Entity Class

This is preliminary documentation and is subject to change.

Provides information on a Wikibase item or property.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
WikiClientLibrary.WikibaseEntity

Namespace: WikiClientLibrary.Wikibase
Assembly: WikiClientLibrary.Wikibase (in WikiClientLibrary.Wikibase.dll) Version: 0.8.0-int.8+f07259cca53448109bd542f6a3e53c54ddd48d58

Syntax

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public sealed class Entity : IEntity

Public NotInheritable Class Entity
	Implements IEntity

Dim instance As Entity

public ref class Entity sealed : IEntity

[<SealedAttribute>]
type Entity = 
    class
        interface IEntity
    end

The Entity type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Entity(WikiSite, String)	Initializes a new Entity entity from Wikibase site and existing entity ID.
	Entity(WikiSite, EntityType)	Initializes a new Entity entity from Wikibase site, marked for creation.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Aliases	Gets the aliases of the entity.
	Claims	Gets the claims of the entity.
	DataType	For property entity, gets the data type of the property.
	Descriptions	Gets the descriptions of the entity.
	Exists	Whether the entity exists.
	Id	Id of the entity.
	Labels	Gets the labels (aka. names) of the entity.
	LastModified	Time of the last revision.
	LastRevisionId	The revid of the last revision.
	NamespaceId	Namespace ID of the entity page.
	PageId	ID of the entity page.
	QueryOptions	The last query options used with RefreshAsync or effectively equivalent methods.
	Site
	SiteLinks	Gets the sitelinks of the entity.
	Title	Full title of the entity page.
	Type	Wikibase entity type.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	EditAsync(IEnumerableEntityEditEntry, String)	Makes the specified changes to the current entity on the Wikibase site.
	EditAsync(IEnumerableEntityEditEntry, String, EntityEditOptions)	Makes the specified changes to the current entity on the Wikibase site.
	EditAsync(IEnumerableEntityEditEntry, String, EntityEditOptions, CancellationToken)	Makes the specified changes to the current entity on the Wikibase site.
	Equals	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
	GetHashCode	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
	IdFromSiteLinkAsync	Asynchronously gets the entity IDs with specified sequence of titles on the specified site.
	IdsFromSiteLinksAsync	Asynchronously gets the entity IDs with specified sequence of titles on the specified site.
	RefreshAsync	Refreshes the basic entity information from Wikibase site.
	RefreshAsync(EntityQueryOptions)	Refreshes the entity information from Wikibase site.
	RefreshAsync(EntityQueryOptions, ICollectionString)	Refreshes the entity information from Wikibase site.
	RefreshAsync(EntityQueryOptions, ICollectionString, CancellationToken)	Refreshes the entity information from Wikibase site.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Overrides ObjectToString)

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Remarks

The object represents a read-only snapshot of the Wikibase entity. To edit the entity, use EditAsync(IEnumerableEntityEditEntry, String) method.

Reference

WikiClientLibrary.Wikibase Namespace