When document is downloaded from server it contains various metadata information e.g. Id or current etag. This information is stored in session and available for each entity using GetMetadataFor
method from Advanced
session operations.
Syntax
RavenJObject GetMetadataFor<T>(T instance);
Parameters |
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instance |
T |
Instance of an entity for which metadata will be returned. |
Return Value |
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RavenJObject |
Returns entity metadata. If the instance is transient it will load document from server and attach entity and its metadata to session. |
Example
Employee employee = session.Load<Employee>("employees/1");
RavenJObject metadata = session.Advanced.GetMetadataFor(employee);