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EntityFieldCore Class
Generic base class for entity fields.
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Namespace: SD.LLBLGen.Pro.ORMSupportClasses
Assembly: SD.LLBLGen.Pro.ORMSupportClasses (in SD.LLBLGen.Pro.ORMSupportClasses.dll) Version: 5.0.0.0 (5.0.0)
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[SerializableAttribute]
public abstract class EntityFieldCore : IEntityFieldCore, 
	IFieldInfo, ICloneable, IComparable, IEntityFieldCoreInterpret, IXmlSerializable

The EntityFieldCore type exposes the following members.

Constructors
Properties
  NameDescription
Public propertyActAsDerivedTableField
Gets or sets a value indicating whether this field should be threated as a derived table field. This is necessary when this field is in a query and targets a derived table while this field is actually a full entity field (so it has field info). If this flag is true, the field will result in objectAlias.Alias instead of persistenceinfo.Fieldname as alias (alias only if required)
Public propertyCode exampleActualContainingObjectName
The name of the object this field is currently in. Differs only from ContainingObjectName if the field instance is in a subtype while it is originally defined in a supertype.
Public propertyAggregateFunctionToApply
The aggregate function to apply on this field in a select query. Ignored in INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE queries. Designed to be used in TypedList/TypedView classes.
Public propertyAlias
The alias to use for this field. By default the same as the entity name.
Public propertyContainingObjectName
Name of the containing object this field belongs to (entity or typed view). This name is required to retrieve persistence information in Adapter Set via constructor. This name is also used by EntityRelation to determine alias - table connection.
Public propertyCurrentValue
Gets the current value for this field and sets the new value for this field, by overwriting current value. The value in currentValue is discarded, versioning control has to save the original value of currentValue before this property is called.
Public propertyDataType
The Type of the values of this field.
Public propertyDbValue
Gets the value read from the database for this field. Use this field in optimistic concurrency predicates. Set by ForcedCurrentValueWrite(object, value) by the object fetcher logic.
Public propertyExpressionToApply
The expression to apply to this field in a select list, update statement or predicate. Expression is applied before AggregateFunctionToApply.
Public propertyFieldIndex
Gets the field index related to this IEntityField2, so the field can be used to retrieve the field index.
Public propertyIsChanged
If the value of this field is changed, this property is set to true. Set when CurrentValue receives a valid value. Set to false when AcceptChange is called succesfully.
Public propertyIsForeignKey
If set to true, in the constructor, this field is part of a foreign key. This field is not used in LLBLGen Pro's code, however can be useful in user code.
Public propertyIsInMultiTargetEntity
Flag to signal if the field is in a multi-target entity. Used for alias production during query building in scenario's with inheritance.
Public propertyIsNull
If the original value in the column for this entityfield is DBNull (NULL), this parameter should be set to true, otherwise to false. In BL Logic, it's impractical to work with NULL values, so these are converted to workable values. The developer can still determine if the original value was DBNull by checking this field.
Public propertyIsNullable
Will be true if this field can be set to NULL in the database, false otherwise. The Field Validation logic in an entity will use this flag to check if the field indeed can be set to NULL or not. Set by constructor.
Public propertyIsOfEnumDataType
Gets a value indicating whether the DataType is an enum type. This is a helper boolean so it doesn't have to be determined for every field set during a fetch.
Public propertyIsPrimaryKey
If set to true, in the constructor, this field will end up in the PrimaryKey field list of the containing IEntityFields object.
Public propertyIsReadOnly
If set to true, in the constructor, no changes can be made to this field.
Public propertyMaxLength
The maximum length of the value of the entityfield (string/binary data). Is ignored for entityfields which hold non-string and non-binary values. Value initially set for this field is the length of the database column this field is mapped on.
Public propertyName
The name of the field. Used in XML output.
Public propertyObjectAlias
Alias for the object containing the field this entity field is mapped on. Used in typed list selection lists.
Public propertyPrecision
The precision of the value for this field. Value initially set for this field is the precision of the database column this field is mapped on.
Public propertyRealDataType
Gets the real datatype. This is the underlying datatype of DataType and if that's a Nullable(Of T) it's the type of T. This is a helper property so it's not determined over and over again for every field during a fetch.
