Programming Entity Framework: Code First. Creating and Configuring Data Models from Your Classes

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• Programming Entity Framework: Code First
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  • Preface
    • Audience
    • Contents of This Book
    • Conventions Used in This Book
    • Using Code Examples
    • Safari Books Online
    • How to Contact Us
    • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Welcome to Code First
    • Modeling with EF Before Code First
    • Inception of Code First
    • Getting Code First to Developers in Between .NET Releases
    • Writing the CodeFirst
    • Managing Objects with DbContext
    • Using the Data Layer and Domain Classes
    • Getting from Classes to a Database
    • Working with Configuration
      • Configuring with Data Annotations
      • Configuring with the Fluent API
    • Creating or Pointing to a Database
    • What Code First Does Not Support
      • Choosing Code First
    • Learning from This Book
  • 2. Your First Look at Code First
    • Introducing EF to the Domain Classes
    • Putting the Pieces Together in an Example
      • Convention for Table, Schema, and Column Names
      • Convention for Keys
      • Convention for String Properties
      • Convention for Byte Array
      • Convention for Booleans
      • Convention for One-to-Many Relationships
    • Overriding Convention with Configurations
      • Configuring with Data Annotations
    • Understanding How Model Changes Impact Database Initialization
      • Data Annotations and Validation-Aware UIs
    • Configuring Code First with the Fluent API
      • Organizing Fluent Configurations
    • Summary
  • 3. Using Conventions and Configurations for Property Attributes
    • Working with Property Attributes in Code First
      • Length
      • Data Type
      • Nullability and the Required Configuration
    • Mapping Keys
      • Code First Convention Response to Unconventional Key Properties
      • Configuring the Key with Data Annotations
      • Using HasKey to Configure a Key Property in the Fluent API
    • Configuring Database-Generated Properties
      • Configuring Database-Generated Options with Data Annotations
      • Configuring Database-Generated Options with the Fluent API
    • Configuring TimeStamp/RowVersion Fields for Optimistic Concurrency
      • Code First Convention and TimeStamp fields
      • Using Data Annotations to Configure TimeStamp
      • Configuring TimeStamp/RowVersion with Fluent API
    • Configuring Non-Timestamp Fields for Concurrency
      • Configuring for Optimistic Concurrency with Data Annotations
      • Configuring for Optimistic Concurrency with Fluent API
    • Mapping to Non-Unicode Database Types
    • Affecting the Precision and Scale of Decimals
      • Convention for Precision and Scale
      • Data Annotations for Precision and Scale
      • Fluent Configuration for Precision and Scale
    • Working with Complex Types in Code First
      • Defining Complex Types by Convention
      • Configuring Unconventional Complex Types
        • Specifying complex types with Data Annotations
        • Specifying complex types with the Fluent API
      • Working with More Complicated Complex Types
    • Configuring Properties of Complex Types
      • Configuring Complex Types with Data Annotations
      • Configuring Complex Type Properties with the Fluent API
    • Summary
  • 4. Using Convention and Configuration for Relationships
    • Working with Multiplicity
      • Configuring Multiplicity with Data Annotations
      • Configuring Multiplicity with the Fluent API
    • Working with Foreign Keys
      • Specifying Unconventionally Named Foreign Keys
        • Fixing foreign key with Data Annotations
        • Fixing foreign key with the Fluent API
    • Working with Inverse Navigation Properties
    • Working with Cascade Delete
      • Turning On or Off Client-Side Cascade Delete with Fluent Configurations
      • Setting Cascade Delete Off in Scenarios That Are Not Supported by the Database
    • Exploring Many-to-Many Relationships
    • Working with Relationships that Have Unidirectional Navigation
    • Working with One-to-One Relationships
      • Configuring One-to-One Relationships When Both Ends Are Required
        • Ensuring that the sample code honors the required Photo
        • Configuring one-to-one with the Fluent API
    • Summary
  • 5. Using Conventions and Configurations for Database Mappings
    • Mapping Class Name to Database Table and Schema Name
      • Configuring Table and Schema Name with Data Annotations
      • Configuring Table and Schema Name with the Fluent API
    • Mapping Property Names to Database Columns
      • Modifying the Default Column Name with Data Annotations
      • Modifying the Default Column Name with the Fluent API
      • Affecting Column Names for Complex Types
    • Allowing Multiple Entities to Map to a Single Table: aka Table Splitting
      • Mapping to a Common Table using Data Annotations
      • Splitting a Table Using the Fluent API
    • Mapping a Single Entity Across Multiple Tables
    • Controlling Which Types Get Mapped to the Database
      • Preventing Types from Being Included in the Model
        • Using Data Annotations to ignore types
        • Using Fluent Configuration to ignore types
    • Understanding Property Mapping and Accessibility
      • Scalar Property Mapping
      • Accessibility of Properties, Getters, and Setters
    • Preventing Properties from Being Included in the Model
      • Data Annotations for Ignoring a Property
      • Fluent Configuration for Ignoring a Property
    • Mapping Inheritance Hierarchies
      • Working with Code Firsts Default Inheritance: Table Per Hierarchy (TPH)
      • Customizing the TPH Discriminator Field with the Fluent API
      • Configuring Table Per Type (TPT) Hierarchy
      • Configuring for Table Per Concrete Type (TPC) Inheritance
      • Avoiding Mapping Exceptions with TPC
    • Working with Abstract Base Classes
    • Mapping Relationships
      • Controlling Foreign Keys Included in Your Class
      • Controlling Foreign Keys That Are Created by Code First
        • Controlling generated foreign keys with entity splitting
      • Controlling Many-to-Many Join Tables
    • Summary
  • 6. Controlling Database Location, Creation Process, and Seed Data
    • Controlling the Database Location
      • Controlling Database Location with a Configuration File
      • Controlling Database Name with DbContext Constructor
      • Controlling Connection String Name with DbContext Constructor
      • Reusing Database Connections
      • Controlling Database Location with Connection Factories
        • Working with SqlConnectionFactory
        • Working with SqlCeConnectionFactory
        • Writing a custom connection factory
    • Working with Database Initialization
      • Controlling When Database Initialization Occurs
      • Switching Off Database Initialization Completely
      • Database Initializers Included in Entity Framework
      • Creating a Custom Database Initializer
      • Setting Database Initializers from a Configuration File
    • Using Database Initializers to Seed Data
    • Using Database Initialization to Further Affect Database Schema
    • Summary
  • 7. Advanced Concepts
    • Mapping to Nontable Database Objects
      • Mapping to Updatable Views
      • Using Views to Populate Objects
      • Using Views to Populate Nonmodel Objects
      • Working with Stored Procedures
    • Removing Conventions
    • Taking Control of Model Caching
      • Understanding Model Caching
      • Overriding Default Model Caching
    • Working with the EdmMetadata Table
      • Coding Against EdmMetadata
      • Preventing Code First from Creating and Seeking EdmMetadata
    • Using Code First with ObjectContext
    • Summary
  • 8. Whats Coming Next for Code First
    • Code First Migrations
    • Entity Framework Power Tools
      • Reverse Engineer Code First
      • Viewing a Code First Model
        • View Entity Data Model (Read-only)
        • View Entity Data Model XML
        • View Entity Data Model DDL SQL
      • Optimize Entity Data Model
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