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Interface IReadOnlyNavigation

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

Represents a navigation property which can be used to navigate a relationship.

public interface IReadOnlyNavigation : IReadOnlyNavigationBase, IReadOnlyPropertyBase, IReadOnlyAnnotatable
Inherited Members
Extension Methods

Remarks

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

Properties

DeclaringEntityType

Gets the entity type that this navigation property belongs to.

IReadOnlyEntityType DeclaringEntityType { get; }

Property Value

IReadOnlyEntityType

ForeignKey

Gets the foreign key that defines the relationship this navigation property will navigate.

IReadOnlyForeignKey ForeignKey { get; }

Property Value

IReadOnlyForeignKey

Inverse

Gets the inverse navigation.

IReadOnlyNavigation? Inverse { get; }

Property Value

IReadOnlyNavigation

IsOnDependent

Gets a value indicating whether the navigation property is defined on the dependent side of the underlying foreign key.

bool IsOnDependent { get; }

Property Value

bool

TargetEntityType

Gets the entity type that this navigation property will hold an instance(s) of.

IReadOnlyEntityType TargetEntityType { get; }

Property Value

IReadOnlyEntityType

Methods

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 = MetadataDebugStringOptions.ShortDefault, 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.