EntityClassGenerator Class

.NET Framework (current version)

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

Namespace: System.Data.Entity.Design
Assembly: System.Data.Entity.Design (in System.Data.Entity.Design.dll)

Inheritance Hierarchy

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

public ref class EntityClassGenerator sealed

	Name	Description
	EntityClassGenerator()	Initializes a new instance of the EntityClassGenerator class with a GenerateCSharpCode language option.
	EntityClassGenerator(LanguageOption)	Initializes a new instance of the EntityClassGenerator class with the specified LanguageOption.

	Name	Description
	EdmToObjectNamespaceMap	Gets an EdmToObjectNamespaceMap that contains the conceptual schema definition language (CSDL) to code namespace mappings.
	LanguageOption	Gets or sets a LanguageOption value that indicates the language of the generated code.

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object^)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(Inherited from Object.)
	GenerateCode(String^, String^)	Generates a source code file that contains the objects that were generated from the specified conceptual schema definition language (CSDL) file.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance.(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object.(Inherited from Object.)

	Name	Description
	OnPropertyGenerated	Occurs when a property has changed.
	OnTypeGenerated	Occurs when type information has changed.

.NET Framework
Available since 3.5

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