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Kevin Jett
Kevin Jett

Reputation: 131

Generate repositories from EF Code First with created DbContext model classes

I'm starting a new project and want to use EF Code First pattern but I also want to use the repository pattern. I have been looking for a way to generate the repositories from the dbcontext models but all answers I've seen so far are for generating repositories from .edmx or DB. I don't want to create an .edmx.

The steps I want to do is this:
1. Write models
2. Generate repositories using t4 templates
3. Write app code from models and repos 4. Run Add-Migration to add migration code
5. Run update-database to update based off migration code

What could I use to tell it to generate t4 templates based on the model classes?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1366

Answers (2)

Omar Elabd
Omar Elabd

Reputation: 1934

There is a NuGet package I created which does this as well, it requires a namespace your models not a edmx file:

https://www.nuget.org/packages/RepositoryGenerator/

Upvotes: 0

Kevin Jett
Kevin Jett

Reputation: 131

I've found how to do it now. Using T4Scaffolding, I am going to be able to generate the repositories as I need. It also allows me to override the default t4 templates and create custom scaffolds too.

Upvotes: 1

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