How to have a nested DTO? - entity-framework

I have this as my entity object:
public partial class RFID_Zones
{
public RFID_Zones()
{
this.RFID_ZonePoints = new HashSet<RFID_ZonePoints>();
}
public int PK_ZoneId { get; set; }
public int PK_FK_ShipId { get; set; }
public string ZoneName { get; set; }
public string Color { get; set; }
public virtual Ship Ship { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<RFID_ZonePoints> RFID_ZonePoints { get; set;}
}
I am trying to pull all these with this code:
result = _db.RFID_Zones.Where(x => x.PK_FK_ShipId == shipId).Include(x => x.RFID_ZonePoints).ToList();
This works, but I cannot serialize it without getting a circular reference error. Upon Googling I find I should use a Data Transfer Object so I have this:
public class ZoneDto
{
public ZoneDto()
{
this.Zones = new List<RFID_ZonePoints>();
}
public int PK_ZoneId { get; set; }
public int PK_FK_ShipId { get; set; }
public string ZoneName { get; set; }
public string Color { get; set; }
public List<RFID_ZonePoints> Zones { get; set; }
}
And:
var dto = zones.Select(x => new ZoneDto { PK_ZoneId = x.PK_ZoneId, PK_FK_ShipId = x.PK_FK_ShipId,
Color = x.Color, ZoneName = x.ZoneName, Zones = x.RFID_ZonePoints.ToList()});
I still have the issue of the RFID_ZonePoints list. It's a list of a different entity. How can I get those into a data transfer object as well?

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Entity Framework always adds two records in the tables

I'm implementing an ASP.NET Core 3.1 app. I have implemented following code to insert record in SQL Server database via EF Core but each time I save data, it inserts two records in PersonRequester and Requester table. I appreciate if anyone suggests me how I can prevent reinserting records.
Requester ap = new Requester();
ap.Address = RequesterViewModel.Requestervm.Address;
ap.RequesterType = RequesterViewModel.Requestervm.RequesterType;
ap.Description = RequesterViewModel.Requestervm.Description;
ap.Name = RequesterViewModel.Requestervm.Name;
var pa = new PersonRequester()
{
BirthCertificateNo = RequesterViewModel.personRequestervm.BirthCertificateNo,
IssuePlace = RequesterViewModel.personRequestervm.IssuePlace,
NationalCode = RequesterViewModel.personRequestervm.NationalCode,
Requester = ap
};
using (var context = new DBContext())
{
context.PersonRequester.Attach(pa);
try
{
context.SaveChanges();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw e;
}
}
public partial class Requester
{
public Requester()
{
PersonRequester = new HashSet<PersonRequester>();
}
public int RequesterId { get; set; }
public int RequesterType { get; set; }
public string Address { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public virtual EntityType RequesterTypeNavigation { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<PersonRequester> PersonRequester { get; set; }
}
public partial class PersonRequester
{
public int RequesterId { get; set; }
[DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Computed)]
public int RequesterType { get; set; }
public string NationalCode { get; set; }
public string BirthCertificateNo { get; set; }
public string IssuePlace { get; set; }
public virtual Requester Requester { get; set; }
public virtual EntityType RequesterTypeNavigation { get; set; }
}

