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Entity Framework
Introduction
Exploring the Entity Data
Model
Querying and Manipulating
Entity Data Models
Customizing Entity Data
Models Examples
EF4
Summary
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• The “Impedance Mismatch”
Relational
Database
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Conceptual /
Business Model
(Objects)
• Data access framework
• Supports data-centric applications and services
• Enables programming against a conceptual application
model
• Enables independency of any data storage engine or
relational schema
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EF uses a model called an Entity Data Model (EDM)
EDM is a client-side data model
EDM is an abstraction layer on top of the data storage
Remove the pain of
– Interacting with the data storage
– Translating the data into objects
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• Items described in the EDM are called entities
• Entities have only properties but no behavior
• Entities can have relationships with other entities
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• The model doesn't have any knowledge of the data storage
• The backend data storage has no impact on your model or
your code
• Uses a provider model to interact with the data storage
• Available providers:
– SQL Server
– Oracle
– MySQL
– Many more
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Entity Framework
Introduction
Exploring the Entity Data
Model
Querying and Manipulating
Entity Data Models
Customizing Entity Data
Models Examples
EF4
Summary
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Automatically generates classes from the model
Takes care of all of the database connectivity
Provides common query syntax for querying the model
Provides a mechanism for tracking changes to the
model's objects
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• Designer Window:
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Graphical representation of an EDM and its members
Enables adding more features to the model
Enables properties configuration
Enables updating from the data store
Enables model validation
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• The Three Parts of the Model:
The image is taken from Julia Lerman’s book Programming Entity Framework, 1st Edition
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• EF automatically creates a set of classes from the model
• You work with the model through the generated classes
• Every change to the model can change the generated
classes
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Entity Framework
Introduction
Exploring the Entity Data
Model
Querying and Manipulating
Entity Data Models
Customizing Entity Data
Models Examples
EF4
Summary
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• Queries are built against a data model
• EDM query transform into data storage query
• Query results materialize into model entities
The image is
taken from
Julia Lerman’s
book
Programming
Entity
Framework,
1st Edition
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• Three kinds of queries in EF
– LINQ to Entities
– Entity SQL with Object Services
– Entity SQL with Entity Client
• Every kind has its pros and cons
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Queries written in LINQ syntax
Support for LINQ features
Full IntelliSense support
var courses = from course in context.Courses
where course.Title.StartsWith("C")
orderby course.Title ascending
select new
}
Title = course.Title,
Location = course.Location
};
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T-SQL-like query language
Provide the necessary capabilities for querying the
EDM
EF translates Entity SQL into storage-specific queries
var qStr = @"SELECT VALUE c
FROM SchoolEntities.Courses AS c
WHERE c.Title=‘Calculus'";
var courses = context.CreateQuery<Course>(qStr);
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Streams data back to the application
Resembles SqlClient, OracleClient and the other client
providers
using (var conn = new EntityConnection("name=ProgrammingEFDB1Entities"))
{
conn.Open();
var qStr = "SELECT VALUE c FROM SchoolEntities.Courses AS c ";
var cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
cmd.CommandText = qStr;
using (var rdr = cmd.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.SequentialAccess))
{
while (rdr.Read())
{
Console.WriteLine(rdr.GetString(1));
}
}
}
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LINQ to Entities
Entity SQL with
Object Services
Entity SQL
with Entity Client
LINQ support
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IntelliSense
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Model dynamic
queries
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Return type
Objects
Objects or
DbDataRecords
DbDataReader
Performance
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• Choose Entity SQL with Entity Client:
– You want to return streamed data
– You want to use EDM in existing applications
• Choose Entity SQL with Object Services:
– You want to express queries that LINQ doesn’t enable
– You want dynamic queries
– You want the best performance
• Otherwise choose LINQ to Entities
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• Every entity in ObjectContext has a ObjectStateEntry
• ObjectContext uses ObjectStateEntries to track entity
changes
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Persists back to the data storage all the changes made
to entities
Uses the ObjectStateEntries to build the relevant data
storage commands
Unit of work pattern
context.SaveChanges();
OR
// doesn’t refresh the entities state after save
context.SaveChanges(false);
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Create entity in memory
Create in memory manually
Use one of the entity’s generated create methods
var department = new Department();
var course = Course.CreateCourse(…);
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Add entity
By Assignment to an existing entity’s property
By adding to a EntityCollection using Add method
Use ObjectContext AddTo methods
course.Department = department;
department.Courses.Add(course);
context.AddToCourses(course);
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• Change a property or reference to entity
• The changes will be tracked by the ObjectStateEntry
• A call to SaveChanges will create update command
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Entity must be in hand in order to perform delete
Use the ObjectContext DeleteObject method
// course need to be at hand
context.DeleteObject(course);
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• Map procedures directly to ObjectContext as methods
Sproc /
Function
Method
• Map procedures to entities
• Override automatically CUD behavior
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Entity Framework
Introduction
Exploring the Entity Data
Model
Querying and Manipulating
Entity Data Models
Customizing Entity Data
Models Examples
EF4
Summary
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• The inheritance tree is create through one table only
• TPH inheritance depends on conditional mapping
• The condition is used to define records as different
types
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Are elements of the SSDL
Are created whenever you map a view into the EDM
Are a projection of data and therefore are read only
Using stored procedures you can add write functionality
You can create your own DefiningQueries
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Entity Framework
Introduction
Exploring the Entity Data
Model
Querying and Manipulating
Entity Data Models
Customizing Entity Data
Models Examples
EF4
Summary
© 2009 Gil Fink. All rights reserved.
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Database
First (v1)
Model
First (v4)
Existing
Database
Entity Data
Model
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Entity Data
Model
Generated
Database
VS.
1) 1:1 DB Mapping
2) Could get “crowded”
3) No designer support
on V1
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1) Flexibility from DB shape
2) Nicely “organized”
3) Designer supported
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Class Definition
Everything
Navigation Property Definition
Scalar Property Definition
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Get Product
2) Access
Category
Get Category
Database
3) Get Category
2) Access
Category
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Get Product
Get Category
Database
Implicit
1) Get Product
Explicit
1) Get Product
In theory this
This
is perfect!
looks
really
good
In theory this also
looks really good
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Entity SQL
Block
Umm, I’d rather be using LINQ…
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1) Get Product
Web Service
2) Update Product
2) Make
Changes
Combines power of:
1) DataSet
2) DTOs
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Database
Entity Framework
Introduction
Exploring the Entity Data
Model
Querying and Manipulating
Entity Data Models
Customizing Entity Data
Models Examples
EF4
Summary
© 2009 Gil Fink. All rights reserved.
• Entity Framework brings massive changes to data access
area
• We only scratched the surface
• Entity Framework
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Data access framework
Supports data-centric applications and services
Enables programming against a conceptual application model
Has many features to be discovered
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