实体框架提供跟踪对实体及其关系所做更改的功能,因此在调用上下文的SaveChanges方法时,会对数据库进行正确的更新.这是实体框架的一个关键功能.
更改跟踪跟踪更改,同时将新记录添加到实体收集,修改或删除现有实体.
然后所有更改都由DbContext级别保留.
如果在销毁DbContext对象之前未保存这些跟踪更改,则会丢失这些跟踪更改.
DbChangeTracker类为您提供有关当前的所有信息上下文跟踪的实体.
要按上下文跟踪任何实体,它必须具有主键属性.
在实体框架中,默认情况下启用更改跟踪.您还可以通过将DbContext的AutoDetectChangesEnabled属性设置为false来禁用更改跟踪.如果此属性设置为true,则实体框架维护实体的状态.
using (var context = new UniContextEntities()) { context.Configuration.AutoDetectChangesEnabled = true;}
让我们看看以下示例,其中从数据库中检索学生及其注册.
class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { using (var context = new UniContextEntities()) { context.Configuration.AutoDetectChangesEnabled = true; Console.WriteLine("Retrieve Student"); var student = (from s in context.Students where s.FirstMidName == "Ali" select s).FirstOrDefault(); string name = student.FirstMidName + " " + student.LastName; Console.WriteLine("ID: {0}, Name: {1}", student.ID, name); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Retrieve all related enrollments"); foreach (var enrollment in student.Enrollments) { Console.WriteLine("Enrollment ID: {0}, Course ID: {1}", enrollment.EnrollmentID, enrollment.CourseID); } Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Context tracking changes of {0} entity.", context.ChangeTracker.Entries().Count()); var entries = context.ChangeTracker.Entries(); foreach (var entry in entries) { Console.WriteLine("Entity Name: {0}", entry.Entity.GetType().Name); Console.WriteLine("Status: {0}", entry.State); } Console.ReadKey(); } }}
编译并执行上述示例时,您将收到以下输出.
Retrieve Student ID: 1, Name: Ali AlexanderRetrieve all related enrollments Enrollment ID: 1, Course ID: 1050 Enrollment ID: 2, Course ID: 4022 Enrollment ID: 3, Course ID: 4041Context tracking changes of 4 entity.Entity Name: StudentStatus: UnchangedEntity Name: EnrollmentStatus: UnchangedEntity Name: EnrollmentStatus: UnchangedEntity Name: EnrollmentStatus: Unchanged
您可以看到所有数据仅从数据库中检索,这就是为什么所有实体的状态都未更改的原因.
现在让我们看看另一个简单的例子,我们将在其中添加一个注册并从数据库中删除一个学生.以下是添加新注册并删除一名学生的代码.
class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { using (var context = new UniContextEntities()) { context.Configuration.AutoDetectChangesEnabled = true; Enrollment enr = new Enrollment() { StudentID = 1, CourseID = 3141 }; Console.WriteLine("Adding New Enrollment"); context.Enrollments.Add(enr); Console.WriteLine("Delete Student"); var student = (from s in context.Students where s.ID == 23 select s).SingleOrDefault(); context.Students.Remove(student); Console.WriteLine(""); Console.WriteLine("Context tracking changes of {0} entity.", context.ChangeTracker.Entries().Count()); var entries = context.ChangeTracker.Entries(); foreach (var entry in entries) { Console.WriteLine("Entity Name: {0}", entry.Entity.GetType().Name); Console.WriteLine("Status: {0}", entry.State); } Console.ReadKey(); } }}
编译并执行上述示例时,您将收到以下输出./p>
Adding New EnrollmentDelete StudentContext tracking changes of 2 entity.Entity Name: EnrollmentStatus: AddedEntity Name: StudentStatus: Deleted
你可以现在看到注册实体的状态设置为已添加,并且学生实体的状态被删除,因为已添加新注册并且从数据库中删除了一个学生.
我们建议为了更好地理解,您可以逐步执行上述示例.