EF Core Fluent API Configurations with Inheritance

Question

EF CORE Fluent Api Configuration in separate files are Working fine with simple classes Ref #1 && Ref # 2. The problem comes when entities are Inherited from KeyedEntity or AuditableEntity

class abstract KeyedEntity<TValue> {
      public TValue Id {get; set;}
}

class abstract  AuditableEntity<TValue> : KeyedEntityBase<TValue>{
      public DateTime DateCreated {get; set;}
      public DateTime DateModified {get; set;}
}

Mapper Goes Something like this

public class KeyedEntityMap<TEntity, TId>
    : IEntityTypeConfiguration<TEntity> where TEntity
    : KeyedEntityBase<TId> where TId : struct
{
    public void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<TEntity> builder)
    {
        // Primary Key
        builder.HasKey(t => t.Id);

        // Properties
        builder.Property(t => t.Id).HasColumnName("id").ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
    }
}

public class AuditableEntityMap<TEntity, TId>
    : IEntityTypeConfiguration<TEntity>    where TEntity 
    : AuditableEntity<TId>    where TId : struct
{
    public void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<TEntity> builder)
    {
        // Properties
        builder.Property(t => t.DateCreated).HasColumnName("DateCreated");
        builder.Property(t => t.DateModified).HasColumnName("DateModified");           
    }
}

Now the Problem Occurs with the Entity that inherits from AuditableEntity. I need to register Map from that Particular Enitity class along with AuditableEntityMap class and KeyedEntityMap class.

Now I can either forget about Map Inheritance and merge all the complex inheritance Maps in the entity class, which I don't want to do and respect DRY . The problem with complex inheritance is its not registering my entity maps

Answer 1

There are several ways you can achieve DRY for base entity configuration.

Bit the closest to your current design is to simply follow the entity hierarchy in the configuration classes:

public class KeyedEntityMap<TEntity, TId> : IEntityTypeConfiguration<TEntity>
    where TEntity : KeyedEntityBase<TId>
    where TId : struct
{
    public virtual void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<TEntity> builder)
    //       ^^^
    {
        // Primary Key
        builder.HasKey(t => t.Id);

        // Properties
        builder.Property(t => t.Id).HasColumnName("id").ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
    }
}

public class AuditableEntityMap<TEntity, TId> : KeyedEntityMap<TEntity, TId>
    //                                                 ^^^
    where TEntity : AuditableEntity<TId>
    where TId : struct
{
    public override void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<TEntity> builder)
    //       ^^^
    {
        base.Configure(builder); // <<<
        // Properties
        builder.Property(t => t.DateCreated).HasColumnName("DateCreated");
        builder.Property(t => t.DateModified).HasColumnName("DateModified");           
    }
}

and then for specific entity that needs additional configuration:

public class Person : AuditableEntity<int>    
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

you would register

public class PersonEntityMap : AuditableEntityMap<Person, int>
{
    public override void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<Person> builder)
    {
        base.Configure(builder);
        // Properties
        builder.Property(t => t.Name).IsRequired();
        // etc...
    }
}