ExpressionNode.ConvertFromFilterNode Method (FilterNode, Type)

Creates a new expression node by converting a filter node.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Dmf
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Dmf (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Dmf.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function ConvertFromFilterNode ( _
    filterNode As FilterNode, _
    facet As Type _
) As ExpressionNode
'Usage
Dim filterNode As FilterNode 
Dim facet As Type 
Dim returnValue As ExpressionNode 

returnValue = ExpressionNode.ConvertFromFilterNode(filterNode, _
    facet)

public static ExpressionNode ConvertFromFilterNode(
    FilterNode filterNode,
    Type facet
)

public:
static ExpressionNode^ ConvertFromFilterNode(
    FilterNode^ filterNode, 
    Type^ facet
)

static member ConvertFromFilterNode : 
        filterNode:FilterNode * 
        facet:Type -> ExpressionNode

public static function ConvertFromFilterNode(
    filterNode : FilterNode, 
    facet : Type
) : ExpressionNode

Parameters

• filterNode
  Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Sdk.Sfc.FilterNode
  A FilterNode object value that specifies the filter node to convert into an expression node.

• facet
  Type: System.Type
  A Type value that specifies the type of object.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Dmf.ExpressionNode
An ExpressionNode object that represents the new expression node.

Remarks

This allows you to create expression node that refers to an object or a group of objects defined by the filter. Also, you can further filter the resulting object set by specifying the facet type.

See Also

Reference

ExpressionNode Class

ConvertFromFilterNode Overload

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Dmf Namespace