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Lets you explore the registered DataContextDescriptor, EntityDescriptor, and DataFieldDescriptor classes.

Registered DataContexts: PeterBlum.InitialEntities.NorthWindDataContext PeterBlum.Phase2_WithSecurityRestrictions.NorthWindDataContext PeterBlum.WithDataAnnotations.NorthWindDataContext PeterBlum.DES.DAO.DataContext.AutoRegisterClassesInApp_CodePOCODataContext PeterBlum.Walkthrough.Appointment.AppointmentDemoDataContext

EntityTypes	EntityDescriptor for Region	DataFields	DataFieldDescriptor for RegionID	Class RuntimePropertyInfo on property PropertyInfo
Category Territory CustomerCustomerDemo CustomerDemographic Customer Employee EmployeeTerritory Order_Detail Order Product Region Shipper Supplier	Property name Value MetaTable System.Data.Linq.Mapping.AttributedMetaTable EntityDAOType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.RegionDAO DefaultSortExpression null DisplayPropertyName null EntityType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Region MetadataClassType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.RegionMetadata TableName "Region" FullTableName "Region" UrlName "Region" DataContextDescriptor "NorthWindDataContext" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.LINQtoSQLDataContextDescriptor) DataContextType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.NorthWindDataContext PropertyNameOnDataContext "Regions" IsReadOnly False RootEntityType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Region DataFieldDescriptors PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.DataFieldDescriptors PrimaryKeyDataFieldDescriptors PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.DataFieldDescriptors RelationshipDataFieldDescriptors PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.DataFieldDescriptors CalculatedDataFieldDescriptors PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.DataFieldDescriptors NestedDataFieldDescriptors PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.ThreadSafeDataFieldDescriptors DefaultDataFieldDescriptorToDisplay "RegionDescription" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.SQLDataFieldDescriptor) DisplayName "Region" DisplayNameLookupID "" Scaffold False ScaffoldTableAttribute null Attributes System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Attribute] EntityInterfaceAccessor PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Region	RegionID RegionDescription Territories	Property name Value ColumnDbInfoAttribute null ColumnAttribute System.Data.Linq.Mapping.ColumnAttribute CalculatedColumnDbInfoAttribute null DataFieldPropertyType System.Int32 DataTypeAttribute null ColumnName "RegionID" IsPrimaryKey True IsForeignKey False IsDbGenerated False SqlDbType Int DbType null MaxLength 0 IsNullable True IsSortable True IsReadOnly False IsCustomProperty False IsForeignEntity False IsChildrenEntities False IsManyToMany False PropertyInfo Int32 RegionID TableName "Region" EntityType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Region EntityDescriptor "Region" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.LINQ2SQLEntityDescriptor) DataField "RegionID" DisplayName "RegionID" DisplayNameLookupID "" ShortDisplayName "" ShortDisplayNameLookupID "" Description "" DescriptionLookupID "" Prompt "" PromptLookupID "" DefaultValue null Scaffold True ScaffoldColumnAttribute null IsInteger True IsString False IsLongString False IsFloatingPoint False IsEnum False IsBoolean False IsDate False IsDateTime False IsTime False Attributes System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Attribute] ValidationAttributes System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.ValidationAttribute] RelationshipDataFieldDescriptorForForeignKey null IsRequired False IsRelationship False SortExpression "RegionID" AllowInitialValue True	Property name Value MemberType Property Name "RegionID" DeclaringType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Region ReflectedType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Region MetadataToken 385876000 Module App_Code.t6neem1d.dll PropertyType System.Int32 Attributes None CanRead True CanWrite True GetMethod Int32 get_RegionID() SetMethod Void set_RegionID(Int32) IsSpecialName False CustomAttributes System.Collections.ObjectModel.ReadOnlyCollection`1[System.Reflection.CustomAttributeData]

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