CanManyToManyRequest Class

Article
11/28/2016

Applies To: Dynamics 365 (online), Dynamics 365 (on-premises), Dynamics CRM 2016, Dynamics CRM Online

Contains the data that is needed to check whether an entity can participate in a many-to-many relationship.

For the Web API use the CanManyToMany Action.

Namespace: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Messages
Assembly: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk (in Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.dll)

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationRequest
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Messages.CanManyToManyRequest

Syntax

[DataContractAttribute(Namespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Contracts")]
public sealed class CanManyToManyRequest : OrganizationRequest

<DataContractAttribute(Namespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Contracts")>
Public NotInheritable Class CanManyToManyRequest
    Inherits OrganizationRequest

Constructors

	Name	Description
	CanManyToManyRequest()	Initializes a new instance of the CanManyToManyRequest class.

Properties

	Name	Description
	EntityName	Gets or sets the logical entity name. Required
	ExtensionData	Gets or sets the structure that contains extra data. Optional.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)
	Item[String]	Gets or sets the indexer for the Parameters collection.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)
	Parameters	Gets or sets the collection of parameters for the request. Required, but is supplied by derived classes.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)
	RequestId	Gets or sets the ID of an asynchronous operation (system job). Optional. (Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)
	RequestName	Gets or sets the name of the request. Required, but is supplied by derived classes.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType()	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString()	(Inherited from Object.)

Remarks

Message Availability

For this message to work, the caller must be connected to the server.

Usage

Pass an instance of this class to theExecute method, which returns an instance of the CanManyToManyResponse class.

Privileges and Access Rights

To perform this action, the caller must have the required privileges, as listed in CanManyToMany message privileges.

Notes for Callers

Examples

The following example shows how to use this message. For this sample to work correctly, you must be connected to the server to get an IOrganizationService interface. For the complete sample, see the link later in this topic.


/// <summary>
/// Determines whether the entity can participate in a many-to-many relationship.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="entity">Entity</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public bool EligibleCreateManyToManyRelationship(string entity)
{
    CanManyToManyRequest canManyToManyRequest = new CanManyToManyRequest
    {
        EntityName = entity
    };

    CanManyToManyResponse canManyToManyResponse =
        (CanManyToManyResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(canManyToManyRequest);

    if (!canManyToManyResponse.CanManyToMany)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(
            "Entity {0} can't participate in a many-to-many relationship.", 
            entity);
    }

    return canManyToManyResponse.CanManyToMany;
}


''' <summary>
''' Determines whether the entity can participate in a many-to-many relationship.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="entity">Entity</param>
''' <returns></returns>
Public Function EligibleCreateManyToManyRelationship(ByVal entity As String) As Boolean
 Dim canManyToManyRequest As CanManyToManyRequest =
  New CanManyToManyRequest With {.EntityName = entity}

 Dim canManyToManyResponse As CanManyToManyResponse =
  CType(_serviceProxy.Execute(canManyToManyRequest), CanManyToManyResponse)

 If Not canManyToManyResponse.CanManyToMany Then
  Console.WriteLine("Entity {0} can't participate in a many-to-many relationship.", entity)
 End If

 Return canManyToManyResponse.CanManyToMany
End Function

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.