Overloads Public Shared Function GetElements( _
   ByVal entities As IEnumerable(Of ICatalogEntity), _
   ByVal catalog As ICatalog, _
   ByVal ignoreNullValueItems As Boolean _
) As CatalogElement()

Visual Basic (Usage)	Copy Code
Dim entities As IEnumerable(Of ICatalogEntity) Dim catalog As ICatalog Dim ignoreNullValueItems As Boolean Dim value() As CatalogElement   value = CatalogDescriptor.GetElements(entities, catalog, ignoreNullValueItems)

public static CatalogElement[] GetElements( 
   IEnumerable<ICatalogEntity> entities,
   ICatalog catalog,
   bool ignoreNullValueItems
)

public:
static array<CatalogElement^>^ GetElements( 
   IEnumerable<ICatalogEntity^>^ entities,
   ICatalog^ catalog,
   bool ignoreNullValueItems
) 

Parameters

entities

A collection of Leadtools.Medical.DataAccessLayer.Catalog.ICatalogEntity which properties will be returned.

catalog

The Leadtools.Medical.DataAccessLayer.Catalog.ICatalog which describes the provided entities.

ignoreNullValueItems

If this parameter is set to true, properties that have null (Nothing in Visual Basic) values won't be returned.

Return Value

The method will enumerate all the Leadtools.Medical.DataAccessLayer.Catalog.ICatalogEntity objects.

For each Leadtools.Medical.DataAccessLayer.Catalog.ICatalogEntity all properties annotated with the EntityElementAttribute will be enumerated.
A key for each Leadtools.Medical.DataAccessLayer.Catalog.ICatalogEntity will be retrieved using ICatalogEntity.CatalogKey method.
A key for each property will be retrieved using the following method:
If the EntityElementAttribute.Name has a value (not null or empty string) then it will be used as the key value otherwise the actual Name of the System.Reflection.PropertyInfo will be used as the key.
The CatalogDescriptor will use the Leadtools.Medical.DataAccessLayer.Catalog.ICatalog object to find the information of this catalog element and fill them in a Leadtools.Medical.DataAccessLayer.Catalog.CatalogElement object.

Target Platforms: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Server 2008 family, Windows Vista, Windows 7

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