This template is designed for generating a strongly-typed DataContext class, fluent mapping and classes with persistence ignorance. This template is available in C# only.
This template has the following properties:
Database Independent
If this property is set to False (default value) and fluent mapping is used, database-specific types for entity properties and complex type properties are included to the generated code. Otherwise, the provider determines database specific types automatically and the same code can be used for different databases. Acceptable values are True or False.
Disabled Conventions
Allows you to disable Code-First configuration conventions. Acceptable values are:
0
This value indicates that no conventions are currently disabled.
BinaryPropertyConvention
Sets facets (MaxLength, IsNullable and IsFixedLength), if any of them are not defined for binary type properties (byte[] and Devart.Data.Linq.Binary).
CreateAssociationConvention
Creates associations between entities, if they have navigation properties of the corresponding types.
CreateTablePerTypeInheritanceConvention
If entities have child classes, but inheritance is not defined explicitly in the LinqConnect model, TPT hierarchy is built on their basis.
DateTimePropertyConvention
Sets facets (Scale), if any of them are not defined for properties of the DateTime type.
MapPropertiesConvention
Maps unmapped properties of primitive and complex types automatically, unless these properties are explicitly set to be ignored.
MapTablesConvention
Maps unmapped entity types and their descendants automatically, looks for these entity types by properties of the Table<TEntity> type of DataContext.
NumberPropertyConvention
Sets facets (Precision, Scale), if any of them are not defined for numeric type properties.
PrimaryKeyConvention
If an entity has no primary key, then it is set as follows:
| • | if an entity has an 'id' property, then is is defined as the primary key; |
| • | if an entity has exactly one property of the Guid type, then is is defined as the primary key; |
| • | if nothing is found, then all properties are defined as primary keys. |
PropertyNameConvention
If the column name is not specified explicitly for a property, then this name is composed on the basis of the default naming rules.
PropertyOrderConvention
Defines column order in a mapped table.
TableNameConvention
Sets the table name, if it is not specified explicitly.
ServerDataTypeConvention
Looks for the appropriate data type (in the database) for the column, if this type is not specified explicitly.
SetAssociationOtherSideConvention
If a navigation property is mapped at one association end only, tries to map the other one.
StorageConvention
Naming rule of the field that corresponds to the particular entity property.
StringPropertyConvention
Sets facets (MaxLength, IsNullable, IsUnicode and IsFixedLength), if any of them are not defined for properties of string types.
UpdateCheckConvention
Sets UpdateCheck for entity properties, that don't have it specified explicitly (sets UpdateCheck.Always).
Property Changing Notification
If it is set to True, each model class will implement the INotifyPropertyChanging and INotifyPropertyChanged interfaces. Acceptable values are True or False.
Description
Description of the template.
Enabled
Indicates whether the template is enabled. Acceptable values are True or False.
File Name
The name of the template file.
Name
The name of the template.
Type
The type of the template.
Header Timestamp Version Control Tag
Setting this option will replace the standard date/time stamp in the file header with the specified tag (e.g. a version control tag for Subversion, Git, etc.)
Use Compiled Query Cache
If it is set to False, the compiled query cache will be disabled for the generated context class.
Context Output
Specifies output for the generated context.
Project
(This property is available in the Visual Studio add-in only) The name of the Visual Studio project where the generation result will be located.
Project Folder
(This property is available in the Visual Studio add-in only) The name of the directory in the Visual Studio project where the generation result will be located.
Destination Folder
(This property is available in the standalone application only) The directory to contain the generation results.
Entities Output
Allows specifying the output folder for the generated entity classes. The value of this property is taken into account during generation only if the File Per Class property is set to True.
Project
(This property is available in the Visual Studio add-in only) The name of the Visual Studio project where the generation result will be located.
Project Folder
(This property is available in the Visual Studio add-in only) The name of the directory in the Visual Studio project where the generation result will be located.
Destination Folder
(This property is available in the standalone application only) The directory to contain the generation results.
File Per Class
Defines whether each model class will be placed into a separate file when generating code. Acceptable values are True or False.
Generate Partial Class
Defines whether for each class of the model a partial class will be generated, in which it will be possible to add code that won't be overwritten by the designer. The property can be used, if File Per Class is set to True. Acceptable values are True or False.
Model Name As Files Prefix
Defines whether to add the model name to the generated file names as a prefix.
Validation Error Messages
Specifies error messages to associate with a validation control if validation fails. If you do not want to use hardcoded error messages (e.g. for the sake of internationalization), you can use error messages stored in the application resources. For this, specify the name of the resource type for error messages in the following format: ResourceType=<type name>. Additionally, the resource name for your error message for the corresponding validator must be equal to the name of a property from the ValidationErrorMessages property.
Email Message
Specifies the error message to associate with a validation control if email validation fails.
Expression Message
Specifies the error message to associate with a validation control if regular expression validation fails.
IPAddress Message
Specifies the error message to associate with a validation control if IPAddress validation fails.
Length Message
Specifies the error message to associate with a validation control if length validation fails.
Numeric Message
Specifies the error message to associate with a validation control if numeric validation fails.
Range Message
Specifies the error message to associate with a validation control if range validation fails.
Required Message
Specifies the error message to associate with a validation control if required validation fails.
Validation Framework
Defines the set of attribute types and its source to be used for validating the property values of generated classes. Acceptable values are EnterpriseLibrary, NHibernateValidator, DataAnnotations, None.