EntityFilterManager Class

Provides access to the entity filters.

Object Model

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
Managed Extensions for C++

'Declaration
 
Public NotInheritable Class EntityFilterManager

public sealed class EntityFilterManager

public __gc __sealed class EntityFilterManager

Remarks

The EntityFilterManager is the entry point for entity filters in the database. An entity filter is created for a specific object type and registered in the Filters collection.

When you create the EntityFilterManager, you can specify the type of exclusion for database objects in relation to dependencies as follows.

If EntityFilterExclusionTypeEnum.ExcludeIfPossible is specified, on object that meets the filter criteria is excluded if it's possible to do so. If database dependencies require the object to be included in the synchronization script, the exclusion-by-filter is ignored.
If EntityFilterExclusionTypeEnum.ExcludeAlways is specified, on object that meets the filter criteria is always excluded regardless of the dependencies.

The default exclusion type is EntityFilterExclusionTypeEnum.ExcludeAlways.

Entity filters are supported on almost all database objects with a few exceptions. To check whether a specific object type can be filtered, use the method IsEntityTypeSupported.

Once the filters are created and registered in the EntityFilterManager object, set the schema compare property SqlSchemaCompare.EntityFilterManager before the starting comparison.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
xSQL.Schema.SqlServer.Filter.EntityFilterManager

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

EntityFilterManager Members
xSQL.Schema.SqlServer.Filter Namespace