IConventionModelBuilder.Entity Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders

Assembly:

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.dll

Package:

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v8.0.0

Overloads

Entity(String, String, IConventionEntityType, Boolean)	Returns an object that can be used to configure a given entity type with defining navigation. If an entity type with the provided name is not already part of the model, a new shadow entity type will be added to the model.
Entity(Type, String, IConventionEntityType, Boolean)	Returns an object that can be used to configure a given entity type with defining navigation. If an entity type with the provided type is not already part of the model, a new entity type will be added to the model.
Entity(String, Nullable<Boolean>, Boolean)	Returns an object that can be used to configure a given entity type in the model. If an entity type with the provided name is not already part of the model, a new shadow entity type will be added to the model.
Entity(Type, Nullable<Boolean>, Boolean)	Returns an object that can be used to configure a given entity type in the model. If an entity type with the provided type is not already part of the model, a new entity type will be added to the model.

Entity(String, String, IConventionEntityType, Boolean)

Returns an object that can be used to configure a given entity type with defining navigation. If an entity type with the provided name is not already part of the model, a new shadow entity type will be added to the model.

public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders.IConventionEntityTypeBuilder? Entity (string name, string definingNavigationName, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType definingEntityType, bool fromDataAnnotation = false);

abstract member Entity : string * string * Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType * bool -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders.IConventionEntityTypeBuilder

Public Function Entity (name As String, definingNavigationName As String, definingEntityType As IConventionEntityType, Optional fromDataAnnotation As Boolean = false) As IConventionEntityTypeBuilder

Parameters

name

String

The name of the entity type to be configured.

definingNavigationName

String

The defining navigation.

definingEntityType

IConventionEntityType

The defining entity type.

fromDataAnnotation

Boolean

Indicates whether the configuration was specified using a data annotation.

Returns

IConventionEntityTypeBuilder

An object that can be used to configure the entity type if the entity type was added or already part of the model, null otherwise.

Entity(Type, String, IConventionEntityType, Boolean)

Returns an object that can be used to configure a given entity type with defining navigation. If an entity type with the provided type is not already part of the model, a new entity type will be added to the model.

public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders.IConventionEntityTypeBuilder? Entity (Type type, string definingNavigationName, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType definingEntityType, bool fromDataAnnotation = false);

abstract member Entity : Type * string * Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType * bool -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders.IConventionEntityTypeBuilder

Public Function Entity (type As Type, definingNavigationName As String, definingEntityType As IConventionEntityType, Optional fromDataAnnotation As Boolean = false) As IConventionEntityTypeBuilder

Parameters

type

Type

The type of the entity type to be configured.

definingNavigationName

String

The defining navigation.

definingEntityType

IConventionEntityType

The defining entity type.

fromDataAnnotation

Boolean

Indicates whether the configuration was specified using a data annotation.

Returns

IConventionEntityTypeBuilder

An object that can be used to configure the entity type if the entity type was added or already part of the model, null otherwise.

Entity(String, Nullable<Boolean>, Boolean)

Returns an object that can be used to configure a given entity type in the model. If an entity type with the provided name is not already part of the model, a new shadow entity type will be added to the model.

public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders.IConventionEntityTypeBuilder? Entity (string name, bool? shouldBeOwned = False, bool fromDataAnnotation = false);

abstract member Entity : string * Nullable<bool> * bool -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders.IConventionEntityTypeBuilder

Public Function Entity (name As String, Optional shouldBeOwned As Nullable(Of Boolean) = False, Optional fromDataAnnotation As Boolean = false) As IConventionEntityTypeBuilder

Parameters

name

String

The name of the entity type to be configured.

shouldBeOwned

Nullable<Boolean>

true if the entity type should be owned, false if the entity type should not be owned

fromDataAnnotation

Boolean

Indicates whether the configuration was specified using a data annotation.

Returns

IConventionEntityTypeBuilder

An object that can be used to configure the entity type if the entity type was added or already part of the model, null otherwise.

Entity(Type, Nullable<Boolean>, Boolean)

Returns an object that can be used to configure a given entity type in the model. If an entity type with the provided type is not already part of the model, a new entity type will be added to the model.

public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders.IConventionEntityTypeBuilder? Entity (Type type, bool? shouldBeOwned = False, bool fromDataAnnotation = false);

abstract member Entity : Type * Nullable<bool> * bool -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders.IConventionEntityTypeBuilder

Public Function Entity (type As Type, Optional shouldBeOwned As Nullable(Of Boolean) = False, Optional fromDataAnnotation As Boolean = false) As IConventionEntityTypeBuilder

Parameters

type

Type

The type of the entity type to be configured.

shouldBeOwned

Nullable<Boolean>

true if the entity type should be owned, false if the entity type should not be owned

fromDataAnnotation

Boolean

Indicates whether the configuration was specified using a data annotation.

Returns

IConventionEntityTypeBuilder

An object that can be used to configure the entity type if the entity type was added or already part of the model, null otherwise.