在前面的章节中,您学习了三种不同的方法来定义实体数据模型.
其中两个,数据库优先和模型优先,取决于实体框架设计师与代码生成的结合.
第三,Code First,让你跳过一个视觉设计师,然后写您自己的代码.
无论您选择哪条路径,您最终都会获得域类,并且一个或多个Entity Framework DbContext类允许您检索和保留与这些类相关的数据.
应用程序中的DbContext API用作类和数据库之间的桥梁. DbContext是实体框架中最重要的类之一.
它可以表达和执行查询.
它从数据库中获取查询结果并将它们转换为模型类的实例.
它可以跟踪实体的更改,包括添加和删除,然后触发创建按需发送到数据库的插入,更新和删除语句.
以下是我们将在本章中执行不同操作的域广告上下文类.这是我们在chapater,Database First Approach中创建的相同示例.
上下文类实现
using System;using System.Data.Entity;using System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure;using System.Data.Entity.Core.Objects;using System.Linq;namespace DatabaseFirstDemo { public partial class UniContextEntities : DbContext { public UniContextEntities(): base("name = UniContextEntities") {} protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder) { throw new UnintentionalCodeFirstException(); } public virtual DbSetCourses { get; set; } public virtual DbSet Enrollments { get; set; } public virtual DbSet Students { get; set; } }}
域类实现
课程类
namespace DatabaseFirstDemo { using System; using System.Collections.Generic; public partial class Course { [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2214:DoNotCallOverridableMethodsInConstructors")] public Course() { this.Enrollments = new HashSet(); } public int CourseID { get; set; } public string Title { get; set; } public int Credits { get; set; } [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2227:CollectionPropertiesShouldBeReadOnly")] public virtual ICollection Enrollments { get; set; } }}
学生班级
namespace DatabaseFirstDemo { using System; using System.Collections.Generic; public partial class Student { [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2214:DoNotCallOverridableMethodsInConstructors")] public Student() { this.Enrollments = new HashSet(); } public int ID { get; set; } public string LastName { get; set; } public string FirstMidName { get; set; } public System.DateTime EnrollmentDate { get; set; } [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2227:CollectionPropertiesShouldBeReadOnly")] public virtual ICollection Enrollments { get; set; } }}
报名类
namespace DatabaseFirstDemo { using System; using System.Collections.Generic; public partial class Enrollment { public int EnrollmentID { get; set; } public int CourseID { get; set; } public int StudentID { get; set; } public NullableGrade { get; set; } public virtual Course Course { get; set; } public virtual Student Student { get; set; } }}
创建操作
使用Entity Framework添加新对象是就像构造对象的新实例并使用DbSet上的Add方法注册它一样简单.以下代码允许您将新学生添加到数据库中.
class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { var newStudent = new Student(); //set student name newStudent.FirstMidName = "Bill"; newStudent.LastName = "Gates"; newStudent.EnrollmentDate = DateTime.Parse("2015-10-21"); newStudent.ID = 100; //create DBContext object using (var dbCtx = new UniContextEntities()) { //Add Student object into Students DBset dbCtx.Students.Add(newStudent); // call SaveChanges method to save student into database dbCtx.SaveChanges(); } }}
更新操作
更改现有对象是就像更新分配给您想要更改的属性的值并调用SaveChanges一样简单.例如,以下代码用于将Ali的姓氏从Khan更改为Aslam.
using (var context = new UniContextEntities()) { var student = (from d in context.Students where d.FirstMidName == "Ali" select d).Single(); student.LastName = "Aslam"; context.SaveChanges();}
删除操作
要使用Entity Framework删除实体,请使用Remove方法DbSet.删除现有和新添加的实体的工作.在已添加但尚未保存到数据库的实体上调用Remove将取消添加实体.该实体将从更改跟踪器中删除,并且不再由DbContext跟踪.在正在进行更改跟踪的现有实体上调用Remove将在下次调用SaveChanges时注册该实体以进行删除.以下示例是一个代码,其中学生从名为Ali的数据库中删除.
using (var context = new UniContextEntities()) { var bay = (from d in context.Students where d.FirstMidName == "Ali" select d).Single(); context.Students.Remove(bay); context.SaveChanges();}
读取操作
从数据库中读取现有数据非常简单.以下是代码,其中检索Student表中的所有数据,然后将按字母顺序显示学生的名字和姓氏.
using (var db = new UniContextEntities()) { var query = from b in db.Students orderby b.FirstMidName select b; Console.WriteLine("All All student in the database:"); foreach (var item in query) { Console.WriteLine(item.FirstMidName +" "+ item.LastName); } Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit..."); Console.ReadKey();}