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IEntityWithKey Interface

.NET Framework 4.5

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Defines an entity type that exposes an entity key.

Namespace:  System.Data.Objects.DataClasses
Assembly:  System.Data.Entity (in System.Data.Entity.dll)
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public interface IEntityWithKey

The IEntityWithKey type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public property EntityKey Gets or sets the EntityKey for instances of entity types that implement this interface.
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This interface is used to expose the entity key to Object Services.

Object Services uses the EntityKey property to manage objects in the object context.

For more information, see Identity Resolution, State Managment, and Change Tracking and Tracking Changes in POCO Entities.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5 SP1

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4

Windows 8 Release Preview, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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