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EntityClassGenerator Class

Generates object context and entity classes (object layer code) from conceptual schema definition language (CSDL) files.

System.Object
  System.Data.Entity.Design.EntityClassGenerator

Namespace:  System.Data.Entity.Design
Assembly:  System.Data.Entity.Design (in System.Data.Entity.Design.dll)
public sealed class EntityClassGenerator

The EntityClassGenerator type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method EntityClassGenerator() Initializes a new instance of the EntityClassGenerator class with a GenerateCSharpCode language option.
Public method EntityClassGenerator(LanguageOption) Initializes a new instance of the EntityClassGenerator class with the specified LanguageOption.
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  Name Description
Public property EdmToObjectNamespaceMap Gets an EdmToObjectNamespaceMap that contains the conceptual schema definition language (CSDL) to code namespace mappings.
Public property LanguageOption Gets or sets a LanguageOption value that indicates the language of the generated code.
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  Name Description
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GenerateCode(String, String) Generates a source code file that contains the objects that were generated from the specified conceptual schema definition language (CSDL) file.
Public method GenerateCode(XmlReader, TextWriter) Generates source code using the conceptual schema definition language (CSDL) file contained in the XmlReader object and outputs the generated source code to a TextWriter.
Public method GenerateCode(String, String, IEnumerable<String>) Generates source code using the specified conceptual schema definition language (CSDL) file. The list of schema file paths is used to resolve any references contained in the CSDL file.
Public method GenerateCode(XmlReader, TextWriter, IEnumerable<XmlReader>) Generates source code based on the conceptual schema definition language (CSDL) file in the XmlReader object, then outputs the generated source code to a TextWriter. An IList of XmlReader objects is used to resolve any references that are contained in the CSDL file.
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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  Name Description
Public event OnPropertyGenerated Occurs when a property has changed.
Public event OnTypeGenerated Occurs when type information has changed.
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.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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