XPDictionary.GetClassInfo(String, String) Method

Returns the persistent class metadata information for the specified assembly name and class name.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpo.Metadata

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpo.v23.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Win.PivotGrid, DevExpress.Win.TreeMap, DevExpress.Xpo

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Xpo

Declaration

C#

public XPClassInfo GetClassInfo(
    string assemblyName,
    string className
)

VB.NET

Public Function GetClassInfo(
    assemblyName As String,
    className As String
) As XPClassInfo

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
assemblyName	String	The assembly name.
className	String	The full name of the class.

Returns

Type	Description
XPClassInfo	The XPClassInfo for the specified class.

Remarks

This method throws the CannotResolveClassInfoException whenever the metadata information cannot be obtained for the specified class; for example, if the class does not implement IXPSimpleObject an exception is thrown.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

XPO_how-to-persist-metadata-e269/CS/MetadataObjects.cs#L65

void CreateMembers(XPDictionary dictionary) {
    XPClassInfo ci = dictionary.GetClassInfo(AssemblyName, Name);
    foreach(PersistentMemberInfo mi in OwnMembers) {

VB.NET

XPO_how-to-persist-metadata-e269/VB/MetadataObjects.vb#L86

Private Sub CreateMembers(ByVal dictionary As XPDictionary)
    Dim ci As XPClassInfo = dictionary.GetClassInfo(AssemblyName, Name)
    For Each mi As PersistentMemberInfo In OwnMembers