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Class ConventionSetBuilder

Namespace
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders
Assembly
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.dll

Provides a simple API surface for configuring conventions.

public class ConventionSetBuilder
Inheritance
ConventionSetBuilder
Inherited Members

Remarks

Instances of this class are returned from methods when using the ModelConfigurationBuilder API and it is not designed to be directly constructed in your application code.

Constructors

ConventionSetBuilder(ConventionSet, IServiceProvider)

This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.

[EntityFrameworkInternal]
public ConventionSetBuilder(ConventionSet conventionSet, IServiceProvider serviceProvider)

Parameters

conventionSet ConventionSet
serviceProvider IServiceProvider

Methods

Add(Func<IServiceProvider, IConvention>)

Adds a convention to the set.

public virtual void Add(Func<IServiceProvider, IConvention> conventionFactory)

Parameters

conventionFactory Func<IServiceProvider, IConvention>

The factory that creates the convention.

Remove(Type)

Removes the convention of the given type.

public virtual void Remove(Type conventionType)

Parameters

conventionType Type

The convention type to remove.

Remove<TImplementaion>()

Remove the convention of the given type.

public virtual void Remove<TImplementaion>() where TImplementaion : IConvention

Type Parameters

TImplementaion

The type of convention to remove

Replace<TImplementation>(Func<IServiceProvider, TImplementation>)

Replaces an existing convention with a derived convention. Also registers the new convention for any convention types not implemented by the existing convention.

public virtual void Replace<TImplementation>(Func<IServiceProvider, TImplementation> conventionFactory) where TImplementation : IConvention

Parameters

conventionFactory Func<IServiceProvider, TImplementation>

The factory that creates the new convention.

Type Parameters

TImplementation

The type of the old convention.