ExtensionContext Class

A base class for the ModelGenerationExtensionContext, PropertyExtensionContext, ModelTransformExtensionContext and ModelConversionExtensionContext classes.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.Extensibility
Assembly:  Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.Extensibility (in Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.Extensibility.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class ExtensionContext
'Usage
Dim instance As ExtensionContext
public abstract class ExtensionContext
public ref class ExtensionContext abstract
public abstract class ExtensionContext

Remarks

The ExtensionContext class is an abstract base class that is used to extend the functionality of the ADO.NET Entity Data Model Tools. Derived classes provide file and project information to Visual Studio extensions. For more information, see Extending the Entity Data Model Tools. For more information about extending the functionality of the ADO.NET Entity Data Model Tools, see Extending the Entity Data Model Tools and ADO.NET Entity Data Model Designer Extension Starter Kit.

The following classes are implementations of the ExtensionContext class:

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.Extensibility.ExtensionContext
    Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.Extensibility.ModelConversionExtensionContext
    Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.Extensibility.ModelGenerationExtensionContext
    Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.Extensibility.ModelTransformExtensionContext
    Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.Extensibility.PropertyExtensionContext

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

ExtensionContext Members

Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.Extensibility Namespace

Other Resources

Extending the Entity Data Model Tools

Visual Studio Extensibility Developer Center