TPT - 如何在选择基类实例时查询适当的子项?

时间:2013-01-16 17:04:35

标签: c# entity-framework c#-4.0 entity-framework-5 table-per-type

我正在尝试确定使用Table-Per-Type层次结构的当前设计是否是我了解以下内容的最佳方式:

例如,我有3个子类(Manager,Executive,Employee)都继承自我的基础Person。然后,我想在网格视图中显示Person的所有实例,供最终用户选择,然后编辑其关联数据。但是,我的问题涉及在选择Person时如何查询适当的类型。我目前正在做的是Person类的以下内容:

public class Person 
{
    Guid PersonID { get; set; }    
    string FirstName { get; set; } 
    string LastName { get; set; }   
    string PersonType { get; set; } 
}

然后我在实例化每个子类时设置PersonType字段。

将绑定和连线委托设置为SelectionChanged事件

BindingSource peopleBinding = new BindingSource();  
peopleBinding.DataSource = db.People.Local.ToBindingList();
this.peopleGridView.DataSource = peopleBinding;    
this.peopleGridView.SelectionChanged += new EventHandler(peopleGridView_SelectionChanged);

GridView的SelectionChanged事件

if (peopleGridView.SelectedRows.Count != 1) 
{
     return;
}

Person person = peopleBinding.Current as Person;
if (person == null) 
{ 
     return;
}

switch (person.PersonType) 
{
    case "Employee":         
       Employee employee = db.Employees.Find(person.PersonID);
       // Do Work With Employee
       break;
    case "Manager":
       Manager manager = db.Managers.Find(person.PersonID);
       // Do Work With Manager
       break;
    case "Executive":
       Executive executive = db.Executives.Find(person.PersonID);
       // Do Work With Executive
       break;
    default: 
       throw new ArgumentException (string.Format("Invalid type of person encountered ({0})", person.PersonType);
}

有没有更好的方法来获取子类的实例,而不是使用PersonType字段作为某种鉴别器来确定我需要查询哪些DbSet来获取相关实体?< / p>

2 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:2)

您可以使用is关键字:

if (person is Employee)
  ...
else if (person is Manager)
  ...
else if (person is Executive)
  ...

答案 1 :(得分:0)

如果你有(例如)DbSet<Person>,你可以调用`OfType&lt;&gt;在上面。类似的东西:

Person person = db.People.OfType<Manager>().Find(PersonID);

修改 在TPT解决方案中,这也可以消除存储PersonType Discriminator的需要,假设您在其他地方不需要它。