The following tables list the members exposed by MetadataItem.
Public Properties
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AltName | Alternate name of the metadata item. |
| Database | Refers to the parent node of Database type. |
| Default | Indicates if the namespace metadata item is default one. |
| Description | Description of the metadata item. |
| Items | Lists the child nodes of this one. |
| MetadataContainer | Refers to the Metadata Container object to which this item belongs to. |
| Name | Unquoted name of the metadata item. |
| NameFull | Returns fully qualified name of the metadata item in form [database].[schema].[name]. |
| NameQuoted | Name of the metadata item, quoted if required. |
| Object | Refers to the parent node of database object type. |
| Package | Refers to the parent node of Package type. |
| Parent | Points to the parent node of the tree. |
| ParentItems | Points to the list of child metadata items of the parent node. |
| Schema | Refers to the parent node of Schema type. |
| Server | Refers to the parent node of Server type. |
| SQLContext | Refers to the context for SQL generation, SQL parsing and metadata loading purposes. |
| System | Indicates if the metadata item is system or user object. |
| Tag | |
| Type | Determines the type of Metadata Item (root, namespace, database object, field, etc.). |
Public Methods
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AddDatabase | Adds and returns new child metadata item of the Database type. |
| AddField | Adds and returns new child metadata item of the Field type. |
| AddForeignKey | Adds and returns new child metadata item of the Foreign Key type. |
| AddNamespace | Adds and returns new child metadata item of the specified namespace type. |
| AddObject | Adds and returns new child metadata item of the specified database object type. |
| AddPackage | Adds and returns new child metadata item of the Package type. |
| AddParameter | Adds and returns new child metadata item of the Parameter type. |
| AddProcedure | Adds and returns new child metadata item of the Procedure type. |
| AddSchema | Adds and returns new child metadata item of the Schema type. |
| AddServer | Adds and returns new child metadata item of the Server type. |
| AddSynonym | Adds and returns new child metadata item of the Synonym type. |
| AddTable | Adds and returns new child metadata item of the Table type. |
| AddView | Adds and returns new child metadata item of the View type. |
| FindItem | Overloaded. Finds first (and loads all if not loaded) metadata item matching the specified Metadata Qualified Name of specific types in the child items hierarchy. |
| FindItems | Overloaded. Finds (and loads if not loaded) metadata items matching the specified string of specific types in the child items hierarchy. |
| LoadAll | Recursively loads metadata for all items. |
Public Events
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AltNameChanged | Fires on changing the alternate name of metadata item. |
| DefaultChanged | Fires on changing the Default attribute of metadata item. |
| FilteringPropsChanged | Fires on changing the attributes of metadata item that affect the filtering. |
| MetadataChildItemAdded | Fires on adding a child metadata item to the hierarchy of child items. |
| MetadataChildItemRemoving | Fires on removing a metadata item from the hierarchy of child items. |
| NameChanged | Fires on changing the name of metadata item. |
| SystemChanged | Fires on changing the System attribute of metadata item. |
See Also