ValueGenerator Class
Definition
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Generates values for properties when an entity is added to a context.
public abstract class ValueGeneratortype ValueGenerator = classPublic MustInherit Class ValueGenerator- Inheritance
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ValueGenerator
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Remarks
See EF Core value generation for more information and examples.
Constructors
| ValueGenerator() |
Properties
| GeneratesStableValues |
Gets a value indicating whether the values generated are stable. That is, the value will always be the same for a given property in a given entity, and does not depend on what other values may have been generated previously. For example, discriminator values generated for a TPH hierarchy are stable. Stable values will never be marked as unknown. |
| GeneratesTemporaryValues |
Gets a value indicating whether the values generated are temporary (i.e they should be replaced by database generated values when the entity is saved) or are permanent (i.e. the generated values should be saved to the database). |
Methods
| Next(EntityEntry) |
Gets a value to be assigned to a property. |
| NextAsync(EntityEntry, CancellationToken) |
Gets a value to be assigned to a property. |
| NextValue(EntityEntry) |
Template method to be overridden by implementations to perform value generation. |
| NextValueAsync(EntityEntry, CancellationToken) |
Template method to be overridden by implementations to perform value generation. |
| WithConverter(ValueConverter) |
Wraps this ValueGenerator such that it processes values converted with the given ValueConverter. |
Applies to
Entity Framework