ascargb / anchormodelingframework

Implementation of the anchor modeling for Entity Framework Core as a Fody plugin

AnchorModelingFramework

Implementation of the anchor modeling for Entity Framework Core as a Fody plugin.

AnchorModeling.Fody

AnchorModeling.Libraries

AnchorModeling.Extensions

Quick start tutorial

The example uses Visual Studio 2019

First you need to create a database model as in this example

Next install the following packages:

<ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="AnchorModeling.Fody" Version="0.9.5" />
    <PackageReference Include="AnchorModeling.Libraries" Version="0.9.5" />
    <PackageReference Include="Fody" Version="6.1.1">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="3.1.3" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="3.1.3" />   
  </ItemGroup>

Make sure the FodyWeavers.xml file is added:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Weavers xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="FodyWeavers.xsd">
  <AnchorModeling />
</Weavers>

Now rebuild the project. In the output you will see:

1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Constructing entities...
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Take entity: User
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make ancor: A_Users
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make attribute: P_Users_Name
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Take entity: Computer
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make ancor: A_Computers
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Take entity: MotherBoard
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make ancor: A_MotherBoards
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make attribute: P_MotherBoards_Name
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Take entity: Processor
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make ancor: A_Processors
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make attribute: P_Processors_Name
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Take entity: RAM
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make ancor: A_RAMs
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make attribute: P_RAMs_Name
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Take entity: SoundCard
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make ancor: A_SoundCards
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make attribute: P_SoundCards_Name
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Take entity: VideoCard
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make ancor: A_VideoCards
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make attribute: P_VideoCards_Name
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make attribute: P_VideoCards_Bytes
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make tie: T_H_Users_HomeComputer_to_Computers
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make tie: T_H_Users_WorkComputer_to_Computers
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make tie: T_H_Computers_MotherBoard_to_MotherBoards
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make tie: T_H_Computers_Processor_to_Processors
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make tie: T_H_Computers_RAM1_to_RAMs
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make tie: T_H_Computers_RAM2_to_RAMs
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make tie: T_H_Computers_SoundCard_to_SoundCards
1>    Fody/AnchorModeling:   Make tie: T_H_Computers_VideoCard_to_VideoCards

These are the new types that have been added to the assembly.

Now create a console application and add a link to the project with the model and the AnchorModeling.Libraries package.

Then unload the project with the model

When you insert data into your entities, the data will be automatically saved in the anchor model. See an example.