I need some assistance with how to properly mapping this structure in EF 4.1:
public class Menu: Entity
{
public string Title { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<MenuItem> MenuItems { get; set; }
}
public class MenuItem: Entity
{
public string Icon { get; set; }
public string Text { get; set; }
public string Action { get; 开发者_JAVA技巧set; }
public string Controller { get; set; }
public string Parameters { get; set; }
public virtual MenuItemType Type { get; set; }
public virtual Guid? ContextMenuId { get; set; }
public virtual Menu ContextMenu { get; set; }
public virtual Guid? ParentMenuItemId { get; set; }
public virtual MenuItem ParentMenuItem { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<MenuItem> ChildMenuItems { get; set; }
}
The Entity base class has the ID for the enitties and I also have a base mapping class that builds the mappings for the key. Here is what I have so far for the MenuItem class:
public class MenuItemMapping : EntityConfiguration<MenuItem>
{
public MenuItemMapping()
{
HasOptional(mi => mi.ParentMenuItem).WithMany(p => p.ChildMenuItems).HasForeignKey(mi => mi.ParentMenuItemId).WillCascadeOnDelete(false);
HasOptional(mi => mi.ContextMenu).WithMany().HasForeignKey(mi => mi.ContextMenuId).WillCascadeOnDelete(false);
}
}
My concern is in the ContextMenu because it is a Menu type and not sure the best way to handle this type o mapping.
Update
Well, I added an additional mapping for the Menu (in a MenuMapping class similar to the above mapping class) for the collection of Menuitems and it seems to be OK, but I'd still like to know if what I am doing is correct.
Apparently, my mappings were fine. I thought I would have issues with circular references.
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