I have few Domain Models - Address
, Customer
, Employee
, StoreLocation
. Address
has many to one relationship with Customer
and Employee
and one to one relationship with StoreLocation.
public class Address
{
public int Id;
public string Line1 { get; set; }
public string Line2 { get; set; }
public string Line3 { get; set; }
}
public class Customer
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public IList<Address> Addresses { get; set; }
}
public class StoreLocation
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string ShortCode { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public Address Address { get; set; }
}
public class Employee
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public DateTime Dob { get; set; }
public IList<Address> Addresses { get; set; }
}
How to Map this relationship?. I am using ASP.NET MVC 3.0 and Entity Framework 4.1.
If you are using code-first (I think you want this, else, you have to edit your Q), the first way is the way explained below:
Entities:
public class Address {
[Key]
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Line1 { get; set; }
public string Line2 { get; set; }
public string Line3 { get; set; }
public virtual Customer Customer { get; set; }
public virtual StoreLocation StoreLocation { get; set; }
public virtual Employee Employee { get; set; }
public int? CustomerId { get; set; }
public int? EmployeeId { get; set; }
}
public class Customer {
[Key]
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Address> Addresses { get; set; }
}
public class StoreLocation {
[Key]
public int Id { get; set; }
public string ShortCode { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public virtual Address Address { get; set; }
}
public class Employee {
[Key]
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public DateTime Dob { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Address> Addresses { get; set; }
}
DbContext inherited class:
public class ManyOneToManyContext : DbContext {
static ManyOneToManyContext() {
Database.SetInitializer<ManyOneToManyContext>(new ManyOneToManyInitializer());
}
public DbSet<Address> Addresses { get; set; }
public DbSet<Customer> Customers { get; set; }
public DbSet<StoreLocation> StoreLocations { get; set; }
public DbSet<Employee> Employees { get; set; }
protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder) {
modelBuilder.Conventions.Remove<IncludeMetadataConvention>();
modelBuilder.Entity<Customer>().HasMany(c => c.Addresses).WithOptional(a => a.Customer).HasForeignKey(a => a.CustomerId);
modelBuilder.Entity<StoreLocation>().HasRequired(s => s.Address).WithOptional(a => a.StoreLocation).Map(t => t.MapKey("AddressId"));
modelBuilder.Entity<Employee>().HasMany(e => e.Addresses).WithOptional(a => a.Employee).HasForeignKey(e => e.EmployeeId);
}
}
Context Initializer:
public class ManyOneToManyInitializer : DropCreateDatabaseAlways<ManyOneToManyContext> {
protected override void Seed(ManyOneToManyContext context) {
}
}
That will create the db-schema below:
Let me know if you have any questions or need clarifications on any part.