XPClassInfo.CreateMember(String, Type, Attribute[]) Method

Creates a new member metadata.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpo.Metadata

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpo.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public XPCustomMemberInfo CreateMember(
    string propertyName,
    Type propertyType,
    params Attribute[] attributes
)

VB.NET

Public Function CreateMember(
    propertyName As String,
    propertyType As Type,
    ParamArray attributes As Attribute()
) As XPCustomMemberInfo

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
propertyName	String	A String value which specifies the name of the new member.
propertyType	Type	A Type descendant which represents the type of the new member. The created member type will be nullable, i.e if you pass bool, the type will be Nullable<bool>.
attributes	Attribute[]	An array of Attribute objects that represent attributes of the new member.

Returns

Type	Description
XPCustomMemberInfo	An XPCustomMemberInfo descendant which provides the new member’s metadata.

Remarks

The CreateMember method allows custom members to be created dynamically.

Example

The following sample code shows how to create custom fields using the XPClassInfo.CreateMember method.

C#

using DevExpress.Xpo;
using DevExpress.Xpo.Metadata;
// ...

XPClassInfo customerClassInfo = Session.DefaultSession.GetClassInfo(typeof(Customer));
customerClassInfo.CreateMember("Name", typeof(string));
customerClassInfo.CreateMember("CompanyName", typeof(string));
// Set the nonPersistent parameter to true for collection properties
customerClassInfo.CreateMember("Orders", typeof(XPCollection), true, 
    new AssociationAttribute("CustomerOrders", typeof(Order)), new AggregatedAttribute());

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Xpo
Imports DevExpress.Xpo.Metadata
' ...

Dim customerClassInfo As XPClassInfo = Session.DefaultSession.GetClassInfo(GetType(Customer))
customerClassInfo.CreateMember("Name", GetType(String))
customerClassInfo.CreateMember("CompanyName", GetType(String))
' Set the nonPersistent parameter to True for collection properties
customerClassInfo.CreateMember("Orders", GetType(XPCollection), True, _
    New AssociationAttribute("CustomerOrders", GetType(Order)), New AggregatedAttribute())

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

asp-net-mvc-grid-custom-binding-and-xpo/CS/XPCustomBindingExample/XPO/DatabaseSchemaHelper.cs#L11

XPClassInfo ordersTable = dictionary.CreateClass("Order");
ordersTable.CreateMember("ID", typeof(int), new KeyAttribute(true));
ordersTable.CreateMember("ProductName", typeof(string));

XPO_how-to-define-a-persistent-class-at-runtime-e1139/CS/CreateClassAtRuntime/Program.cs#L18

XPClassInfo myClassA = dictionary.CreateClass(myBaseClass, "MyObjectA");
myClassA.CreateMember("ID", typeof(int), new KeyAttribute(true));
myClassA.CreateMember("Name", typeof(string));

XPO_how-to-generate-persistent-metadata-for-an-arbitrary-data-table-e2922/CS/MapArbitraryDatabaseExample/Program.cs#L40

DBColumnType primaryColumnType = table.GetColumn(table.PrimaryKey.Columns[0]).ColumnType;
classInfo.CreateMember(table.PrimaryKey.Columns[0], DBColumn.GetType(primaryColumnType),
    new KeyAttribute(IsAutoGenerationSupported(primaryColumnType)));

XPO_how-to-persist-metadata-e269/CS/MetadataObjects.cs#L134

protected override XPMemberInfo CreateMemberCore(XPClassInfo owner) {
    return owner.CreateMember(Name, Type.GetType(TypeName, true));
}

XPO_how-to-generate-persistent-classes-at-runtime-based-on-a-dataset-e1198/CS/WindowsApplication4/Form1.cs#L29

{
    XPMemberInfo mi = info.CreateMember(c.Name, DBColumn.GetType(c.ColumnType));
    if (key == c.Name)

VB.NET

asp-net-mvc-grid-custom-binding-and-xpo/VB/XPCustomBindingExample/XPO/DatabaseSchemaHelper.vb#L15

Dim ordersTable As XPClassInfo = dictionary.CreateClass("Order")
ordersTable.CreateMember("ID", GetType(Integer), New KeyAttribute(True))
ordersTable.CreateMember("ProductName", GetType(String))

XPO_how-to-persist-metadata-e269/VB/MetadataObjects.vb#L192

Protected Overrides Function CreateMemberCore(ByVal owner As XPClassInfo) As XPMemberInfo
    Return owner.CreateMember(Name, Type.GetType(TypeName, True))
End Function

XPO_how-to-generate-persistent-classes-at-runtime-based-on-a-dataset-e1198/VB/WindowsApplication4/Form1.vb#L27

For Each c As DBColumn In table.Columns
    Dim mi As XPMemberInfo = info.CreateMember(c.Name, DBColumn.GetType(c.ColumnType))
    If key = c.Name Then