollectionType whose element type is this type. (Inherited from EdmType)
RemoveAnnotation(String)	Removes an annotation with the specified name. (Inherited from MetadataItem)
ToString()	Returns the full name of this type. (Inherited from EdmType)

Extension Methods

Aggregate(EdmFunction, DbExpression)	Creates a new DbFunctionAggregate.
AggregateDistinct(EdmFunction, DbExpression)	Creates a new DbFunctionAggregate that is applied in a distinct fashion.
Invoke(EdmFunction, IEnumerable<DbExpression>)	Creates a new DbFunctionExpression representing the invocation of the specified function with the given arguments.
Invoke(EdmFunction, DbExpression[])	Creates a new DbFunctionExpression representing the invocation of the specified function with the given arguments.

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