NavigationProperty Class
Definition
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Represent the edm navigation property class
public sealed class NavigationProperty : System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.EdmMembertype NavigationProperty = class
inherit EdmMemberPublic NotInheritable Class NavigationProperty
Inherits EdmMember- Inheritance
Properties
| BuiltInTypeKind |
Gets the built-in type kind for this NavigationProperty. |
| DeclaringType |
Gets the type on which this member is declared. (Inherited from EdmMember) |
| Documentation |
Gets or sets the documentation associated with this type. (Inherited from MetadataItem) |
| FromEndMember |
Gets the "from" relationship end member in this navigation. |
| IsStoreGeneratedComputed |
Tells whether this member is marked as a Computed member in the EDM definition (Inherited from EdmMember) |
| IsStoreGeneratedIdentity |
Tells whether this member's Store generated pattern is marked as Identity in the EDM definition (Inherited from EdmMember) |
| MetadataProperties |
Gets the list of properties of the current type. (Inherited from MetadataItem) |
| Name |
Gets or sets the name of the property. Setting this from a store-space model-convention will change the name of the database column for this property. In the conceptual model, this should align with the corresponding property from the entity class and should not be changed. (Inherited from EdmMember) |
| RelationshipType |
Gets the relationship type that this navigation property operates on. |
| ToEndMember |
Gets the "to" relationship end member of this navigation. |
| TypeUsage |
Gets the instance of the TypeUsage class that contains both the type of the member and facets for the type. (Inherited from EdmMember) |
Methods
| AddAnnotation(String, Object) |
Adds or updates an annotation with the specified name and value. (Inherited from MetadataItem) |
| Create(String, TypeUsage, RelationshipType, RelationshipEndMember, RelationshipEndMember, IEnumerable<MetadataProperty>) |
Creates a NavigationProperty instance from the specified parameters. |
| GetDependentProperties() |
Where the given navigation property is on the dependent end of a referential constraint, returns the foreign key properties. Otherwise, returns an empty set. We will return the members in the order of the principal end key properties. |
| RemoveAnnotation(String) |
Removes an annotation with the specified name. (Inherited from MetadataItem) |
| ToString() |
Returns the name of this member. (Inherited from EdmMember) |
Applies to
Entity Framework