EF Core Mapping EntityTypeConfiguration
Since EF Core 2.0 there is IEntityTypeConfiguration<TEntity>
. You can use it like this:
class CustomerConfiguration : IEntityTypeConfiguration<Customer>
{
public void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<Customer> builder)
{
builder.HasKey(c => c.AlternateKey);
builder.Property(c => c.Name).HasMaxLength(200);
}
}
...
// OnModelCreating
builder.ApplyConfiguration(new CustomerConfiguration());
More on this and other new features introduced in 2.0 can be found here.
You can achieve this through some simple additional types:
internal static class ModelBuilderExtensions
{
public static void AddConfiguration<TEntity>(
this ModelBuilder modelBuilder,
DbEntityConfiguration<TEntity> entityConfiguration) where TEntity : class
{
modelBuilder.Entity<TEntity>(entityConfiguration.Configure);
}
}
internal abstract class DbEntityConfiguration<TEntity> where TEntity : class
{
public abstract void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<TEntity> entity);
}
Usage:
internal class UserConfiguration : DbEntityConfiguration<UserDto>
{
public override void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<UserDto> entity)
{
entity.ToTable("User");
entity.HasKey(c => c.Id);
entity.Property(c => c.Username).HasMaxLength(255).IsRequired();
// etc.
}
}
protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);
modelBuilder.AddConfiguration(new UserConfiguration());
}