Entity Definitions
These are the Entity definitions for the examples in this section:
[Entity(KeyScheme = KeyScheme.Identity)]
public class Author
{
[Field(IsPrimaryKey = true)]
public int ID { get; set; }
[Field]
public string Name { get; set; }
[Reference(typeof(Book), "AuthorID")]
Book[] Books { get; set; }
}
[Entity(KeyScheme = KeyScheme.Identity)]
public class Book
{
[Field(IsPrimaryKey = true)]
public int ID { get; set; }
[Field]
public int AuthorID { get; set; }
[Field]
public string Title { get; set; }
}
Basic Data Reads
TBD
Reading data with a Reference
Here's an example for inserting and then reading back out entities that use a 1:n reference
// insert an author
var dumas = new Author() { Name = "Alexadre Dumas" };
store.Insert(dumas);
// insert a couple books.
// note that we're inserting the foreign key value
store.Insert(
new Book()
{
AuthorID = dumas.ID,
Title = "The Count of Monte Cristo"
});
store.Insert(
new Book()
{
AuthorID = dumas.ID,
Title = "The Three Musketeers"
});
// now get the authors back, telling ORM to fill the references
var authors = store.Select<Author>(true);
// at this point you will have 1 Author instance, with the Books property hydrated and containing two Book instances