EF.Property<TProperty>(Object, String) Method
Definition
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References a given property or navigation on an entity or complex type instance. This is useful for shadow state properties, for which no CLR property exists. Currently this method can only be used in LINQ queries and can not be used to access the value assigned to a property in other scenarios.
public static TProperty Property<TProperty> (object entity, string propertyName);public static TProperty Property<TProperty> (object instance, string propertyName);static member Property : obj * string -> 'Propertystatic member Property : obj * string -> 'PropertyPublic Shared Function Property(Of TProperty) (entity As Object, propertyName As String) As TPropertyPublic Shared Function Property(Of TProperty) (instance As Object, propertyName As String) As TPropertyType Parameters
- TProperty
The type of the property being referenced.
Parameters
- entityinstance
- Object
The entity to access the property on.
- propertyName
- String
The name of the property.
Returns
The value assigned to the property.
Examples
The following code performs a filter using the a LastUpdated shadow state property.
var blogs = context.Blogs
.Where(b => EF.Property<DateTime>(b, "LastUpdated") > DateTime.Now.AddDays(-5));
Remarks
Note that this is a static method accessed through the top-level EF static type.
See Using EF.Property in EF Core queries for more information and examples.
Applies to
Entity Framework