In LINQ to SQL, I can create a repository dynamically using DataContext.GetTable<T>. Is there a similar way to do this in Entity Framework 4 other than declaring the properties on the specific DbContext? For example:
public MyDbContext: DbContext
{
public DbSet<MySet> MySets {get; set;}
}
I would like to know how can I create/get a reference to MySets dynamically as I can with LINQ to SQL as in:
var mySet = MyDbContext.GetTable<MySet>();
DbContext has method for this:
var set = context.Set<MyEntity>();
Use:
DbSet<MyEntity> set = context.Set<MyEntity>();
Or, if you can't use the generic method:
DbSet set = context.Set(
typeof( MyEntity )
);
Don't worry about second-loading and duplicating a POCO. Sets are cached internally by the Context.
This is my aproach:
public static List<T> GetCollection<T>()
{
List<T> lstDynamic = null;
using (MyDbContext db = new MyDbContext())
{
DbSet mySet = db.Set(typeof(T));
mySet.Load();
var list = mySet.Local.Cast<T>();
lstDynamic = list.ToList();
}
return lstDynamic;
}
And you call this function as:
List<Customer> lst = StaticClass.GetCollection<Customer>();
This returns your entire collection. I used this to perform a cache functionality for basic tables which don't change its content very often.
