Deprecated  in 5.0. Please use getSchemaItem from SchemaContext class instead.

Get metadata for a class. This method will load the metadata from the iModel into the cache as a side-effect, if necessary.

getMetaData(classFullName: string): EntityMetaData

@throws IModelError if the metadata cannot be found nor loaded.

@example * ```typescript // Current usage: const metaData: EntityMetaData = imodel.getMetaData("SchemaName:ClassName");

// Replacement: const metaData: EntityClass | undefined = imodel.schemaContext.getSchemaItemSync("SchemaName", "ClassName", EntityClass);

| Parameter | Type | Description | |----|----|----| | <span class="parameter-name">classFullName</span> | <span class="parameter-type">string</span> | &nbsp; | **Returns** - <span class="method-output"> EntityMetaData</span> ### Defined in - <span class="defined-in"><a href="https://github.com/iTwin/itwinjs-core/blob/a256b4ab62089bac51507b314d701fc0f9050946/core/backend/src/IModelDb.ts#L1216" target="_blank">core/backend/src/IModelDb.ts</a></span> Line 1216

Last Updated: 07 June, 2025