ValueGeneratorSelector Class

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.ValueGeneration

Assembly:

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.dll

Package:

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v8.0.0

Selects value generators to be used to generate values for properties of entities.

This type is typically used by database providers (and other extensions). It is generally not used in application code.

public class ValueGeneratorSelector : Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.ValueGeneration.IValueGeneratorSelector

type ValueGeneratorSelector = class
    interface IValueGeneratorSelector

Public Class ValueGeneratorSelector
Implements IValueGeneratorSelector

Inheritance

Object

ValueGeneratorSelector

Derived

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.ValueGeneration.RelationalValueGeneratorSelector

Implements

IValueGeneratorSelector

Remarks

The service lifetime is Scoped. This means that each DbContext instance will use its own instance of this service. The implementation may depend on other services registered with any lifetime. The implementation does not need to be thread-safe.

See Implementation of database providers and extensions for more information and examples.

Constructors

ValueGeneratorSelector(ValueGeneratorSelectorDependencies)

Initializes a new instance of the ValueGeneratorSelector class.

Properties

Cache	The cache being used to store value generator instances.
Dependencies	Dependencies for this service.

Methods

Create(IProperty, ITypeBase)	Creates a new value generator for the given property.
FindForType(IProperty, ITypeBase, Type)	Creates a new value generator for the given property and type, where the property may have a ValueConverter.
Select(IProperty, ITypeBase)	Selects the appropriate value generator for a given property.