Public propertyScale
The scale of the value for this field. Value initially set for this field is the scale of the database column this field is mapped on.
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Methods
  NameDescription
Public methodClone
Creates a deep copy of this IEntityField2 object
Protected methodCloneInternals
Clones the internally referenced objects of this instance, so this instance after this method contains clones of its referenced internal objects.
Public methodCompareTo
Compares the given entityfield instance with this instance using a value compare with case sensitive comparer logic. this is done by comparing the name, the source schema, object and column name. If there is any mismatch, the comparisson is stopped and the result of the mismatching compare is returned.
Protected methodEntityFieldCoreInterpretGetValueInternal
Internal implementation of the method which interprets this field in the entity passed in.
Public methodEquals
Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object.
(Overrides ObjectEquals(Object).)
Protected methodFinalize
Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodForcedCurrentValueWrite(Object)
Overwrites the current value with the value passed. This bypasses value checking and field properties.
Public methodForcedCurrentValueWrite(Object, Object)
Overwrites the current value with the value passed. This bypasses value checking and field properties like readonly.
Public methodGetDiscriminatorColumnFlag
Gets the discriminator column flag.
Public methodGetHashCode
Overrides the GetHashCode() method. It will return the hashcode of the value of the field as the hashcode.
(Overrides ObjectGetHashCode.)
Public methodGetType
Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodMemberwiseClone
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodReadAdditionalElementsFromXml
Reads the additional elements from XML. Reader is located on an unknown element. Implementers of this method have to handle this element.
Protected methodReadDefinitionFromXml
Deserializes the field's definition data on the xml reader into a field instance
Public methodToString
Returns a string that represents the current object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodWriteAdditionalElementsToXml
Writes the additional elements to XML.
Protected methodWriteDefinitionAsXml
Serializes the field's definition as xml to the writer specified.
Protected methodWriteXml
Writes the XML of this Field object to the writer specified
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Fields
  NameDescription
Public fieldStatic memberCaseSensitiveStringHashCodes
Flag which will signal LLBLGen Pro to produce hashcodes for strings in entity fields using case sensitive hash code routines (true, default) or not (false). Setting this flag to false will mean that the hashcode produced from "Foo" will be the same as for "FoO" or "foo". Setting this flag has an effect on the field compare routine and prefetch path merge routine. Only set this flag to false if you're working with a case-insensitive database and pk-fk data differs on casing.
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Extension Methods
  NameDescription
Public Extension MethodAddDays
Defines the mapping for the field.AddDays(numberOfDays) method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodAddHours
Defines the mapping for the field.AddHours(numberOfHours) method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodAddMilliseconds
Defines the mapping for the field.AddMilliseconds(numberOfMilliseconds) method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodAddMinutes
Defines the mapping for the field.AddMinutes(numberOfMinutes) method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodAddMonths
Defines the mapping for the field.AddMonths(numberOfMonths) method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodAddSeconds
Defines the mapping for the field.AddSeconds(numberOfSeconds) method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodAddYears
Defines the mapping for the field.AddYears(numberOfYears) method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodAs
Specifies the field alias on the field, returning the field.
(Defined by FieldExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodAscending
Creates an ascending sort clause for the field specified
(Defined by SortClauseProducers.)
Public Extension MethodAvg
Places the Avg aggregate function on the field specified
(Defined by AggregateRelatedExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodAvgDistinct
Places the Avg(Distinct) aggregate function on the field specified
(Defined by AggregateRelatedExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodBetween
Creates a Between predicate which is true if the field specified is between valueBegin and valueEnd, valueBegin and valueEnd included.
(Defined by BetweenPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodCastToTResult
Specifies the result type of the field to be TResult
(Defined by FieldExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodChar
Defines the mapping for the field.Char[index] property to method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodContains
Creates a Like predicate using the pattern: '%pattern%' for the field specified.
