IDbContextFactory<TContext> Interface

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore

Assembly:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.dll

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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Defines a factory for creating DbContext instances.

public interface IDbContextFactory<out TContext> where TContext : DbContext

public interface IDbContextFactory<TContext> where TContext : DbContext

type IDbContextFactory<'Context (requires 'Context :> DbContext)> = interface

Public Interface IDbContextFactory(Of Out TContext)

Public Interface IDbContextFactory(Of TContext)

Type Parameters

TContext

The DbContext type to create.

This type parameter is covariant. That is, you can use either the type you specified or any type that is more derived. For more information about covariance and contravariance, see Covariance and Contravariance in Generics.

Derived: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure.PooledDbContextFactory<TContext>

Remarks

See Using DbContextFactory for more information and examples.

Methods

CreateDbContext()	Creates a new DbContext instance.
CreateDbContextAsync(CancellationToken)	Creates a new DbContext instance in an async context.

Applies to