Alternative to List.Include in EF

I am having circular reference due to the EF code below. I have a Parent table with 2 childs and their grandchildren respectively. Is there any alternative to using Include, as I read something about Navigation property and it includes the parents in each of the child, causing the serialization having circular reference problem.
Error Message:
A circular reference was detected while serializing an object of type 'Product'.
This part is only to get retrieval and I don't need the parent reference back to each of the child. I debug inside and saw that inside each of the child, it has the parent reference back.
var query = db.Products.Include(c => c.ProductTriggers.Select(b => b.ProductTriggerItems))
.Include(d => d.ProductsExtra.Select(e => e.ProductAllotments.Select(m => m.ProductAllotmentDetails))).AsNoTracking();
return query.ToList();
Product Class
public partial class Product
{
public Product()
{
this.ProductExtras = new HashSet<ProductExtra>();
this.ProductTriggers = new HashSet<ProductTrigger>();
}
public int ProductID { get; set; }
public string ProductCode { get; set; }
public string ProductName { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<ProductProduct> ProductExtras { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<ProductTrigger> ProductTriggers { get; set; }
}
ProductExtra Class
public partial class ProductExtra
{
public ProductExtra()
{
this.ProductAllotments = new HashSet<ProductAllotment>();
}
public int ProductExtraID { get; set; }
public int ProductID { get; set; }
public virtual Product Product { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<ProductAllotment> ProductAllotments { get; set; }
}
ProductAllotment Class
public partial class ProductAllotment
{
public ProductAllotment()
{
this.ProductAllotmentDetails = new HashSet<ProductAllotmentDetail>();
}
public int ProductAllotmentID { get; set; }
public int ProductExtraID { get; set; }
public virtual ProductExtra ProductExtra { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<ProductAllotmentDetail> ProductAllotmentDetails { get; set; }
}
ProductTrigger Class
public partial class ProductTrigger
{
public ProductTrigger()
{
this.AddOnTriggerItems = new HashSet<ProductTriggerItem>();
}
public int ProductTriggerID { get; set; }
public int ProductID { get; set; }
public virtual Product Product { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<ProductTriggerItem> ProductTriggerItems { get; set; }
}
ProductTriggerItem Class
public partial class ProductTriggerItem
{
public int ProductTriggerItemID { get; set; }
public int ProductTriggerID { get; set; }
public virtual ProductTrigger ProductTrigger { get; set; }
}

Returning Entity with its children

Hi I am trying to return all vehicles with their recorded mileage through an api using ASP.Net Core with the following code:
// GET: api/values
[HttpGet]
public IEnumerable<Vehicle> Get()
{
return _context.Vehicles.Include(m=>m.Mileages).ToList();
}
However this only returns the first vehicle with its mileages and not the others (there are five dummy vehicles in the db all with an initial mileage).
If I change the code to:
// GET: api/values
[HttpGet]
public IEnumerable<Vehicle> Get()
{
return _context.Vehicles.ToList();
}
it returns the full list of vehicles but no mileage.
My class files are:
public class Vehicle
{
public Vehicle()
{
Mileages = new List<Mileage>();
}
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Registration { get; set; }
public string Make { get; set; }
public string Model { get; set; }
public Marked Marked { get; set; }
public ICollection<Mileage> Mileages { get; set; }
}
and
public class Mileage
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public DateTime MileageDate { get; set; }
public string RecordedMileage { get; set; }
//Navigation Properties
public int VehicleId { get; set; }
public Vehicle Vehicle { get; set; }
}
thanks for looking!
Tuppers
you can have them auto-load (lazy loading) using proxies... but for that, your foreign entities and collections must be marked virtual in your POCOs:
public class Mileage
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public DateTime MileageDate { get; set; }
public string RecordedMileage { get; set; }
//Navigation Properties
public int VehicleId { get; set; }
public virtual Vehicle Vehicle { get; set; }
}
public class Vehicle
{
public Vehicle()
{
Mileages = new List<Mileage>();
}
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Registration { get; set; }
public string Make { get; set; }
public string Model { get; set; }
public Marked Marked { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Mileage> Mileages { get; set; }
}
The proxy creation and lazy loading turned on, but that's the default in EF6.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/jj574232.aspx
Let me know if this works.
Well after a lot of searching I managed to find a solution. I used the following:
[HttpGet]
public IEnumerable<VehicleDto> Get()
{
var query = _context.Vehicles.Select(v => new VehicleDto
{
Registration = v.Registration,
Make = v.Make,
Model = v.Model,
Marked = v.Marked,
Mileages = v.Mileages.Select(m => new MileageDto
{
MileageDate = m.MileageDate,
RecordedMileage = m.RecordedMileage
})
.ToList(),
})
.ToList();
return (IEnumerable<VehicleDto>) query.AsEnumerable();
this doesn't seem to be the most elegant way of doing this, if anyone could offer any advice but it does return what is required.
The DTO's look like:
public class VehicleDto
{
public string Registration { get; set; }
public string Make { get; set; }
public string Model { get; set; }
public Marked Marked { get; set; }
public ICollection<MileageDto> Mileages { get; set; }
}
and
public class MileageDto
{
public DateTime MileageDate { get; set; }
public string RecordedMileage { get; set; }
}
Thanks for taking the time to look at this
Tuppers