(Defined by StringMethodPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodCount
Places the Count aggregate function on the field specified
(Defined by AggregateRelatedExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodCountBig
Places the CountBig aggregate function on the field specified
(Defined by AggregateRelatedExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodCountBigDistinct
Places the CountBig(Distinct) aggregate function on the field specified
(Defined by AggregateRelatedExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodCountDistinct
Places the Count(Distinct) aggregate function on the field specified
(Defined by AggregateRelatedExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodDate
Defines the mapping for the field.Date property to method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodDay
Defines the mapping for the field.Day property to method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodDescending
Creates a descending sort clause for the field specified
(Defined by SortClauseProducers.)
Public Extension MethodEndsWith
Creates a Like predicate using the pattern: '%pattern' for the field specified.
(Defined by StringMethodPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodEqual(Object)Overloaded.
Creates an equality comparison predicate between the expression and the value specified. If the value is null or DBNull.Value a null comparison predicate is created
(Defined by EqualOpPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodEqual(IEntityFieldCore)Overloaded.
Creates an equality comparison predicate between the two fields specified.
(Defined by EqualOpPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodEqual(IExpression)Overloaded.
Creates an equality comparison predicate between the field and the expression specified.
(Defined by EqualOpPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodGreaterEqual(Object)Overloaded.
Creates a greater or equal comparison predicate between the expression and the value specified.
(Defined by GreaterEqualOpPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodGreaterEqual(IEntityFieldCore)Overloaded.
Creates a greater or equal comparison predicate between the two fields specified.
(Defined by GreaterEqualOpPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodGreaterEqual(IExpression)Overloaded.
Creates a greater or equal comparison predicate between the field and the expression specified.
(Defined by GreaterEqualOpPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodGreaterThan(Object)Overloaded.
Creates a greater than comparison predicate between the expression and the value specified.
(Defined by GreaterThanOpPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodGreaterThan(IEntityFieldCore)Overloaded.
Creates a greater than comparison predicate between the two fields specified.
(Defined by GreaterThanOpPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodGreaterThan(IExpression)Overloaded.
Creates a greater than comparison predicate between the field and the expression specified.
(Defined by GreaterThanOpPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodHour
Defines the mapping for the field.Hour property to method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodIn(Object)Overloaded.
Creates a Field IN (values) predicate
(Defined by InPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodIn(DynamicQuery)Overloaded.
Creates a Field IN (query) predicate
(Defined by InPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodIndexOf
Defines the mapping for the field.IndexOf(value) method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodIsNotNull
Generates a negated FieldCompareNull predicate on the field specified.
(Defined by IsNullPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodIsNull
Generates a FieldCompareNull predicate on the field specified.
(Defined by IsNullPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodLength
Defines the mapping for the field.Length property to method mapping, if field represents a string value.
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodLesserEqual(Object)Overloaded.
Creates a lesser or equal comparison predicate between the expression and the value specified.
(Defined by LesserEqualOpPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodLesserEqual(IEntityFieldCore)Overloaded.
Creates a lesser or equal comparison predicate between the two fields specified.
(Defined by LesserEqualOpPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodLesserEqual(IExpression)Overloaded.
Creates a lesser or equal comparison predicate between the field and the expression specified.
(Defined by LesserEqualOpPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodLesserThan(Object)Overloaded.
Creates a lesser than comparison predicate between the expression and the value specified.
(Defined by LesserThanOpPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodLesserThan(IEntityFieldCore)Overloaded.
Creates a lesser than comparison predicate between the two fields specified.
(Defined by LesserThanOpPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodLesserThan(IExpression)Overloaded.
Creates a lesser than comparison predicate between the field and the expression specified.
(Defined by LesserThanOpPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodLike
Creates a Like predicate for the field specified using the pattern specified. The pattern has to contain the wildcards required.
(Defined by StringMethodPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodMax
Places the Max aggregate function on the field specified
(Defined by AggregateRelatedExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodMillisecond
Defines the mapping for the field.Millisecond property to method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodMin
Places the Min aggregate function on the field specified
(Defined by AggregateRelatedExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodMinute
Defines the mapping for the field.Minute property to method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodMonth
Defines the mapping for the field.Month property to method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodNotBetween
Creates a Between predicate which is true if the field specified is not between valueBegin and valueEnd, valueBegin and valueEnd included.
(Defined by BetweenPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodNotEqual(Object)Overloaded.
