这两个实体是一对多关系(由代码第一个fluent api构建)。

public class Parent
{
    public Parent()
    {
        this.Children = new List<Child>();
    }

    public int Id { get; set; }

    public virtual ICollection<Child> Children { get; set; }
}

public class Child
{
    public int Id { get; set; }

    public int ParentId { get; set; }

    public string Data { get; set; }
}

在我的WebApi控制器中,我有创建父实体(工作正常)和更新父实体(有一些问题)的操作。更新操作如下所示:

public void Update(UpdateParentModel model)
{
    //what should be done here?
}

目前我有两个想法:

获取一个被跟踪的父实体,命名为按模型存在的。Id,并将模型中的值逐个分配给实体。这听起来很愚蠢。在模型中。我不知道哪个子是新的,哪个子是修改的(甚至是删除的)。 通过模型创建一个新的父实体,并将其附加到DbContext并保存。但是DbContext如何知道子节点的状态(新增/删除/修改)呢?

实现这个功能的正确方法是什么?


当前回答

只是概念验证控制器。UpdateModel不能正常工作。

完整的课堂:

const string PK = "Id";
protected Models.Entities con;
protected System.Data.Entity.DbSet<T> model;

private void TestUpdate(object item)
{
    var props = item.GetType().GetProperties();
    foreach (var prop in props)
    {
        object value = prop.GetValue(item);
        if (prop.PropertyType.IsInterface && value != null)
        {
            foreach (var iItem in (System.Collections.IEnumerable)value)
            {
                TestUpdate(iItem);
            }
        }
    }

    int id = (int)item.GetType().GetProperty(PK).GetValue(item);
    if (id == 0)
    {
        con.Entry(item).State = System.Data.Entity.EntityState.Added;
    }
    else
    {
        con.Entry(item).State = System.Data.Entity.EntityState.Modified;
    }

}

其他回答

因为我讨厌重复复杂的逻辑,这里有一个Slauma解决方案的通用版本。

这是我的更新方法。请注意,在分离场景中,有时您的代码将读取数据,然后更新它,因此它并不总是分离的。

public async Task UpdateAsync(TempOrder order)
{
    order.CheckNotNull(nameof(order));
    order.OrderId.CheckNotNull(nameof(order.OrderId));

    order.DateModified = _dateService.UtcNow;

    if (_context.Entry(order).State == EntityState.Modified)
    {
        await _context.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
    }
    else // Detached.
    {
        var existing = await SelectAsync(order.OrderId!.Value).ConfigureAwait(false);
        if (existing != null)
        {
            order.DateModified = _dateService.UtcNow;
            _context.TrackChildChanges(order.Products, existing.Products, (a, b) => a.OrderProductId == b.OrderProductId);
            await _context.SaveChangesAsync(order, existing).ConfigureAwait(false);
        }
    }
}

这里定义了CheckNotNull。

创建这些扩展方法。

/// <summary>
/// Tracks changes on childs models by comparing with latest database state.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of model to track.</typeparam>
/// <param name="context">The database context tracking changes.</param>
/// <param name="childs">The childs to update, detached from the context.</param>
/// <param name="existingChilds">The latest existing data, attached to the context.</param>
/// <param name="match">A function to match models by their primary key(s).</param>
public static void TrackChildChanges<T>(this DbContext context, IList<T> childs, IList<T> existingChilds, Func<T, T, bool> match)
    where T : class
{
    context.CheckNotNull(nameof(context));
    childs.CheckNotNull(nameof(childs));
    existingChilds.CheckNotNull(nameof(existingChilds));

    // Delete childs.
    foreach (var existing in existingChilds.ToList())
    {
        if (!childs.Any(c => match(c, existing)))
        {
            existingChilds.Remove(existing);
        }
    }

    // Update and Insert childs.
    var existingChildsCopy = existingChilds.ToList();
    foreach (var item in childs.ToList())
    {
        var existing = existingChildsCopy
            .Where(c => match(c, item))
            .SingleOrDefault();

        if (existing != null)
        {
            // Update child.
            context.Entry(existing).CurrentValues.SetValues(item);
        }
        else
        {
            // Insert child.
            existingChilds.Add(item);
            // context.Entry(item).State = EntityState.Added;
        }
    }
}

/// <summary>
/// Saves changes to a detached model by comparing it with the latest data.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of model to save.</typeparam>
/// <param name="context">The database context tracking changes.</param>
/// <param name="model">The model object to save.</param>
/// <param name="existing">The latest model data.</param>
public static void SaveChanges<T>(this DbContext context, T model, T existing)
    where T : class
{
    context.CheckNotNull(nameof(context));
    model.CheckNotNull(nameof(context));

    context.Entry(existing).CurrentValues.SetValues(model);
    context.SaveChanges();
}

/// <summary>
/// Saves changes to a detached model by comparing it with the latest data.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of model to save.</typeparam>
/// <param name="context">The database context tracking changes.</param>
/// <param name="model">The model object to save.</param>
/// <param name="existing">The latest model data.</param>
/// <param name="cancellationToken">A cancellation token to cancel the operation.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static async Task SaveChangesAsync<T>(this DbContext context, T model, T existing, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
    where T : class
{
    context.CheckNotNull(nameof(context));
    model.CheckNotNull(nameof(context));

    context.Entry(existing).CurrentValues.SetValues(model);
    await context.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
}

