/// <summary>
/// The factory method for constructing the EntityType object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name of the entity type.</param>
/// <param name="namespaceName">The namespace of the entity type.</param>
/// <param name="dataSpace">The dataspace in which the EntityType belongs to.</param>
/// <param name="baseType">The base type.</param>
/// <param name="keyMemberNames">Name of key members for the type.</param>
/// <param name="members">Members of the entity type (primitive and navigation properties).</param>
/// <param name="metadataProperties">Metadata properties to be associated with the instance.</param>
/// <returns>The EntityType object.</returns>
/// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">Thrown if either name, namespace arguments are null.</exception>
/// <remarks>The newly created EntityType will be read only.</remarks>
public static EntityType Create(
string name,
string namespaceName,
DataSpace dataSpace,
EntityType baseType,
IEnumerable <string> keyMemberNames,
IEnumerable <EdmMember> members,
IEnumerable <MetadataProperty> metadataProperties)
{
Check.NotEmpty(name, "name");
Check.NotEmpty(namespaceName, "namespaceName");
Check.NotNull(baseType, "baseType");
var entity = new EntityType(name, namespaceName, dataSpace, keyMemberNames, members)
{
BaseType = baseType
};
if (metadataProperties != null)
{
entity.AddMetadataProperties(metadataProperties);
}
entity.SetReadOnly();
return(entity);
}
/// <summary>
/// The factory method for constructing the EntityType object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name of the entity type.</param>
/// <param name="namespaceName">The namespace of the entity type.</param>
/// <param name="dataSpace">The dataspace in which the EntityType belongs to.</param>
/// <param name="keyMemberNames">Name of key members for the type.</param>
/// <param name="members">Members of the entity type (primitive and navigation properties).</param>
/// <param name="metadataProperties">Metadata properties to be associated with the instance.</param>
/// <returns>The EntityType object.</returns>
/// <exception cref="T:System.ArgumentException">Thrown if either name, namespace arguments are null.</exception>
/// <remarks>The newly created EntityType will be read only.</remarks>
public static EntityType Create(
string name,
string namespaceName,
DataSpace dataSpace,
IEnumerable <string> keyMemberNames,
IEnumerable <EdmMember> members,
IEnumerable <MetadataProperty> metadataProperties)
{
Check.NotEmpty(name, nameof(name));
Check.NotEmpty(namespaceName, nameof(namespaceName));
EntityType entityType = new EntityType(name, namespaceName, dataSpace, keyMemberNames, members);
if (metadataProperties != null)
{
entityType.AddMetadataProperties(metadataProperties.ToList <MetadataProperty>());
}
entityType.SetReadOnly();
return(entityType);
}
/// <summary>
/// The factory method for constructing the EntityType object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name of the entity type.</param>
/// <param name="namespaceName">The namespace of the entity type.</param>
/// <param name="dataSpace">The dataspace in which the EntityType belongs to.</param>
/// <param name="keyMemberNames">Name of key members for the type.</param>
/// <param name="members">Members of the entity type (primitive and navigation properties).</param>
/// <param name="metadataProperties">Metadata properties to be associated with the instance.</param>
/// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">Thrown if either name, namespace arguments are null.</exception>
/// <notes>The newly created EntityType will be read only.</notes>
public static EntityType Create(
string name,
string namespaceName,
DataSpace dataSpace,
IEnumerable<string> keyMemberNames,
IEnumerable<EdmMember> members,
IEnumerable<MetadataProperty> metadataProperties)
{
Check.NotEmpty(name, "name");
Check.NotEmpty(namespaceName, "namespaceName");
var entity = new EntityType(name, namespaceName, dataSpace, keyMemberNames, members);
if (metadataProperties != null)
{
entity.AddMetadataProperties(metadataProperties.ToList());
}
entity.SetReadOnly();
return entity;
}
