Question

Say I have a simple relationship like this:

Table: Media, Columns: Id, Url, MediaTypeId (fk -> MediaType)

Table: MediaType, Columns: Id, Name

Class: Media (Id, Url, Name)

How do I configure Entity Framework (fluent api) to map the Name property directly to the value of the MediaType table?

Answer 1

As long as I know, there is no way to do that. Instead you can access Name property of the MediaType class via Media.MediaType.Name as below

class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Media m = new Media();
            var name = m.MediaType.Name;
        }
    }

    public class Media
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Url { get; set; }
        public MediaType MediaType { get; set; }
    }

    public class MediaType
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
    }