好男人。我曾经有过这个答案,但后来又失去了。当你知道有更好的方法,但却想不起来或找不到时,绝对是一种折磨!这很简单。我只是用多种方法测试了一下。

var parent = _dbContext.Parents
  .Where(p => p.Id == model.Id)
  .Include(p => p.Children)
  .FirstOrDefault();

parent.Children = _dbContext.Children.Where(c => <Query for New List Here>);
_dbContext.Entry(parent).State = EntityState.Modified;

_dbContext.SaveChanges();

你可以用一个新的列表替换整个列表!SQL代码将根据需要删除和添加实体。你不必为那件事操心。确保包含子集合,否则就没有骰子。好运!

我一直在摆弄这样的东西……

protected void UpdateChildCollection<Tparent, Tid , Tchild>(Tparent dbItem, Tparent newItem, Func<Tparent, IEnumerable<Tchild>> selector, Func<Tchild, Tid> idSelector) where Tchild : class
    {
        var dbItems = selector(dbItem).ToList();
        var newItems = selector(newItem).ToList();

        if (dbItems == null && newItems == null)
            return;

        var original = dbItems?.ToDictionary(idSelector) ?? new Dictionary<Tid, Tchild>();
        var updated = newItems?.ToDictionary(idSelector) ?? new Dictionary<Tid, Tchild>();

        var toRemove = original.Where(i => !updated.ContainsKey(i.Key)).ToArray();
        var removed = toRemove.Select(i => DbContext.Entry(i.Value).State = EntityState.Deleted).ToArray();

        var toUpdate = original.Where(i => updated.ContainsKey(i.Key)).ToList();
        toUpdate.ForEach(i => DbContext.Entry(i.Value).CurrentValues.SetValues(updated[i.Key]));

        var toAdd = updated.Where(i => !original.ContainsKey(i.Key)).ToList();
        toAdd.ForEach(i => DbContext.Set<Tchild>().Add(i.Value));
    }

你可以这样调用:

UpdateChildCollection(dbCopy, detached, p => p.MyCollectionProp, collectionItem => collectionItem.Id)

不幸的是,如果子类型上有集合属性也需要更新,这种方法就会失败。考虑通过传递一个IRepository(带有基本的CRUD方法)来解决这个问题,这个IRepository将负责自己调用UpdateChildCollection。调用repo,而不是直接调用DbContext.Entry。

不知道这将如何大规模地执行,但不确定还能做什么来解决这个问题。

如果你正在使用EntityFrameworkCore,你可以在你的控制器post动作中做以下事情(Attach方法递归地附加导航属性,包括集合):

_context.Attach(modelPostedToController);

IEnumerable<EntityEntry> unchangedEntities = _context.ChangeTracker.Entries().Where(x => x.State == EntityState.Unchanged);

foreach(EntityEntry ee in unchangedEntities){
     ee.State = EntityState.Modified;
}

await _context.SaveChangesAsync();

假设每个被更新的实体都设置了所有属性,并在来自客户端的post数据中提供。不会为实体的部分更新工作)。

您还需要确保为该操作使用了一个新的/专用的实体框架数据库上下文。

下面的代码片段来自我的一个项目,我在其中实现了同样的事情。它将保存数据,如果有新的条目,更新,如果记录是不可用的张贴json。 Json数据来帮助你理解模式:

{
    "groupId": 1,
    "groupName": "Group 1",
    "sortOrder": 1,
    "filterNames": [
        {
            "filterId": 1,
            "filterName1": "Name11111",
            "sortOrder": 10,
            "groupId": 1           
        }  ,
        {
            "filterId": 1006,
            "filterName1": "Name Changed 1",
            "sortOrder": 10,
            "groupId": 1           
        }  ,
        {
            "filterId": 1007,
            "filterName1": "New Filter 1",
            "sortOrder": 10,
            "groupId": 1           
        } ,
        {
            "filterId": 2,
            "filterName1": "Name 2 Changed",
            "sortOrder": 10,
            "groupId": 1           
        }                 
    ]
}


public async Task<int> UpdateFilter(FilterGroup filterGroup)
        {                        
            var Ids = from f in filterGroup.FilterNames select f.FilterId;
            var toBeDeleted = dbContext.FilterNames.Where(x => x.GroupId == filterGroup.GroupId
            && !Ids.Contains(x.FilterId)).ToList();
            foreach(var item in toBeDeleted)
            {
                dbContext.FilterNames.Remove(item);
            }
            await dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();

            dbContext.FilterGroups.Attach(filterGroup);
            dbContext.Entry(filterGroup).State = EntityState.Modified;
            for(int i=0;i<filterGroup.FilterNames.Count();i++)            
            {
                if (filterGroup.FilterNames.ElementAt(i).FilterId != 0)
                {
                    dbContext.Entry(filterGroup.FilterNames.ElementAt(i)).State = EntityState.Modified;
                }
            }            
            return await dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
        }