Automapper maps source to destination but dest values are always null

I'm new to automapper and I'm having a problem with it. In this case the automapper is used to map models(EntityFramework generated) to my own viewmodels. This is what happens, the sourcemodel with it's values is mapped to a destinationmodel but the dest values are always null. What's going on with the values?
Now what did I do:
I referenced the automapper to my project and bootstrapped the mappings.
public static void RegisterAutoMapperMappings()
{
Mapper.Initialize(x =>
{
// Add the mappingprofiles you configured below
x.AddProfile(new RegistrationViewModelProfile());
});
}
public static IMappingExpression<TSource, TDest> IgnoreAllUnmapped<TSource, TDest>(this IMappingExpression<TSource, TDest> expression)
{
expression.ForAllMembers(opt => opt.Ignore());
return expression;
}
public class RegistrationViewModelProfile : Profile
{
protected override void Configure()
{
CreateMap<RegistrationViewModel, contact>().IgnoreAllUnmapped();
CreateMap<contact, RegistrationViewModel>().IgnoreAllUnmapped();
CreateMap<RegistrationViewModel, emailaddress>().IgnoreAllUnmapped();
CreateMap<emailaddress, RegistrationViewModel>().IgnoreAllUnmapped();
CreateMap<RegistrationViewModel, password>().IgnoreAllUnmapped();
CreateMap<password, RegistrationViewModel>().IgnoreAllUnmapped();
//Always check if mapping is valid
Mapper.AssertConfigurationIsValid();
}
}
My viewmodel:
public class RegistrationViewModel
{
public HttpPostedFileBase file { get; set; }
public String EmailAddress { get; set; }
public String Password { get; set; }
public string contact_givenname { get; set; }
public string contact_surname_prefix { get; set; }
public string contact_surname { get; set; }
public string contact_gender { get; set; }
public string contact_country { get; set; }
public string contact_residence { get; set; }
public Nullable<DateTime> contact_birth_date{ get; set; }
public DateTime create_date { get; set; }
public ICollection<int> Contact_roles { get; set; }
public string Emailaddress_verificationkey { get; set; }
}
My model:
public partial class contact
{
public contact()
{
this.contact_connection_rel = new HashSet<contact_connection_rel>();
this.contact_emailaddress_password_rel = new HashSet<contact_emailaddress_password_rel>();
this.contact_emailaddress_rel = new HashSet<contact_emailaddress_rel>();
this.contact_service_role_rel = new HashSet<contact_service_role_rel>();
this.given_answer = new HashSet<given_answer>();
this.given_answer1 = new HashSet<given_answer>();
}
public int contact_id { get; set; }
public string contact_initials { get; set; }
public string contact_givenname { get; set; }
public string contact_surname_prefix { get; set; }
public string contact_surname { get; set; }
public string contact_nickname { get; set; }
public string contact_gender { get; set; }
public Nullable<System.DateTime> contact_birth_date { get; set; }
public string contact_country { get; set; }
public string contact_residence { get; set; }
public string contact_ssn { get; set; }
public Nullable<System.DateTime> create_date { get; set; }
public Nullable<System.DateTime> modify_date { get; set; }
public Nullable<System.DateTime> delete_date { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<contact_connection_rel> contact_connection_rel { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<contact_emailaddress_password_rel> contact_emailaddress_password_rel { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<contact_emailaddress_rel> contact_emailaddress_rel { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<contact_service_role_rel> contact_service_role_rel { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<given_answer> given_answer { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<given_answer> given_answer1 { get; set; }
}
And to test the configuration the following lines are used. The vars contain the destination objects but are always null:
contact c = new contact();
contact testC = unitOfWork.ContactRepository.Find(82);
var x = Mapper.Map<contact, RegistrationViewModel>(testC);
var y = Mapper.Map(regModel, c, typeof(RegistrationViewModel), typeof(contact));
var b = Mapper.DynamicMap<RegistrationViewModel, contact>(regModel);
var z = Mapper.Map<RegistrationViewModel, contact>(regModel, c);
var w = Mapper.Map<RegistrationViewModel, contact>(regModel);
expression.ForAllMembers(opt => opt.Ignore());
You're telling AutoMapper to ignore all properties, so nothing gets mapped.
If you just want to ignore non-matching properties, see this answer for one way, otherwise you're going to have to explicitly map each property between the objects.

