Entity Framework Code First TPH Inheritance with Generic Repository
I'm probably misunderstanding code-first table-per-hierarchy inheritance, but this is my set-up: I have HTMLGadgets (and other types) inheriting from Gadget, which inherits from Entity. Entity has one property, Id, so I can use it in a generic repository, à la this tutorial.
public abstract class Entity {
[Key]
public int Id { g开发者_如何转开发et; set; }
}
public abstract class Gadget : Entity {
public string Content { get; set; }
}
public class HTMLGadget : Gadget
{
public string SomeProperty { get; set;}
}
To implement TPH inheritance I have this in my context:
public DbSet<Gadget> Gadgets { get; set; }
So, I want everything to use the base Id, so everything is an Entity. But how do I get that to participate in code first inheritance? I can see the problem: if I change the context to have
public DbSet<Entity> Entities{ get; set; }
it might work, but I'd have everything (there will be more tables other than gadgets) in one hierarchy table! But I can't see how I can get my EF POCO classes to 'bottom-out' at Gadgets, yet still have Gadgets use the base Entity Id property so they can be used in the generic repository. Can anyone help?-
You do not have to map Entity
class. Introducing DbSet<Entity>
will map Entity
class. If you are going to sore different types of Gadgets in a single table, then map the Gadget
and other sub classes.
The properties declared in Entity` class will be used by EF to map the sub classes.
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