EFTimestamps.Annotations
1.1.0
dotnet add package EFTimestamps.Annotations --version 1.1.0
NuGet\Install-Package EFTimestamps.Annotations -Version 1.1.0
<PackageReference Include="EFTimestamps.Annotations" Version="1.1.0" />
paket add EFTimestamps.Annotations --version 1.1.0
#r "nuget: EFTimestamps.Annotations, 1.1.0"
// Install EFTimestamps.Annotations as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=EFTimestamps.Annotations&version=1.1.0
// Install EFTimestamps.Annotations as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=EFTimestamps.Annotations&version=1.1.0
EFTimestamps
Put timestamps in your entities the easy way
Motivation
Using timestamps is something I do in almost every app I make, if you're here probably you do too. Since I always follow the same approach to implement them I just ended up making this library in order not to have to rewrite this code ever again. Hopefully you'll be able to find some use for it too!
Quick start
Install both EFTimestamps.Annotations
and EFTimestamps.Configuration
. It is divided in two libs so that you can have your entities in a separate dll
that does not know about EFCore.
After that, mark your timestamp properties with the data annotations.
using EFTimestamps.Annotations;
public class TestEntity
{
[CreatedAt]
public DateTime CreatedAt { get; set; }
[UpdatedAt]
public DateTime UpdatedAt { get; set; }
}
Then, go to your DbContext and override the variant of SaveChanges
or SaveChangesAsync
that you use in your persistence layer.
Additionally, you can tell EFCore to create indexes for your timestamps by calling modelBuilder.IndexTimestamps()
in OnModelCreating
.
Here is an example of a DbContext
that does both these things.
using EFTimestamps.Configuration;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
public class TestContext : DbContext
{
protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
modelBuilder.IndexTimestamps();
}
public override int SaveChanges()
{
this.UpdateTimestamps();
return base.SaveChanges();
}
public override int SaveChanges(bool acceptAllChangesOnSuccess)
{
this.UpdateTimestamps();
return base.SaveChanges(acceptAllChangesOnSuccess);
}
public override Task<int> SaveChangesAsync(bool acceptAllChangesOnSuccess, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
{
this.UpdateTimestamps();
return base.SaveChangesAsync(acceptAllChangesOnSuccess, cancellationToken);
}
public override Task<int> SaveChangesAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
{
this.UpdateTimestamps();
return base.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
}
}
Changelog
- 1.0.0 - First release
- 1.0.1 - Bug fix
- 1.1.0 - Add indexing for timestamp properties
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.NET | net6.0 is compatible. net6.0-android was computed. net6.0-ios was computed. net6.0-maccatalyst was computed. net6.0-macos was computed. net6.0-tvos was computed. net6.0-windows was computed. net7.0 was computed. net7.0-android was computed. net7.0-ios was computed. net7.0-maccatalyst was computed. net7.0-macos was computed. net7.0-tvos was computed. net7.0-windows was computed. net8.0 was computed. net8.0-android was computed. net8.0-browser was computed. net8.0-ios was computed. net8.0-maccatalyst was computed. net8.0-macos was computed. net8.0-tvos was computed. net8.0-windows was computed. |
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net6.0
- No dependencies.
NuGet packages (1)
Showing the top 1 NuGet packages that depend on EFTimestamps.Annotations:
Package | Downloads |
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EFTimestamps.Configuration
Extensions for the DbContext class to configure the annotations provided in EFTimestamps.Annotations |
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