EFObjectSpace.CreateServerCollection(Type, CriteriaOperator) Method

Creates and initializes a new instance of the EFServerCollection class with criteria-specific options.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp.EF

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.EF.v19.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public override object CreateServerCollection(
    Type objectType,
    CriteriaOperator criteria
)

VB.NET

Public Overrides Function CreateServerCollection(
    objectType As Type,
    criteria As CriteriaOperator
) As Object

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
objectType	Type	The type of persistent objects to include into the collection.
criteria	CriteriaOperator	The DevExpress.Data.Filtering.CriteriaOperator that specifies the criteria for object selection in a data store.

Returns

Type	Description
Object	A server collection that includes the persistent objects of the specified type. In addition, only objects that satisfy the specified criteria will be retrieved to this collection.

Remarks

The newly created collection will use the current Object Space to load and save persistent objects.

This method is used by Collection Sources (see CollectionSource and PropertyCollectionSource) to create a collection in server mode.