/// <summary>
/// Creates a read-only AssociationType instance from the specified parameters.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name of the association type.</param>
/// <param name="namespaceName">The namespace of the association type.</param>
/// <param name="foreignKey">Flag that indicates a foreign key (FK) relationship.</param>
/// <param name="dataSpace">The data space for the association type.</param>
/// <param name="sourceEnd">The source association end member.</param>
/// <param name="targetEnd">The target association end member.</param>
/// <param name="constraint">A referential constraint.</param>
/// <param name="metadataProperties">Metadata properties to be associated with the instance.</param>
/// <returns>The newly created AssociationType instance.</returns>
/// <exception cref="T:System.ArgumentException">The specified name is null or empty.</exception>
/// <exception cref="T:System.ArgumentException">The specified namespace is null or empty.</exception>
public static AssociationType Create(
string name,
string namespaceName,
bool foreignKey,
DataSpace dataSpace,
AssociationEndMember sourceEnd,
AssociationEndMember targetEnd,
ReferentialConstraint constraint,
IEnumerable <MetadataProperty> metadataProperties)
{
Check.NotEmpty(name, nameof(name));
Check.NotEmpty(namespaceName, nameof(namespaceName));
AssociationType associationType = new AssociationType(name, namespaceName, foreignKey, dataSpace);
if (sourceEnd != null)
{
associationType.SourceEnd = sourceEnd;
}
if (targetEnd != null)
{
associationType.TargetEnd = targetEnd;
}
if (constraint != null)
{
associationType.AddReferentialConstraint(constraint);
}
if (metadataProperties != null)
{
associationType.AddMetadataProperties(metadataProperties.ToList <MetadataProperty>());
}
associationType.SetReadOnly();
return(associationType);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a read-only AssociationType instance from the specified parameters.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name of the association type.</param>
/// <param name="namespaceName">The namespace of the association type.</param>
/// <param name="foreignKey">Flag that indicates a foreign key (FK) relationship.</param>
/// <param name="dataSpace">The data space for the association type.</param>
/// <param name="sourceEnd">The source association end member.</param>
/// <param name="targetEnd">The target association end member.</param>
/// <param name="constraint">A referential constraint.</param>
/// <param name="metadataProperties">Metadata properties to be associated with the instance.</param>
/// <returns>The newly created AssociationType instance.</returns>
/// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">The specified name is null or empty.</exception>
/// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">The specified namespace is null or empty.</exception>
public static AssociationType Create(
string name,
string namespaceName,
bool foreignKey,
DataSpace dataSpace,
AssociationEndMember sourceEnd,
AssociationEndMember targetEnd,
ReferentialConstraint constraint,
IEnumerable<MetadataProperty> metadataProperties)
{
Check.NotEmpty(name, "name");
Check.NotEmpty(namespaceName, "namespaceName");
var instance = new AssociationType(name, namespaceName, foreignKey, dataSpace);
if (sourceEnd != null)
{
instance.SourceEnd = sourceEnd;
}
if (targetEnd != null)
{
instance.TargetEnd = targetEnd;
}
if (constraint != null)
{
instance.AddReferentialConstraint(constraint);
}
if (metadataProperties != null)
{
instance.AddMetadataProperties(metadataProperties.ToList());
}
instance.SetReadOnly();
return instance;
}
