public ExtendedPropertyDefinition CreateProperty(EntityType entityType, string name, string nativeName, ExtendedPropertyDataType dataType,
long size, bool multiValue)
{
if (entityType == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("entityType");
}
if (name == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("name");
}
if (name.Length == 0)
{
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("'name' is zero-length.");
}
if (nativeName == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("nativeName");
}
if (nativeName.Length == 0)
{
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("'nativeName' is zero-length.");
}
if (nativeName.Length > DatabaseExtensibilityProvider.MaxNativeNameLength)
{
throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("Native name '{0}' is {1} characters in length and the maximum is {2} characters.", nativeName,
nativeName.Length, DatabaseExtensibilityProvider.MaxNativeNameLength));
}
if (dataType == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("dataType");
}
// mbr - 25-09-2007 - check with provider...
if (Database.ExtensibilityProvider == null)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("Database.ExtensibilityProvider is null.");
}
Database.ExtensibilityProvider.AssertDefinition(entityType, name, nativeName, dataType, size, multiValue);
// is it a legal name?
EntityType.AssertIsLegalIdentifierName(nativeName);
// do we already have it?
ExtendedPropertyDefinition existing = this.Properties[entityType.Id, nativeName];
if (existing != null)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException(string.Format("'{0}' already has a property called '{1}' (name).", entityType.Name, nativeName));
}
// mbr - 12-12-2005 - other check for the display name...
existing = this.Properties.GetByName(entityType.Id, name, false);
if (existing != null)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException(string.Format("'{0}' already has a property called '{1}' (display name).", entityType.Name, name));
}
// create it...
ExtendedPropertyDefinition prop = new ExtendedPropertyDefinition(name, nativeName, dataType, entityType.Id);
prop.Size = size;
// check...
if (dataType.SupportsMultiValue && multiValue)
{
prop.MultiValue = true;
}
else
{
prop.MultiValue = false;
}
// add...
this.Properties.Add(prop);
// mbr - 02-10-2007 - for c7 - we don't want to do this here because it will frankly take too
// long. do it later...
// EnsureExtendedTableUpToDate(entityType);
// return...
return(prop);
}