GetElementsCollection Method

public static Collection<CatalogElement[]> GetElementsCollection( 
   MatchingParameterCollection matchingEntitiesCollection,
   ICatalog catalog,
   bool ignoreNullValueItems
)

'Declaration
 
Public Shared Function GetElementsCollection( _
   ByVal matchingEntitiesCollection As MatchingParameterCollection, _
   ByVal catalog As ICatalog, _
   ByVal ignoreNullValueItems As Boolean _
) As Collection(Of CatalogElement())

'Usage
 
Dim matchingEntitiesCollection As MatchingParameterCollection
Dim catalog As ICatalog
Dim ignoreNullValueItems As Boolean
Dim value As Collection(Of CatalogElement())
 
value = CatalogDescriptor.GetElementsCollection(matchingEntitiesCollection, catalog, ignoreNullValueItems)

public:
static Collection<array<CatalogElement^>>^ GetElementsCollection( 
   MatchingParameterCollection^ matchingEntitiesCollection,
   ICatalog^ catalog,
   bool ignoreNullValueItems
) 

Parameters

matchingEntitiesCollection

A Leadtools.Medical.DataAccessLayer.MatchingParameterCollection that contains ICatalogEntity objects whose properties will be returned.

catalog

The ICatalog interface that describes the entities in the matchingEntitiesCollection.

ignoreNullValueItems

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

Return Value

All the ICatalogEntities in each Leadtools.Medical.DataAccessLayer.MatchingParameterList will be added as a separate array of CatalogElement in the Collection.

For each ICatalogEntity all properties annotated with the EntityElementAttribute will be enumerated.
A key for each 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 ICatalog object to find the information of this catalog element and fill them in a CatalogElement object.

Target Platforms

Reference

CatalogDescriptor Class
CatalogDescriptor Members