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Raheel Khan
Raheel Khan

Reputation: 14777

Multi-level inheritance in Entity Framework 4.1 Code First

Hierarchy:

In terms of EF CF, all three tables have a one-to-one relationship. Have I selected the right composition to cater to the following scenario?

Scenario:

In other words, as soon as a Package request comes in, a ServerPackage AND a ClientPackage should be created. I am assuming this will not work since I need both packages to be tied to the same abstract Package Id.

Should I be using composition instead of inheritance and force a one-to-one relationship?

Please advise.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 416

Answers (1)

Ladislav Mrnka
Ladislav Mrnka

Reputation: 364249

It will work only if all your packages are same instance => when the server receives request it must immediately create ClientPackage. It cannot create Package because Package is abstract and if it only creates ServerPackage you will not be able to create ClientPackage with the same Id. So it looks like whole your inheritance will be redundant in such scenario.

If you want to follow your workflow you need composition.

Upvotes: 1

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