Telerik OpenAccess ORM provides the MetadataContainer class as a central runtime API that you can use to interact with the Metadata Model in the context of an application. OpenAccess ORM provides the MetadataContainer class as a central runtime API that you can use to interact with the Metadata Model in the context of an application. The MetadataContainer class aggregates metadata from specific item collections.
Item collections reflect the different types of models in an application that uses the OpenAccess ORM.
There are two ways to retrieve an instance of the MetadataContainer class: from the instance of the Database class or from the instance of the specialized ObjectScope class.
The topics listed below give detailed information about the overall metadata container architecture and the item collections that are enclosed in the metadata container.
In This Section
Using Metadata Runtime
Shows how to retrieve the MetadataContainer class.
Item Collections
Describes the item collections enclosed in the metadata container.
Querying the Metadata Container
Shows a LINQ to Objects query which queries the metadata container.
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