Creates a negated equality comparison predicate between the expression and the value specified. If the value is null or DBNull.Value a null comparison predicate is created
(Defined by NotEqualOpPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodNotEqual(IEntityFieldCore)Overloaded.
Creates a negated equality comparison predicate between the two fields specified.
(Defined by NotEqualOpPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodNotEqual(IExpression)Overloaded.
Creates a negated equality comparison predicate between the field and the expression specified.
(Defined by NotEqualOpPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodNotIn(Object)Overloaded.
Creates a NOT (Field IN (values)) predicate
(Defined by InPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodNotIn(DynamicQuery)Overloaded.
Creates a NOT (Field IN (query)) predicate
(Defined by InPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodReplace
Defines the mapping for the field.Replace(oldValue, newValue) method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodSecond
Defines the mapping for the field.Second property to method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodStartsWith
Creates a Like predicate using the pattern: 'pattern%' for the fieldl specified.
(Defined by StringMethodPredicateProducers.)
Public Extension MethodStDev
Places the StDev aggregate function on the field specified
(Defined by AggregateRelatedExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodStDevDistinct
Places the StDev(Distinct) aggregate function on the field specified
(Defined by AggregateRelatedExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodSubstring(Int32)Overloaded.
Defines the mapping for the field.Substring(startIndex) method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodSubstring(Int32, Int32)Overloaded.
Defines the mapping for the field.Substring(startIndex, length) method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodSum
Places the Sum aggregate function on the field specified
(Defined by AggregateRelatedExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodSumDistinct
Places the Sum(Distinct) aggregate function on the field specified
(Defined by AggregateRelatedExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodToLower
Defines the mapping for the field.ToLower() method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodToUnicode
Defines the mapping for the field.ToUnicode() method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodToUpper
Defines the mapping for the field.ToUpper() method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodToValueTValue
Placeholder method which is used in a Select(lambda func) projection inside the lambda to specify the type of the result of the passed in field.
(Defined by FieldExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodTrim
Defines the mapping for the field.Trim() method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodVariance
Places the Variance aggregate function on the field specified
(Defined by AggregateRelatedExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodVarianceDistinct
Places the Variance(Distinct) aggregate function on the field specified
(Defined by AggregateRelatedExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodYear
Defines the mapping for the field.Year property to method mapping
(Defined by FunctionMappingExtensionMethods.)
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Explicit Interface Implementations
  NameDescription
Explicit interface implementationPrivate methodIXmlSerializableGetSchema
This method is reserved and should not be used. When implementing the IXmlSerializable interface, you should return null (Nothing in Visual Basic) from this method, and instead, if specifying a custom schema is required, apply the XmlSchemaProviderAttribute to the class.
Explicit interface implementationPrivate methodIXmlSerializableReadXml
Deserializes the data on the xml reader into a fieldinfo instance
Explicit interface implementationPrivate methodIXmlSerializableWriteXml
Serializes object as xml to the writer specified.
Explicit interface implementationPrivate methodIEntityFieldCoreClone
Clones this field instance
Explicit interface implementationPrivate propertyIEntityFieldCoreLinkedSuperTypeField
Gets the linked super type field, if this field is a subtype field and it's linked to a supertype field, otherwise null.
Explicit interface implementationPrivate methodIEntityFieldCoreReadDefinitionFromXml
Deserializes the field's definition data on the xml reader into a field instance
Explicit interface implementationPrivate methodIEntityFieldCoreSetFieldIndex
Sets the FieldIndex, if FieldInfo is null. Used in DefineField.
Explicit interface implementationPrivate methodIEntityFieldCoreWriteDefinitionAsXml
Serializes the field's definition as xml to the writer specified.
Explicit interface implementationPrivate methodIEntityFieldCoreWriteXml
Writes the XML of this Field object to the writer specified
Explicit interface implementationPrivate methodIEntityFieldCoreInterpretGetValue
Gets the value for the field implementing this interface for the entity passed in.
Explicit interface implementationPrivate methodIFieldInfoReadXml
Deserializes the data on the xml reader into a fieldinfo instance
Explicit interface implementationPrivate methodIFieldInfoWriteXml
Serializes object as xml to the writer specified.
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