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Interface IView

Namespace
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata
Assembly
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational.dll

Represents a view in the database.

public interface IView : ITableBase, IAnnotatable, IReadOnlyAnnotatable
Inherited Members

Remarks

See Modeling entity types and relationships for more information and examples.

Properties

Columns

Gets the columns defined for this view.

IEnumerable<IViewColumn> Columns { get; }

Property Value

IEnumerable<IViewColumn>

EntityTypeMappings

Gets the entity type mappings.

IEnumerable<IViewMapping> EntityTypeMappings { get; }

Property Value

IEnumerable<IViewMapping>

ViewDefinitionSql

Gets the view definition or null if this view is not managed by migrations.

string? ViewDefinitionSql { get; }

Property Value

string

Methods

FindColumn(IProperty)

Gets the column mapped to the given property. Returns null if no column is mapped to the given property.

IViewColumn? FindColumn(IProperty property)

Parameters

property IProperty

Returns

IViewColumn

FindColumn(string)

Gets the column with the given name. Returns null if no column with the given name is defined.

IViewColumn? FindColumn(string name)

Parameters

name string

Returns

IViewColumn

ToDebugString(MetadataDebugStringOptions, int)

Creates a human-readable representation of the given metadata.

Warning: Do not rely on the format of the returned string. It is designed for debugging only and may change arbitrarily between releases. 

string ToDebugString(MetadataDebugStringOptions options = 0, int indent = 0)

Parameters

options MetadataDebugStringOptions

Options for generating the string.

indent int

The number of indent spaces to use before each new line.

Returns

string

A human-readable representation.