IModel.FindEntityType Method

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Definition

Namespace:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata
Assembly:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.dll
Package:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v1.0.6
Package:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v1.1.6
Package:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v2.0.3
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

Overloads

FindEntityType(String)

Gets the entity with the given name. Returns null if no entity type with the given name is found or the given CLR type is being used by shared type entity type or the entity type has a defining navigation.
FindEntityType(Type)

Gets the entity that maps the given entity class. Returns null if no entity type with the given CLR type is found or the given CLR type is being used by shared type entity type or the entity type has a defining navigation.
FindEntityType(String, String, IEntityType)

Gets the entity type for the given name, defining navigation name and the defining entity type. Returns null if no matching entity type is found.
FindEntityType(Type, String, IEntityType)

Gets the entity type for the given name, defining navigation name and the defining entity type. Returns null if no matching entity type is found.

FindEntityType(String)

Gets the entity with the given name. Returns null if no entity type with the given name is found or the given CLR type is being used by shared type entity type or the entity type has a defining navigation.

public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IEntityType FindEntityType (string name);
public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IEntityType? FindEntityType (string name);
abstract member FindEntityType : string -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IEntityType
Public Function FindEntityType (name As String) As IEntityType

Parameters

name
String

The name of the entity type to find.

Returns

IEntityType

The entity type, or null if none is found.

Remarks

See Modeling entity types and relationships for more information and examples.

Applies to

FindEntityType(Type)

Gets the entity that maps the given entity class. Returns null if no entity type with the given CLR type is found or the given CLR type is being used by shared type entity type or the entity type has a defining navigation.

public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IEntityType? FindEntityType (Type type);
abstract member FindEntityType : Type -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IEntityType
Public Function FindEntityType (type As Type) As IEntityType

Parameters

type
Type

The type to find the corresponding entity type for.

Returns

IEntityType

The entity type, or null if none is found.

Remarks

See Modeling entity types and relationships for more information and examples.

Applies to

FindEntityType(String, String, IEntityType)

Gets the entity type for the given name, defining navigation name and the defining entity type. Returns null if no matching entity type is found.

public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IEntityType FindEntityType (string name, string definingNavigationName, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IEntityType definingEntityType);
public Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IEntityType? FindEntityType (string name, string definingNavigationName, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IEntityType definingEntityType);
abstract member FindEntityType : string * string * Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IEntityType -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IEntityType
Public Function FindEntityType (name As String, definingNavigationName As String, definingEntityType As IEntityType) As IEntityType

Parameters

name
String

The name of the entity type to find.

definingNavigationName
String

The defining navigation of the entity type to find.

definingEntityType
IEntityType

The defining entity type of the entity type to find.

Returns

IEntityType

The entity type, or null if none is found.

Remarks

See Modeling entity types and relationships for more information and examples.

Applies to

FindEntityType(Type, String, IEntityType)

Gets the entity type for the given name, defining navigation name and the defining entity type. Returns null if no matching entity type is found.

public virtual Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IEntityType? FindEntityType (Type type, string definingNavigationName, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IEntityType definingEntityType);
abstract member FindEntityType : Type * string * Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IEntityType -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IEntityType
override this.FindEntityType : Type * string * Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IEntityType -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IEntityType
Public Overridable Function FindEntityType (type As Type, definingNavigationName As String, definingEntityType As IEntityType) As IEntityType

Parameters

type
Type

The type of the entity type to find.

definingNavigationName
String

The defining navigation of the entity type to find.

definingEntityType
IEntityType

The defining entity type of the entity type to find.

Returns

IEntityType

The entity type, or null if none is found.

Remarks

See Modeling entity types and relationships for more information and examples.

Applies to