Association Class

DomainRelationship Association Associations between Classes.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
  ModelElement
    ElementLink
      Sawczyn.EFDesigner.EFModelAssociation
        Sawczyn.EFDesigner.EFModelBidirectionalAssociation
        Sawczyn.EFDesigner.EFModelUnidirectionalAssociation

Namespace: Sawczyn.EFDesigner.EFModel
Assembly: Sawczyn.EFDesigner.EFModel.Dsl (in Sawczyn.EFDesigner.EFModel.Dsl.dll) Version: 2.0.5.3 (2.0.5.3)

Syntax

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public abstract class Association : ElementLink

Public MustInherit Class Association
	Inherits ElementLink

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The Association type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	CollectionClass
	Dependent	Gets the dependent ModelClass of this association, if any
	FKPropertyName	Gets or sets the value of FKPropertyName domain property. Name of property holding foreign key value for this association
	ForeignKeyLocation	Gets or sets the value of ForeignKeyLocation domain property. Which class should hold the foreign key for this relationship
	JoinTableName	Gets or sets the value of JoinTableName domain property. Optional name of the database table used to join the two end classes for many-to-many associations. If empty, a reasonable default name will be used.
	LinkedElements	(Inherited from ElementLink.)
	Name	Gets or sets the value of Name domain property. Solely for display in the object list of the VStudio property window
	Partition	(Inherited from ModelElement.)
	Persistent	Gets or sets the value of Persistent domain property. If false, this is a transient association not stored in the database but instead created in code
	Principal	Gets the principal ModelClass of this association, if any
	Source	DomainRole Source
	SourceDeleteAction	Gets or sets the value of SourceDeleteAction domain property. The action to take when an entity on this end is deleted.
	SourceMultiplicity	Gets or sets the value of SourceMultiplicity domain property. The allowed number of entities at this end of the association
	SourceRole	Gets or sets the value of SourceRole domain property. Which object(s) in this association is/are the principal object(s)?
	Store	(Inherited from ModelElement.)
	Summary	Gets or sets the value of Summary domain property. Brief code documentation
	Target	DomainRole Target
	TargetCustomAttributes	Gets or sets the value of TargetCustomAttributes domain property. Any custom attributes to be generated for the target property. Will be passed through as entered.
	TargetDeleteAction	Gets or sets the value of TargetDeleteAction domain property. The action to take when an entity on this end is deleted.
	TargetDescription	Gets or sets the value of TargetDescription domain property. Detailed code documentation for this end of the association
	TargetImplementNotify	Gets or sets the value of TargetImplementNotify domain property. Should this end participate in INotifyPropertyChanged activities? Only valid for non-collection targets.
	TargetMultiplicity	Gets or sets the value of TargetMultiplicity domain property. The allowed number of entities at this end of the association
	TargetPropertyName	Gets or sets the value of TargetPropertyName domain property. Name of the entity property that returns the value at this end
	TargetRole	Gets or sets the value of TargetRole domain property. Which object(s) in this association is/are the dependent object(s)?
	TargetSummary	Gets or sets the value of TargetSummary domain property. Short code documentation for this end of the association

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Methods

	Name	Description
	GetDisplayText	How this association should be shown in string representation
	GetDomainClass	(Inherited from ModelElement.)
	GetDomainRelationship	(Inherited from ElementLink.)
	GetForeignKeyPropertyNames	Gets the individual foreign key property names defined in the FKPropertyName property
	GetLinks	Get any Association links between a given ModelClass and a ModelClass.
	GetLinksToSources	Get the list of Association links to a ModelClass.
	GetLinksToTargets	Get the list of Association links to a ModelClass.
	GetSources	Gets a list of Sources.
	GetTargets	Gets a list of Targets.

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Extension Methods

	Name	Description
	GetActiveDiagram	(Defined by ModelElementExtensions.)
	GetCompartment	Gets the named compartment in this element (Defined by ModelElementExtensions.)
	GetDisplayText	(Defined by ModelElementExtensions.)
	GetFirstShapeElement	(Defined by ModelElementExtensions.)
	InvalidateDiagrams	Causes all diagrams to redraw (Defined by ModelElementExtensions.)
	IsLoading	(Defined by ModelElementExtensions.)
	LocateInDiagram	(Defined by ModelElementExtensions.)
	Redraw	(Defined by ModelElementExtensions.)

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Reference

Sawczyn.EFDesigner.EFModel Namespace