Session.GetObjectByKey(Type, Object, Boolean) Method

Returns the reloaded persistent object with the specified value of the key property from a data store.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpo

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpo.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public object GetObjectByKey(
    Type classType,
    object id,
    bool alwaysGetFromDataStore
)

VB.NET

Public Function GetObjectByKey(
    classType As Type,
    id As Object,
    alwaysGetFromDataStore As Boolean
) As Object

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
classType	Type	A Type object which represents the type of objects to search for.
id	Object	An object which represents the key property’s value of the persistent object.
alwaysGetFromDataStore	Boolean	true, to reload the persistent object from storage if it is found in memory; otherwise, false.

Returns

Type	Description
Object	An object which represents the persistent object with the specified value of the key property. Null if no objects are found.

Remarks

Below is an example of using the GetObjectByKey method. Here, session is the Session instance.

C#

using DevExpress.Xpo;
// ...
Person personToDelete = (Person)session.GetObjectByKey(typeof(Person), 152, true);
personToDelete.Delete();

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Xpo
' ...
Private personToDelete As Person = CType(session.GetObjectByKey(GetType(Person), 152, True), Person)
personToDelete.Delete()

Firstly, the GetObjectByKey method searches the memory for the object with the specified value of the key property. If such an object is found, it is not reloaded. To get the up-to-date object from the data store the alwaysGetFromDb parameter must be set to true.

Note

The GetObjectByKey method does not find objects until they are saved to a data store.