Entity Framework 4.1 之五:多对多的关系
原文名称:Entity Framework 4.1: Many to Many Relationships (5)
原文地址:http://vincentlauzon.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/entity-framework-4-1-many-to-many-relationships-5/
看到 Entity Framework 4.1 推荐英文教程,为了帮大家看起来方便一些,简单翻译一下。这是一个系列,共有 8 篇,这是第 5 篇。
这篇文章讨论多对多的关系。
让我们从最简单的例子开始。我们让 EF4.1 来推断表的映射。我在订单和雇员之间建模多对多的关系。
publicclass Order
{
publicint OrderID { get; set; }
[Required]
[StringLength(32, MinimumLength =2)]
publicstring OrderTitle { get; set; }
[Required]
[StringLength(64, MinimumLength=5)]
publicstring CustomerName { get; set; }
public DateTime TransactionDate { get; set; }
publicbyte[] TimeStamp { get; set; }
publicvirtual List<OrderDetail> OrderDetails { get; set; }
publicvirtual List<Employee> InvolvedEmployees { get; set; }
}
publicclass Employee
{
publicint EmployeeID { get; set; }
publicstring EmployeeName { get; set; }
publicvirtual List<Order> Orders { get; set; }
}
{
publicint OrderID { get; set; }
[Required]
[StringLength(32, MinimumLength =2)]
publicstring OrderTitle { get; set; }
[Required]
[StringLength(64, MinimumLength=5)]
publicstring CustomerName { get; set; }
public DateTime TransactionDate { get; set; }
publicbyte[] TimeStamp { get; set; }
publicvirtual List<OrderDetail> OrderDetails { get; set; }
publicvirtual List<Employee> InvolvedEmployees { get; set; }
}
publicclass Employee
{
publicint EmployeeID { get; set; }
publicstring EmployeeName { get; set; }
publicvirtual List<Order> Orders { get; set; }
}
我简单地在订单表中加入一个雇员的列表,在雇员表中加入了一个订单的列表。瞧,这是映射到的表。
现在,我们要控制两件事:
- 关联表的名字
- 在关联表中的两个列名
通过下面的代码可以实现:
modelBuilder.Entity<Employee>()
.HasMany(e => e.Orders)
.WithMany(e => e.InvolvedEmployees)
.Map(m =>
{
m.ToTable("EmployeeOrder");
m.MapLeftKey("EmployeeID");
m.MapRightKey("OrderID");
});
.HasMany(e => e.Orders)
.WithMany(e => e.InvolvedEmployees)
.Map(m =>
{
m.ToTable("EmployeeOrder");
m.MapLeftKey("EmployeeID");
m.MapRightKey("OrderID");
});
基本上,我们说一个雇员管理多个订单,每个订单涉及多个雇员,因此,我们有了多对多的关系。我们的关联表名为 EmployeeOrder ,左键 (从雇员的角度看,是雇员键) 名为 employee-id,右键名为 order-id。
这样,你可以控制没有直接映射到类的表。
就使用这种模型而言,则是非常简单和自然。
privatestaticvoid ManyToMany()
{
using (var context =new MyDomainContext())
{
var order =new Order
{
OrderTitle ="Pens",
CustomerName ="Mcdo’s",
TransactionDate = DateTime.Now,
InvolvedEmployees =new List<Employee>()
};
var employee1 =new Employee { EmployeeName ="Joe", Orders =new List<Order>() };
var employee2 =new Employee { EmployeeName ="Black", Orders =new List<Order>() };
context.Orders.Add(order);
order.InvolvedEmployees.Add(employee1);
order.InvolvedEmployees.Add(employee2);
context.SaveChanges();
}
{
using (var context =new MyDomainContext())
{
var order =new Order
{
OrderTitle ="Pens",
CustomerName ="Mcdo’s",
TransactionDate = DateTime.Now,
InvolvedEmployees =new List<Employee>()
};
var employee1 =new Employee { EmployeeName ="Joe", Orders =new List<Order>() };
var employee2 =new Employee { EmployeeName ="Black", Orders =new List<Order>() };
context.Orders.Add(order);
order.InvolvedEmployees.Add(employee1);
order.InvolvedEmployees.Add(employee2);
context.SaveChanges();
}
在这个例子中,我甚至都没有在数据上下文中将雇员加入到雇员的集合中,因为他们被引用到订单的集合中,EF 帮我们完成了。