ValueComparer.Snapshot(Object) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.ChangeTracking

Assembly:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.dll

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v2.1.11

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v2.2.6

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v3.0.0

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v3.1.0

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v5.0.0

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v6.0.0

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v7.0.0

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v8.0.0

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Creates a snapshot of the given instance.

public abstract object Snapshot (object instance);

public abstract object? Snapshot (object? instance);

abstract member Snapshot : obj -> obj

Public MustOverride Function Snapshot (instance As Object) As Object

Parameters

instance: Object

The instance.

Returns

Object

The snapshot.

Remarks

Snapshotting is the process of creating a copy of the value into a snapshot so it can later be compared to determine if it has changed. For some types, such as collections, this needs to be a deep copy of the collection rather than just a shallow copy of the reference.

Applies to