MAD.Extensions.EFCore 3.0.3

MAD.Extensions.EFCore: A library for .NET Core & .NET that provides extended functionality for Entity Framework Core

MAD.Extensions.EFCore is inspired by borisdj's EFCore.BulkExtensions library, and currently provides an extension to "Upsert" (Insert or Update) an object with a single method call using Entity Framework Core.

Supported Platforms

MAD.Extensions.EFCore currently supports the following platforms:

• .NET Standard 2.1
• .NET Core 3.1
• .NET 5
• .NET 6

Installation

• Nuget Package Manager: MAD.Extensions.EFCore
• Package Manager Console: Install-Package MAD.Extensions.EFCore
• .NET CLI: dotnet add package MAD.Extensions.EFCore

Upserting Objects

To upsert an object using your DbContext, add the following using statement to your class to access the extension method:

using MAD.Extensions.EFCore;

Then call the Upsert method and pass through your entity as a parameter:

dbContext.Upsert(entity);
dbContext.SaveChanges();

Shadow Properties

Previous versions of MAD.Extensions.EFCore required shadow property values to be set manually using the transformations action on the upsert method:

dbContext.Upsert(entity, childEntity =>
{
    switch (childEntity)
    {
        case ChildEntity:
            dbContext.Entry(childEntity).Property("ParentId").CurrentValue = entity.Id;
            break;
    }
});

dbContext.SaveChanges();

As of v3.0.1 and v6.0.1, MAD.Extensions.EFCore will automatically populate these shadow properties for any child entities underneath the entity passed to the upsert method.