MutableEntityTypeExtensions.AddForeignKey Method
Definition
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Adds a new relationship to this entity type.
public static Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IMutableForeignKey AddForeignKey (this Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IMutableEntityType entityType, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IMutableProperty property, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IMutableKey principalKey, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IMutableEntityType principalEntityType);
static member AddForeignKey : Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IMutableEntityType * Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IMutableProperty * Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IMutableKey * Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IMutableEntityType -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IMutableForeignKey
<Extension()>
Public Function AddForeignKey (entityType As IMutableEntityType, property As IMutableProperty, principalKey As IMutableKey, principalEntityType As IMutableEntityType) As IMutableForeignKey
Parameters
- entityType
- IMutableEntityType
The entity type.
- property
- IMutableProperty
The property that the foreign key is defined on.
- principalKey
- IMutableKey
The primary or alternate key that is referenced.
- principalEntityType
- IMutableEntityType
The entity type that the relationship targets. This may be different from the type that principalKey
is defined on when the relationship targets a derived type in an inheritance hierarchy (since the key is defined on the
base type of the hierarchy).
Returns
The newly created foreign key.
Applies to
Entity Framework