Entity Framework method has the following properties.
Code Generation
Access
Denotes the access level. It can take the Public, Protected, Internal, Private, or ProtectedInternal value.
Attributes
Attributes of the object.
Documentation
Long Description
Detailed description for the method.
Summary
Brief description for the method.
Inheritance Modifier
Method inheritance modifier. The Inheritance Modifier property can take the None, New, NewVirtual, Override, or Virtual value.
None
The default value. No inheritance modification is performed.
New
Specifies that the derived base class method with this name is explicitly hidden.
NewVirtual
Specifies that the derived base class method with this signature is explicitly hidden, and this method of this class can be overridden in the derived class.
Override
Specifies that the method overrides the one, derived from the base class.
Virtual
Specifies that the method can be overridden in the derived class.
SealedOverride
Specifies that overriding the virtual method is forbidden for the subclass.
Method Signature
Denotes the method signature.
General
Collection Result
Specifies whether the method returns an IQueriable of the type, specified in the Return Type property, or a single object of this type. Available only for methods of Method Kind equal to ModelDefinedFunction.
Defining Expression
The Entity SQL query, the method is mapped to. Available only for methods of Method Kind equal to ModelDefinedFunction.
Method Kind
The kind of the method.
ModelDefinedFunction
Such methods are mapped to Entity SQL queries instead of stored procedures.
FunctionImport
Methods mapped to stored procedures.
Name
Denotes the name of the method.
Parameters
Denotes the collection of method parameters.
Return Type
Denotes the return type of the method.
Stored Procedure
Specifies the database stored procedure name.
Aggregate
Indicates if the stored procedure is aggregate (returns a single value, calculated from values in a column). Can accept the following values: True or False.
Built In
This property should be set to True for database server built-in functions. Can accept the following values: True or False.
Command Text
The Command Text of the stored procedure that contains DB specific SQL.
Composable
Gets or sets whether the method is mapped to a stored function or to a stored procedure. Can accept the following values: True or False.
Concealed Function
Set this property to True to hide the function return type and make Entity Framework process this function as a procedure. Can accept the following values: True or False.
Documentation
Long Description
Detailed description for the method.
Summary
Brief description for the method.
Name
Specifies the name of the stored procedure.
Niladic
Indicates if the stored procedure is called without brackets and does not accept parameters. Can accept the following values: True or False.
Parameter Semantics
Defines the type semantics that is used to resolve the function overloads. Acceptable values are:
AllowImplicitConversion
Implicit conversion between the given and the formal argument types will be performed, if necessary. Default value.
AllowImplicitPromotion
Type promotion between the given and the formal argument types will be performed, if necessary.
ExactMatchOnly
Argument types must be equivalent.
Result Set Parameter Name
Defines the name of the parameter that returns the result set.
Return Type
Specifies the return type of the procedure (for stored functions). Acceptable values are: bigint, binary, bit, char, date, datetime, datetime2, datetimeoffset, decimal, float, geography, geometry, image, int, money, nchar, ntext, numeric, nvarchar, nvarchar(max), real, rowversion, smalldatetime, smallint, smallmoney, text, time, timestamp, tinyint, uniqueidentifier, varbinary, varbinary(max), varchar, varchar(max), xml.
Schema
The source of the stored procedure.
Stored Procedure Name
The name of the stored procedure in the database. For the Oracle package procedure, it contains the package name: "<package name>.<procedure name>".