EF code first property not mapped

The problem I'm encountering is when I try to insert a new record in a ASPxGridView which is a master of detail in an asp.net page.
This only occurs when adding a new record is required when there is no record.
EnderecoEscola entity:
namespace DAL
{
[Table("CAD_ENDERECO_ESCOLA")]
public class EnderecoEscola
{
[Key]
[DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity)]
public int ENDESC_ID { get; set; }
[Required]
public int ESCOLA_ID { get; set; }
[Association("Escolas", "ESCOLA_ID", "ESCOLA_ID")]
[ForeignKey("ESCOLA_ID")]
public virtual Escola Escola { get; set; }
[Required]
public int TPOEND_ID { get; set; }
[ForeignKey("TPOEND_ID")]
public virtual TipoEndereco TipoEndereco { get; set; }
[Required]
public int ENDESC_UF_ID { get; set; }
[ForeignKey("ENDESC_UF_ID")]
public virtual UnidadeFederativa UnidadeFederativa { get; set; }
[Required]
public int ENDESC_MUN_iD { get; set; }
[ForeignKey("ENDESC_MUN_iD")]
public virtual Municipio Municipio { get; set; }
[StringLength(10), Required]
[MinLength(8)]
public string ENDESC_CEP { get; set; }
[StringLength(100), Required]
[MinLength(10)]
public string ENDESC_ENDERECO { get; set; }
[StringLength(15)]
public string ENDESC_NRO { get; set; }
[StringLength(25)]
public string ENDESC_COMPL { get; set; }
[StringLength(70)]
public string ENDESC_BAIRRO { get; set; }
[NotMapped]
public String TPEND_DESCRICAO { get; set; }
[NotMapped]
public String UF_SIGLA { get; set; }
[NotMapped]
public String MUN_DESCRICAO { get; set; }
}
}
DAL :
namespace DAL.utilities
{
public class OperationCadEnderecoEscola
{
public IQueryable<EnderecoEscola> GetId(int idEsc)
{
using (SecurityCtx ctx = new SecurityCtx())
{
ctx.Configuration.LazyLoadingEnabled = false;
var query = ctx.EnderecoEscola.Include("TipoEndereco").Include("UnidadeFederativa").Include("Municipio").Where(w => w.ESCOLA_ID == idEsc).OrderBy(p => p.ENDESC_ENDERECO).ToList().
Select(w => new EnderecoEscola
{
ENDESC_ID = w.ENDESC_ID,
ESCOLA_ID = w.ESCOLA_ID,
TPOEND_ID = w.TPOEND_ID,
ENDESC_UF_ID = w.ENDESC_UF_ID,
ENDESC_MUN_iD = w.ENDESC_MUN_iD,
ENDESC_CEP = w.ENDESC_CEP,
ENDESC_ENDERECO = w.ENDESC_ENDERECO,
ENDESC_NRO = w.ENDESC_NRO,
ENDESC_COMPL = w.ENDESC_COMPL,
ENDESC_BAIRRO = w.ENDESC_BAIRRO,
TPEND_DESCRICAO = w.TipoEndereco.TPEND_DESCRICAO != null ? w.TipoEndereco.TPEND_DESCRICAO : w.TPEND_DESCRICAO,
UF_SIGLA = w.UnidadeFederativa.UF_SIGLA != null ? w.UnidadeFederativa.UF_SIGLA : w.UF_SIGLA,
MUN_DESCRICAO = w.Municipio.MUN_DESCRICAO != null ? w.Municipio.MUN_DESCRICAO : w.MUN_DESCRICAO
}).Distinct().AsQueryable();
return query;
}
}
}
}
When applying for inclusion in ASPxGridView a new record and the method in DAL public IQueryable <EnderecoEscola> getId (int idEsc) is invoked to retrieve the data and they do not exists it is adding a new record on the master and detail occurs error
A field or property with name 'TPEND_DESCRICAO' was not found in the
selected data source.
Someone could guide me on how to solve the problem.
Tks.