EntityDataSourceContextCreatingEventArgs.Context Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.UI.WebControls

Assembly:

System.Web.Entity.dll

Gets the ObjectContext that is used by the data source.

public:
 property System::Data::Objects::ObjectContext ^ Context { System::Data::Objects::ObjectContext ^ get(); void set(System::Data::Objects::ObjectContext ^ value); };

public System.Data.Objects.ObjectContext Context { get; set; }

member this.Context : System.Data.Objects.ObjectContext with get, set

Public Property Context As ObjectContext

Property Value

ObjectContext

The object context that is used by the data source.

Examples

The following example shows the creation of an ObjectContext variable of the Page object and its assignment to the Context property of the EntityDataSourceContextCreatingEventArgs object.

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page  
    {  
        AdventureWorksModel.AdventureWorksEntities objCtx =  
            new AdventureWorksModel.AdventureWorksEntities();  

        protected void EntityDataSource2_ContextCreating(object sender,   
            EntityDataSourceContextCreatingEventArgs e)  
        {  
            e.Context = objCtx;  
        }  
    }  

Remarks

The Context property can be assigned to a long-running ObjectContext in the handler for the ContextCreating event. For more information, see Object Context Life-Cycle Management (EntityDataSource).