ModelGenerationExtensionContext Class

Provides file and project information to Visual Studio extensions that extend the .edmx file generation process of the Entity Data Model Wizard.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class ModelGenerationExtensionContext _
    Inherits ExtensionContext
'Usage
Dim instance As ModelGenerationExtensionContext
public abstract class ModelGenerationExtensionContext : ExtensionContext
public ref class ModelGenerationExtensionContext abstract : public ExtensionContext
public abstract class ModelGenerationExtensionContext extends ExtensionContext

Remarks

In a Visual Studio extension, the ModelGenerationExtensionContext class is used when you want to extend the .edmx file generation process of the Entity Data Model Wizard. An instance of the ModelGenerationExtensionContext class is passed to the IModelGenerationExtension.OnAfterModelGenerated method, which defines custom .edmx file generation functionality of the Entity Data Model Wizard.

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.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.Extensibility.ExtensionContext
    Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.Extensibility.ModelGenerationExtensionContext
      Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.Extensibility.UpdateModelExtensionContext

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

ModelGenerationExtensionContext Members

Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.Extensibility Namespace

Other Resources

Visual Studio Extensibility Developer Center

Developing Visual Studio Extensions

.edmx File Overview (Entity Framework)