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Entity Framework / Validation Model: (Key) Databasegeneratedoption - Identity) )

The document describes how to use data annotations in an Entity Framework model class to validate properties and configure relationships between entities. Key points include: 1) Data annotations like [Required], [EmailAddress], [Range] can be used to validate property values meet certain criteria. 2) Navigation properties can be configured as virtual to enable lazy loading. 3) The [Key] annotation marks a property as the primary key. [DatabaseGenerated] sets key generation to identity. 4) [InverseProperty] configures relationships between entities. [NotMapped] excludes a property from the model. 5) Razor views are strongly typed and use Html helpers to generate forms and display values. Sections

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Entity Framework / Validation Model: (Key) Databasegeneratedoption - Identity) )

The document describes how to use data annotations in an Entity Framework model class to validate properties and configure relationships between entities. Key points include: 1) Data annotations like [Required], [EmailAddress], [Range] can be used to validate property values meet certain criteria. 2) Navigation properties can be configured as virtual to enable lazy loading. 3) The [Key] annotation marks a property as the primary key. [DatabaseGenerated] sets key generation to identity. 4) [InverseProperty] configures relationships between entities. [NotMapped] excludes a property from the model. 5) Razor views are strongly typed and use Html helpers to generate forms and display values. Sections

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Entity Framework / Validation Model

namespace MyApp.Model {
public class Employee
{ Database primary key
[Key]
[DatabaseGeneratedAttribute(
Key is automatically generated by
DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity)]
incrementing a counter
public int EmployeeId { get; set; }

[Required] Property value cannot be null / empty


public string FirstName { get; set; }

[Required]
public string FamilyName { get; set; } Property value must be formatted as
an email address
[EmailAddress]
public string Email { get; set; }
Property value must match the
supplied regular expression
[RegularExpression("\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+",
ErrorMessage = "Invalid IP address format")]
public string IpAddress { get; set; } Declare navigation properties to be
virtual if you want lazy loading
public virtual Department Department { get; set; }
This list contains all Messages with an
[InverseProperty("Author")] Author property that is this Employee
public virtual ICollection<Message> Messages { get; set; }

public bool IsFullTime { get; set; }

Property value must be between 1


[Range(1, 12)]
and 12 (inclusive)
public int BirthMonth { get; set; }
This property is a timestamp used for
[Timestamp]
optimistic concurrency control
public byte[] RowVersion { get; set; }

This property is to be ignored by


[NotMapped]
Entity Framework
public string FullName
{
get { return FirstName + " " + FamilyName; }
}
}
}
Import namespace into Razor view

Razor View
@using MyApp.Models
Declare a typed View
@model Employee

@{
Use a master layout / template
Layout = "~/Views/_Base.cshtml";
ViewBag.Title = "Employee Information";
} Set a property of the ViewBag
dynamic object
<h2>Employee Information</h2>
<p>These are the details of @Model.FullName:</p>
@using (Html.BeginForm())
Write out a value
{
@Html.AntiForgeryToken()
@Html.ValidationSummary() Create a HTML <form> tag
<div>
First Name: @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.FirstName) Generate a token to prevent Cross-
</div> Site-Forgery-Requests (CSFRs)
<div>
Family Name: @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.FamilyName)
</div> Show any validation errors
<div>
Birth Month: @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.BirthMonth)
Create Text-boxes for Properties of
</div> the Model
<div>
IP Address: @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.IpAddress)
</div>
<div>
Full Time:
@Html.DropDownListFor( Create a Drop-down list for IsFullTime
x => x.IsFullTime, property of the model
new [] {
new SelectListItem {
Text = "Full Time",
Value = "true",
Selected = Model.IsFullTime
},
new SelectListItem {
Text = "Part Time",
Value = "false",
Selected = !Model.IsFullTime
}
})
</div>
<input type="submit" value="Save Changes" />
} Razor comments

@* Don’t show the messages section if there are no messages *@

@if (Model.Messages != null && Model.Messages.Count() > 0)


{
<p>Messages for @Model.FullName:</p> If Statement
<ul>
@foreach (var message in Model.Messages)
{ Loop
<li>@message.MessageId</li>
}
</ul> Manually create a URL to use in a link
}

<a href="@Url.Action("Index")">List All Employees</a> Create a link referring to the Index


@Html.ActionLink("List All Employees", "Index") action of the same controller
@Html.ActionLink("Go to Home", "Index", "Home")
@Html.ActionLink("View Employee 1", "Details", new { id = 1 }, null)
@Html.Raw("&nbsp;")
Create a link referring to the Index
action of the HomeController
@section Author {
This page created by Ben. Create a link referring to the Details
} action with route/model parameters

Output a string directly as raw HTML,


without any escaping
Template
<html> Define a section (to use in a template)
<title>@ViewBag.Title</title>
<body>
<h1>My App</h1>
<div>
Render the main content of the file
@RenderBody()
that is using this template
</div>
<div>
Switch back to plain HTML text when
@if (IsSectionDefined("Author"))
in a section of C# code
{
@: Author Information:
@RenderSection("Author")
Render a section that was defined
using @section
}
</div>
</body>
</html>
Controller
...
Contains the .Includes(…) extension
using System.Data.Entity;
method used for Eager loading
namespace MyApp.Controllers
{
[Authorize]
A user must be logged in to use the
Actions on this controller
public class EmployeeController : Controller
{

An exception to the need for


[AllowAnonymous]
authorization (no need to login)
public ActionResult Index()
{
using (var context = new MyAppContext())
{
var emps = context.Employees
.Include(x => x.Messages).Include(x => x.Department)
.ToList(); Eager loading for view rendering
return View(emps); (when there is no DbContext)
}
}
Show the strongly typed View
[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Get | HttpVerbs.Post)] matching this Action (Index.cshtml)
[Authorize(Roles = "Administrator")]
public ActionResult Delete(int id) Accept HTTP verbs GET and POST
{
using (var context = new MyAppContext())
{
var employee = new Employee { EmployeeId = id };
context.Employees.Attach(employee);
Require the user to belong to the
context.Employees.Remove(employee);
Administrator Role
context.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Index");
} Redirect the user to the Index action
}
Use this action for GET requests (i.e.,
[HttpGet]
to retrieve an empty/current form)
public ActionResult Edit(int id)
{
using (var context = new MyAppContext())
{
var emp = context.Employees
.Include(x => x.Messages).Include(x => x.Department)
.Where(x => x.EmployeeId == id).Single();
return View(emp);
}
Use this action when the user POSTs
}
back a form (i.e., saves changes)

Check for the token created by


@Html. AntiForgeryToken()
[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult Edit(int id, Employee employee)
{
Use HTML Get/Post parameters to
if (ModelState.IsValid)
construct an Employee object
{
if (employee.IpAddress == "127.0.0.1")
{
ModelState.AddModelError("", "Do not use 127.0.0.1");
return View(employee);
}
Were there any validation errors
when creating the Employee object?
else
{
using (var context = new MyAppContext())
{
var oldEmployee = Context.Employees.Find(id);
UpdateModel(oldEmployee); Add a custom validation error for
context.SaveChanges(); @Html.ValidationSummary()
return View("Details", employee);
}
}
Use HTML Get/Post parameters to
}
update the Employee object
else
{
Return the Details strongly typed
return View(employee);
view (Details.cshtml)
}
}
}
}

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