FriendlyKeyPropertyAttribute.FindFriendlyKeyMemberName(ITypeInfo, Boolean) Method

Returns the name of the persistent property which the system uses as an identifier-like property for a specific type.

Namespace: DevExpress.Persistent.Base

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public static string FindFriendlyKeyMemberName(
    ITypeInfo typeInfo,
    bool recursive
)

VB.NET

Public Shared Function FindFriendlyKeyMemberName(
    typeInfo As ITypeInfo,
    recursive As Boolean
) As String

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
typeInfo	ITypeInfo	An ITypeInfo object which supplies metadata on the required type.
recursive	Boolean	true, to take into account inherited FriendlyKeyPropertyAttribute attributes; otherwise, false.

Returns

Type	Description
String	A string holding the name of the persistent property which the system uses as an identifier-like property for a specific type.

Remarks

If the FriendlyKeyPropertyAttribute is not applied to a class or its ancestors, the FindFriendlyKeyMemberName method returns null (Nothing in VB).