I'm trying to use GraphDiff (latest available version in NuGet) to handle what I consider a not terribly difficult entity model. Consider a model like so:
class A
{
public virtual ICollection<B> Bs { get; set; }
}
class B
{
public virtual ICollection<C> Cs { get; set; }
}
If I'm updating an instance of A (call it aEntity), I could do:
context.UpdateGraph(aEntity, map =>
map.OwnedCollection(a => a.Bs, withB =>
withB.OwnedCollection(b => b.Cs)))
Now I'd also, sometimes, like to update B's independently.
context.UpdateGraph(bEntity, map => map.OwnedCollection(b => b.Cs));
So I figured I could "cascade" the changes by introducing a property, like so:
class BMapper {
Expression<Func<IUpdateConfiguration<B>, object>> MappingExpression
{
get
{
return map => map.OwnedCollection(b => b.Cs);
}
}
}
... and then use that in both scenarios like so:
// Update an A and any of its B's
context.UpdateGraph(aEntity, map =>
map.OwnedCollection(a => a.Bs, (new BMapper()).MappingExpression))
// Update a B by itself
context.UpdateGraph(bEntity, (new BMapper()).MappingExpression);
Updating the B by itself works fine, but updating an A falls down in expression land:
Microsoft.CSharp.RuntimeBinder.RuntimeBinderException:
'string' does not contain a definition for 'Body'
Is there a way to share mappings in GraphDiff?