Question

There are certain cases for values that should always be updated when an object is persisted to the database. I can find no entry point for doing this other than overriding DbContext.ValidateEntity and modifying the CurrentValues property collection, but in my opinion using a validation method to modify object properties carries a very bad smell. Is there any other means of doing this?

Answer 1

Thanks to Eranga‘s comment above, I found this answer is a perfect fit for my question.

It describes how to override SaveChanges on my dbcontext and set the properties I would like to there.