Session.GetClassInfo(String, String) Method

Returns the XPClassInfo for the specified assembly and class.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpo

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpo.v24.1.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	A String value which specifies the assembly name.
className	String	A String value which specifies the class name.

Returns

Type	Description
XPClassInfo	An XPClassInfo object which provides metadata information for the specified assembly and class.

Remarks

The GetClassInfo method retrieves the metadata information via the Session.Dictionary. If the metadata cannot be obtained, a CannotResolveClassInfoException is thrown.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

XPO_how-to-persist-metadata-e269/CS/Program.cs#L89

InitDataDictionary(dataSession);
dataSession.UpdateSchema(dataSession.GetClassInfo(null, "Customer"), dataSession.GetClassInfo(null, "Order"));

asp-net-mvc-grid-custom-binding-and-xpo/CS/XPCustomBindingExample/XPO/StartupHelper.cs#L20

XPClassInfo classInfo = uow.GetClassInfo("", "Order");

XPO_how-to-generate-persistent-metadata-for-an-arbitrary-data-table-e2922/CS/MapArbitraryDatabaseExample/Form1.cs#L15

void BindCategories() {
    gridControl1.DataSource = new XPCollection(session1, session1.GetClassInfo(string.Empty, "Category"));
}

VB.NET

XPO_how-to-persist-metadata-e269/VB/Program.vb#L93

InitDataDictionary(dataSession)
dataSession.UpdateSchema(dataSession.GetClassInfo(Nothing, "Customer"), dataSession.GetClassInfo(Nothing, "Order"))

asp-net-mvc-grid-custom-binding-and-xpo/VB/XPCustomBindingExample/XPO/StartupHelper.vb#L24

Dim classInfo As XPClassInfo = uow.GetClassInfo("", "Order")