Documentation

Class EntityDataSource

Represents an Entity data model to data items.

Inheritance
System.Object
DataSource
ObjectDataSourceBase
EntityDataSource
Inherited Members
Namespace: Telerik.Reporting
Assembly: Telerik.Reporting.dll

Syntax

public class EntityDataSource : ObjectDataSourceBase, INamedObject, ICloneable, IEquatableDataSource, IObjectDataSource, ISimpleDataSource, IDataSource, IConnectionDataSource

Constructors

EntityDataSource()

Initializes a new instance of the EntityDataSource class.

Declaration
public EntityDataSource()

EntityDataSource(Object, String)

Initializes a new instance of the EntityDataSource class.

Declaration
public EntityDataSource(object context, string contextMember)
Parameters
System.Object context

Specifies the context used to connect to data.
System.String contextMember

Specifies the context member used to connect to data.

EntityDataSource(String, Object, String)

Initializes a new instance of the EntityDataSource class.

Declaration
public EntityDataSource(string connectionString, object context, string contextMember)
Parameters
System.String connectionString

Specifies the connection string used to connect to data.
System.Object context

Specifies the context used to connect to data.
System.String contextMember

Specifies the context member used to connect to data.

Properties

ConnectionString

Gets or sets the connection string used to connect to data.

Declaration
public string ConnectionString { get; set; }
Property Value
System.String

Remarks

The ConnectionString property contains either a valid connection string or the name of a System.Configuration.ConnectionStringSettings in the application configuration file.

Context

Gets or sets the context used to connect to data.

Declaration
public object Context { get; set; }
Property Value
System.Object

Remarks

The Context property can contain either an instance of an context or the System.Type of such a context to be created at run time.

ContextMember

Gets or sets the context member used to connect to data.

Declaration
public string ContextMember { get; set; }
Property Value
System.String

Remarks

The ContextMember property contains the name of a property or a method of the context to be invoked during data retrieval.

ObjectContext

Gets or sets the context used to connect to data.

Declaration
[Obsolete("The Telerik.Reporting.EntityDataSource.ObjectContext is now obsolete. Please use Telerik.Reporting.EntityDataSource.Context instead.")]
public object ObjectContext { get; set; }
Property Value
System.Object

Remarks

The Context property can contain either an instance of an context or the System.Type of such a context to be created at run time.

ObjectContextMember

Gets or sets the context member used to connect to data.

Declaration
[Obsolete("The Telerik.Reporting.EntityDataSource.ObjectContextMemeber is now obsolete. Please use Telerik.Reporting.EntityDataSource.ContextMemeber instead.")]
public string ObjectContextMember { get; set; }
Property Value
System.String

Remarks

The ContextMember property contains the name of a property or a method of the context to be invoked during data retrieval.