ef core many to many relationship example
Example 1: ef core many-to-many
class MyContext : DbContext
{
public MyContext(DbContextOptions<MyContext> options)
: base(options)
{
}
public DbSet<Post> Posts { get; set; }
public DbSet<Tag> Tags { get; set; }
protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
modelBuilder.Entity<Post>()
.HasMany(p => p.Tags)
.WithMany(p => p.Posts)
.UsingEntity<PostTag>(
j => j
.HasOne(pt => pt.Tag)
.WithMany(t => t.PostTags)
.HasForeignKey(pt => pt.TagId),
j => j
.HasOne(pt => pt.Post)
.WithMany(p => p.PostTags)
.HasForeignKey(pt => pt.PostId),
j =>
{
j.Property(pt => pt.PublicationDate).HasDefaultValueSql("CURRENT_TIMESTAMP");
j.HasKey(t => new { t.PostId, t.TagId });
});
}
}
public class Post
{
public int PostId { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Content { get; set; }
public ICollection<Tag> Tags { get; set; }
public List<PostTag> PostTags { get; set; }
}
public class Tag
{
public string TagId { get; set; }
public ICollection<Post> Posts { get; set; }
public List<PostTag> PostTags { get; set; }
}
public class PostTag
{
public DateTime PublicationDate { get; set; }
public int PostId { get; set; }
public Post Post { get; set; }
public string TagId { get; set; }
public Tag Tag { get; set; }
}
Example 2: many to many ef core
public class Book{ public int BookId { get; set; } public string Title { get; set; } public Author Author { get; set; } public ICollection<BookCategory> BookCategories { get; set; }} public class Category{ public int CategoryId { get; set; } public string CategoryName { get; set; } public ICollection<BookCategory> BookCategories { get; set; }} public class BookCategory{ public int BookId { get; set; } public Book Book { get; set; } public int CategoryId { get; set; } public Category Category { get; set; }}
Example 3: many to many ef core
public class Book{ public int BookId { get; set; } public string Title { get; set; } public Author Author { get; set; } public ICollection<Category> Categories { get; set; }} public class Category{ public int CategoryId { get; set; } public string CategoryName { get; set; } public ICollection<Book> Books { get; set; }}