/// <summary>
/// Marks the member property as being declared in metadata
/// </summary>
/// <param name="navigationProperty">The navigation property.</param>
public static void MakeMetadataDeclared(this NavigationProperty navigationProperty)
{
if (!navigationProperty.IsMetadataDeclaredProperty())
{
navigationProperty.Annotations.Add(new MetadataDeclaredPropertyAnnotation());
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Reviews a specific association set to see if it needs to be declared in the metadata
/// </summary>
/// <param name="associationSet">Association set to review</param>
/// <returns>True or false on if this is declared or not</returns>
public static bool IsMetadataDeclaredAssociationSet(this AssociationSet associationSet)
{
ExceptionUtilities.CheckArgumentNotNull(associationSet, "associationSet");
// if the navigation is declared in either direction, the set must be declared
NavigationProperty property0 = associationSet.AssociationType.Ends[0].FromNavigationProperty();
NavigationProperty property1 = associationSet.AssociationType.Ends[1].FromNavigationProperty();
if (property0 != null && property0.IsMetadataDeclaredProperty())
{
return(true);
}
if (property1 != null && property1.IsMetadataDeclaredProperty())
{
return(true);
}
return(false);
}