TXDataInstanceType Class

Represents a plain object (instance) type, a class that is not an Aurelius entity.

Remarks

Instance types describe the classes used as parameters or results of service operations, which are serialized to and from JSON but are not persisted through automatic CRUD endpoints.

Syntax

Unit: XData.Model.Classes

TXDataInstanceType = class(TXDataStructuredType);

Constructors

Name	Description
Create	Creates an instance type with no properties.

Methods

Name	Description
GetScalarProperty	Returns a scalar property declared in the type, by its index.
GetStructured​Property	Returns a structured property declared in the type, by its index.
QualifiedName	Returns the name of the instance type, qualified by the schema it belongs to.
ScalarPropertyCount	Returns the number of scalar properties declared in the type.
StructuredProperty​Count	Returns the number of structured properties declared in the type.

Properties

Name	Description
BaseType	Gets or sets the instance type this type inherits from.
BaseTypeRef	Gets or sets the name of the base type, used when the model is written to or read from JSON.
Collection	Gets the collection type whose items are of this type.
NavigationProperties	Gets the properties declared in the type that point to other objects.
Properties	Gets the scalar properties declared in the type.