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EdmTypeSemantics.AsEntity Method

Returns a valid entity type reference to the type definition if this reference is of an entity type. Otherwise, it will return a bad entity type reference.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Data.Edm
Assembly:  Microsoft.Data.Edm (in Microsoft.Data.Edm.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function AsEntity ( _
    type As IEdmTypeReference _
) As IEdmEntityTypeReference
'Usage
Dim type As IEdmTypeReference 
Dim returnValue As IEdmEntityTypeReference 

returnValue = type.AsEntity()
public static IEdmEntityTypeReference AsEntity(
    this IEdmTypeReference type
)
[ExtensionAttribute]
public:
static IEdmEntityTypeReference^ AsEntity(
    IEdmTypeReference^ type
)
static member AsEntity : 
        type:IEdmTypeReference -> IEdmEntityTypeReference
public static function AsEntity(
    type : IEdmTypeReference
) : IEdmEntityTypeReference

Parameters

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Data.Edm.IEdmEntityTypeReference
A valid entity type reference if the definition of the reference is of an entity type. Otherwise a bad entity type reference.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IEdmTypeReference. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384936(v=vs.103) or https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb383977(v=vs.103).

See Also

Reference

EdmTypeSemantics Class

Microsoft.Data.Edm Namespace