# C1.Data.Entities.EntityClientScope.GetItems

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<h1 id="C1_Data_Entities_EntityClientScope_GetItems_" data-uid="C1.Data.Entities.EntityClientScope.GetItems*">GetItems Method
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<h4 id="C1_Data_Entities_EntityClientScope_GetItems__1" data-uid="C1.Data.Entities.EntityClientScope.GetItems``1">GetItems&lt;T&gt;()</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets a <a class="xref" href="C1.Data.ClientView-1.html">client view</a> of entities of a given type.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public ClientView&lt;T&gt; GetItems&lt;T&gt;()</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Function GetItems(Of T)() As ClientView(Of T)</code></pre>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="C1.Data.ClientView-1.html">ClientView</a>&lt;T&gt;</td>
      <td><p>A <a class="xref" href="C1.Data.ClientView-1.html">client view</a> of entities of the specified type.</p>
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<h5 class="typeParameters">Type Parameters</h5>
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      <td><span class="parametername">T</span></td>
      <td><p>The type of entities to load.</p>
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<div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>Entities are loaded using the System.Data.Metadata.Edm.EntitySet of the matching entity type
from the System.Data.Objects.ObjectContext.DefaultContainerName</p>
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<h4 id="C1_Data_Entities_EntityClientScope_GetItems__1_System_String_" data-uid="C1.Data.Entities.EntityClientScope.GetItems``1(System.String)">GetItems&lt;T&gt;(string)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets a <a class="xref" href="C1.Data.ClientView-1.html">client view</a> of entities from the specified <code class="paramref">entitySetName</code>.</p>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public ClientView&lt;T&gt; GetItems&lt;T&gt;(string entitySetName)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Function GetItems(Of T)(entitySetName As String) As ClientView(Of T)</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">entitySetName</span></td>
      <td><p>The name of the entity set to load entities from.</p>
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      <th>Type</th>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="C1.Data.ClientView-1.html">ClientView</a>&lt;T&gt;</td>
      <td><p>A <a class="xref" href="C1.Data.ClientView-1.html">client view</a> of entities from the specified <code class="paramref">entitySetName</code>.</p>
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<h5 class="typeParameters">Type Parameters</h5>
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      <td><span class="parametername">T</span></td>
      <td><p>The type of entities in the <code class="paramref">entitySetName</code>.</p>
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