Metadata Properties

This topic alphabetically lists the properties that apply to the Metadata class.

ClassDescription Property

Specifies a ClassDescription object containing the fixed description (immutable metadata) of the class from which this object is instantiated.

Metadata

AllowsDefaultChange:  false
Cardinality:  SINGLE
CopyToReservation:  false
Datatype:  OBJECT
DeletionAction:  NONE
IsHidden:  true
IsOrderable:  false
IsSearchable:  false
IsValueRequired:  true
ModificationAccessRequired:  WRITE
PersistenceType:  NOT_PERSISTENT
ReflectiveProperty:  null
RequiredClass:  ClassDescription
RequiresUniqueElements:  false
Settability:  READ_ONLY
TargetAccessRequired:  READ

DescriptiveText Property

User-readable text that describes an object.

The text is not locale-specific to the retrieving user except for the following classes:

Metadata

AllowsDefaultChange:  false
Cardinality:  SINGLE
CopyToReservation:  false
Datatype:  STRING
IsHidden:  false
IsOrderable:  false
IsSearchable:  false
IsValueRequired:  true
MaximumLengthString:  null
ModificationAccessRequired:  WRITE
PersistenceType:  NOT_PERSISTENT
RequiresUniqueElements:  false
Settability:  READ_ONLY
TargetAccessRequired:  READ

DisplayName Property

The user-readable, provider-specific name of an object. This property is usually the designated Name property of the object's class.

Metadata

AllowsDefaultChange:  false
Cardinality:  SINGLE
CopyToReservation:  false
Datatype:  STRING
IsHidden:  false
IsOrderable:  false
IsSearchable:  false
IsValueRequired:  true
MaximumLengthString:  null
ModificationAccessRequired:  WRITE
PersistenceType:  NOT_PERSISTENT
RequiresUniqueElements:  false
Settability:  READ_ONLY
TargetAccessRequired:  READ

Ids Property

Specifies an IdList object containing the collection of all of the IDs used to identify this class description or property description. The collection includes the value of this class description or property description's Id property and the values of any assigned alias IDs.

Metadata

AllowsDefaultChange:  false
Cardinality:  LIST
CopyToReservation:  false
Datatype:  GUID
IsHidden:  false
IsOrderable:  false
IsSearchable:  false
IsValueRequired:  true
ModificationAccessRequired:  WRITE
PersistenceType:  NOT_PERSISTENT
RequiresUniqueElements:  false
Settability:  READ_ONLY
TargetAccessRequired:  READ