IDbSet(Of TEntity) Interface
Entity Framework 5.0
Represents the collection of all entities in the context, or that can be queried from the database, of a given type. DbSet is a concrete implementation of IDbSet(Of TEntity).
Namespace: System.Data.Entity
Assembly: EntityFramework (in EntityFramework.dll)
The IDbSet(Of TEntity) type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | ElementType | (Inherited from IQueryable.) |
![]() | Expression | (Inherited from IQueryable.) |
![]() | Local | Returns ObservableCollection(Of T) that represents entities of the set that are currently being tracked by the context and have not been marked as Deleted. Accessing the Local property never causes a query to be sent to the database. This property is usually used after a query has already been executed. |
![]() | Provider | (Inherited from IQueryable.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Add | Adds the given entity to the context the Added state. When the changes are being saved, the entities in the Added states are inserted into the database. After the changes are saved, the object state changes to Unchanged. |
![]() | Attach | Attaches the given entity to the context in the Unchanged |
![]() | Create | Creates a new instance of an entity for the type of this set. This instance is not added or attached to the set. The instance returned will be a proxy if the underlying context is configured to create proxies and the entity type meets the requirements for creating a proxy. |
![]() | Create(Of TDerivedEntity) | Creates a new instance of an entity for the type of this set or for a type derived from the type of this set. This instance is not added or attached to the set. The instance returned will be a proxy if the underlying context is configured to create proxies and the entity type meets the requirements for creating a proxy. |
![]() | Find | Uses the primary key value to attempt to find an entity tracked by the context. If the entity is not in the context then a query will be executed and evaluated against the data in the data source, and null is returned if the entity is not found in the context or in the data source. Note that the Find also returns entities that have been added to the context but have not yet been saved to the database. |
![]() | GetEnumerator | (Inherited from IEnumerable(Of TEntity).) |
![]() | GetEnumerator | (Inherited from IEnumerable.) |
![]() | Remove | Marks the given entity as Deleted. When the changes are saved, the entity is deleted from the database. The entity must exist in the context in some other state before this method is called. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | AddOrUpdate(Of TEntity)(TEntity()) | Overloaded. Adds or updates entities by key when SaveChanges is called. Equivalent to an "upsert" operation from database terminology. This method can be useful when seeding data using Migrations. (Defined by IDbSetExtensions.) |
![]() | AddOrUpdate(Of TEntity)(Expression(Of Func(Of TEntity, Object)), TEntity()) | Overloaded. Adds or updates entities by key when SaveChanges is called. Equivalent to an "upsert" operation from database terminology. This method can be useful when seeding data using Migrations. (Defined by IDbSetExtensions.) |
![]() | AsNoTracking | Overloaded. Returns a new query where the entities returned will not be cached in the DbContext or ObjectContext. (Defined by DbExtensions.) |
![]() | AsNoTracking(Of TEntity) | Overloaded. Returns a new query where the entities returned will not be cached in the DbContext or ObjectContext. (Defined by DbExtensions.) |
![]() | Include(String) | Overloaded. Specifies the related objects to include in the query results. (Defined by DbExtensions.) |
![]() | Include(Of TEntity)(String) | Overloaded. Specifies the related objects to include in the query results. (Defined by DbExtensions.) |
![]() | Include(Of TEntity, TProperty)(Expression(Of Func(Of TEntity, TProperty))) | Overloaded. Specifies the related objects to include in the query results. (Defined by DbExtensions.) |
![]() | Load | An extension method on IQueryable that enumerates the results of the query. This is equivalent to calling ToList without actually creating the list. (Defined by DbExtensions.) |
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