Deprecated  in 5.0 - will not be removed until after 2026-06-13. Please use getSchemaItem from SchemaContext class instead.

Identical to getMetaData, except it returns undefined instead of throwing an error if the metadata cannot be found nor loaded.

tryGetMetaData(classFullName: string): undefined | EntityMetaData

@example * ```typescript // Current usage: const metaData: EntityMetaData | undefined = imodel.tryGetMetaData("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"> undefined | EntityMetaData</span> ### Defined in - <span class="defined-in"><a href="https://github.com/iTwin/itwinjs-core/blob/e8cd7e7f72b123b5c2eced2c09efc3a8dac4c8dc/core/backend/src/IModelDb.ts#L1246" target="_blank">core/backend/src/IModelDb.ts</a></span> Line 1246

Last Updated: 27 June, 2025