IConventionModel.AddEntityType Method
Definition
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Overloads
| AddEntityType(String, Boolean) |
Adds a state entity type of default type to the model. |
| AddEntityType(String, Type, Boolean) |
Adds a shared type entity type to the model. |
| AddEntityType(Type, Boolean) |
Adds an entity type to the model. |
| AddEntityType(String, String, IConventionEntityType, Boolean) |
Adds an owned entity type with a defining navigation to the model. |
| AddEntityType(Type, String, IConventionEntityType, Boolean) |
Adds an owned entity type with a defining navigation to the model. |
AddEntityType(String, Boolean)
Adds a state entity type of default type to the model.
public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType AddEntityType (string name, bool fromDataAnnotation = false);public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType? AddEntityType (string name, bool fromDataAnnotation = false);abstract member AddEntityType : string * bool -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityTypePublic Function AddEntityType (name As String, Optional fromDataAnnotation As Boolean = false) As IConventionEntityTypeParameters
- name
- String
The name of the entity to be added.
- fromDataAnnotation
- Boolean
Indicates whether the configuration was specified using a data annotation.
Returns
The new entity type.
Remarks
Shadow entities are not currently supported in a model that is used at runtime with a DbContext. Therefore, shadow state entity types will only exist in migration model snapshots, etc.
Applies to
AddEntityType(String, Type, Boolean)
Adds a shared type entity type to the model.
public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType AddEntityType (string name, Type clrType, bool fromDataAnnotation = false);public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType? AddEntityType (string name, Type clrType, bool fromDataAnnotation = false);abstract member AddEntityType : string * Type * bool -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityTypePublic Function AddEntityType (name As String, clrType As Type, Optional fromDataAnnotation As Boolean = false) As IConventionEntityTypeParameters
- name
- String
The name of the entity to be added.
- clrType
- Type
The CLR class that is used to represent instances of the entity type.
- fromDataAnnotation
- Boolean
Indicates whether the configuration was specified using a data annotation.
Returns
The new entity type.
Remarks
Shared type entity type is an entity type which can share CLR type with other types in the model but has a unique name and always identified by the name.
Applies to
AddEntityType(Type, Boolean)
Adds an entity type to the model.
public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType AddEntityType (Type clrType, bool fromDataAnnotation = false);public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType AddEntityType (Type type, bool fromDataAnnotation = false);public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType? AddEntityType (Type type, bool fromDataAnnotation = false);abstract member AddEntityType : Type * bool -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityTypeabstract member AddEntityType : Type * bool -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityTypePublic Function AddEntityType (clrType As Type, Optional fromDataAnnotation As Boolean = false) As IConventionEntityTypePublic Function AddEntityType (type As Type, Optional fromDataAnnotation As Boolean = false) As IConventionEntityTypeParameters
- clrTypetype
- Type
The CLR class that is used to represent instances of the entity type.
- fromDataAnnotation
- Boolean
Indicates whether the configuration was specified using a data annotation.
Returns
The new entity type.
Applies to
AddEntityType(String, String, IConventionEntityType, Boolean)
Adds an owned entity type with a defining navigation to the model.
public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType AddEntityType (string name, string definingNavigationName, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType definingEntityType, bool fromDataAnnotation = false);public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType? AddEntityType (string name, string definingNavigationName, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType definingEntityType, bool fromDataAnnotation = false);abstract member AddEntityType : string * string * Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType * bool -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityTypePublic Function AddEntityType (name As String, definingNavigationName As String, definingEntityType As IConventionEntityType, Optional fromDataAnnotation As Boolean = false) As IConventionEntityTypeParameters
- name
- String
The name of the entity type to be added.
- definingNavigationName
- String
The defining navigation.
- definingEntityType
- IConventionEntityType
The defining entity type.
- fromDataAnnotation
- Boolean
Indicates whether the configuration was specified using a data annotation.
Returns
The new entity type.
Applies to
AddEntityType(Type, String, IConventionEntityType, Boolean)
Adds an owned entity type with a defining navigation to the model.
public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType AddEntityType (Type clrType, string definingNavigationName, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType definingEntityType, bool fromDataAnnotation = false);public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType AddEntityType (Type type, string definingNavigationName, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType definingEntityType, bool fromDataAnnotation = false);public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType? AddEntityType (Type type, string definingNavigationName, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType definingEntityType, bool fromDataAnnotation = false);abstract member AddEntityType : Type * string * Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType * bool -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityTypeabstract member AddEntityType : Type * string * Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityType * bool -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IConventionEntityTypePublic Function AddEntityType (clrType As Type, definingNavigationName As String, definingEntityType As IConventionEntityType, Optional fromDataAnnotation As Boolean = false) As IConventionEntityTypePublic Function AddEntityType (type As Type, definingNavigationName As String, definingEntityType As IConventionEntityType, Optional fromDataAnnotation As Boolean = false) As IConventionEntityTypeParameters
- clrTypetype
- Type
The CLR class that is used to represent instances of this entity type.
- definingNavigationName
- String
The defining navigation.
- definingEntityType
- IConventionEntityType
The defining entity type.
- fromDataAnnotation
- Boolean
Indicates whether the configuration was specified using a data annotation.
Returns
The new entity type.
Applies to
Entity Framework
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