Entity.GetAttributeValue<T>(String) Method
Definition
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Gets the value of the attribute.
public:
generic <typename T>
virtual T GetAttributeValue(System::String ^ attributeLogicalName);public virtual T GetAttributeValue<T> (string attributeLogicalName);abstract member GetAttributeValue : string -> 'T
override this.GetAttributeValue : string -> 'TPublic Overridable Function GetAttributeValue(Of T) (attributeLogicalName As String) As TType Parameters
- T
The type of the attribute.
Parameters
- attributeLogicalName
- String
The logical name of the attribute.
Returns
The value of the attribute.
Examples
GetAttributeValue<EntityReference>("regardingobjectid")
Remarks
When an entity instance does not include the attribute specified using the attributeLogicalName parameter this method will return the default value rather than throw an exception. An example default value returned for an EntityReference is a null, and for a DateTime a DateTime.MinValue is returned. You should not assume that the entity includes the attribute. It may not be included if the code that retrieved the attribute didn’t request it. You can use Entity.Contains(String) to check whether the entity instance includes the attribute.