Public Methods

  Name Description
Public method DescribedIsOfClass Returns whether a class description describes the class or subclass identified by a given class name or GUID string (true) or not (false). Class descriptions are fetched from the server and added to the metadata cache as needed.
Public method GetClassDescription Overloaded. Returns the class description for a given object. If the class description is not already resident, this method fetches it from the server and adds it to the metadata cache.
Public method GetClassDescriptions Returns zero or more class descriptions for a given scope and the classes specified by a class identities array, which can contain both class names and GUID strings. Class descriptions not already resident are fetched from the server and added to the metadata cache. If a failure occurs while fetching a class description, the entire operation will fail. The returned array is the same size and in the same order as the class identities array; it is never null and its members are always valid class descriptions. Potentially, this operation is much more efficient than retrieving individual class descriptions because any non-resident class descriptions are fetched from the server in a single batch operation.
Public method ObjectIsOfClass Returns whether an object is instantiated from a class or subclass identified by a given class name or GUID string (true) or not (false). Class descriptions are fetched from the server and added to the metadata cache as needed.
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