Entity Framework code with custom property characteristics

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Question

Is there any way to add custom attributes to properties in EF generated code? The only thing I can see as a plausible solution would be to come up with a custom T4 template. However, because of the nature of the attribute it would be impossible to determine the correct attribute parameter per EF property.

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You can do this by specifying a metadata type that mirrors the properties and is used simply for attribution.

[MetadataType(typeof(Dinner_Validation))] 
public partial class Dinner 
{} 

public class Dinner_Validation 
{ 
    [Required] 
    public string Title { get; set; } 
}

Steve Smith blogs about it here.

Unfortunately the above approach is brittle to refactoring. Another option is to use the new POCO entities. These avoid compile-time code generation altogether as far as I can tell. I haven't used them yet so can't comment on any pitfalls or tradeoffs.

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8/18/2010 9:01:02 PM

Popular Answer

You can add this to EDMX file, with Designer also:

<Property Name="Nome" Type="String" Nullable="false" MaxLength="50" Unicode="true" FixedLength="false" >
            <Documentation>
              <Summary>[MyCustomAttribute]</Summary>
            </Documentation>
</Property>

And replace T4:

void WriteProperty(CodeGenerationTools code, EdmProperty edmProperty)
{
    WriteProperty(Accessibility.ForProperty(edmProperty),
                  code.Escape(edmProperty.TypeUsage),
                  code.Escape(edmProperty),
                  code.SpaceAfter(Accessibility.ForGetter(edmProperty)),
                  code.SpaceAfter(Accessibility.ForSetter(edmProperty)));
}

With:

void WriteProperty(CodeGenerationTools code, EdmProperty edmProperty)
{
    if(edmProperty.Documentation != null && string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(edmProperty.Documentation.Summary) == false)
    {
    #>
    <#=edmProperty.Documentation.Summary#>
<#+
    }
    WriteProperty(Accessibility.ForProperty(edmProperty),
                  code.Escape(edmProperty.TypeUsage),
                  code.Escape(edmProperty),
                  code.SpaceAfter(Accessibility.ForGetter(edmProperty)),
                  code.SpaceAfter(Accessibility.ForSetter(edmProperty)));
}
Antonio Gabriele

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