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How to Get Entity Counters
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When a document is loaded to the session,
the loaded entity will contain various metadata information such as ID, current change-vector, and more. -
If the document has Counters, the document metadata will also contain its counter names.
The counter names are available for each entity using theGetCountersFor()method from theAdvancedsession operations. -
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Get entity counters
// Load a document
var employee = session.Load<Employee>("employees/1-A");
// Get counter names from the loaded entity
List<string> counterNames = session.Advanced.GetCountersFor(employee);
Syntax
List<string> GetCountersFor<T>(T instance);| Parameters | ||
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| instance | T | Instance of an entity for which counter names will be returned. |
| Return Value | |
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List<string> |
Returns the counter names for the specified entity, or null if the entity has no counters.An exception is thrown if the instance is not tracked by the session. |
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