Architecture :: Data Binding To Entity Framework Classes?
Feb 1, 2011
I am using the ADO.NET Entity Framework for loading data from the database. The classes are directly mapped to database tables in the database. The problem is that these classes are not optimal for binding to the UI elements. As a result of this I have some custom entities which are populated at the service layer and returned. It is these custom entities (classes) to which I bind the UI elements. My questions on this are1. Is populating these entities at the service layer the most appropriate way to do this. I personally do not think so because if we introduce some additional UI elements which need different entities then I have to modify the service layer again.2. What is the best approach/pattern to get this done.
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It looks like i am e real newbie ;) with entity framework.I have a question, looked a lot on the internet but just woren't the thing's i was lookiing for.Imagine, I have treeh tables, one with persons information (name, adres and so on) , the second is a table with information from which club a person is a member (person id, clubid) and the third is a table with information with the skils of the person (hard worker, good defender).Is it possible to create some kind of class with all the properties of that person and than achieve with one write to the database to fill al three tables with the right data?
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Dec 25, 2010
recently i've studied on ADO.NET's Entity Model Framework and say 'wow' as ORM is one of the fevourite pattern i practice..but suddenly i've come to an ambiguous situation when i'm going to start. i usually follow the following 3-tier architecture..
1. UI Layer
2. BLL - business logic layer
3. DAL - Data Access Layer
a. DTO / DAO
b. Gateway (contains the sql query/stored procedure and connection with DB)
now when i'm going to use the Entity Model Design,where the DBML/ .edmx File should be placed? Because many a times i'm using the DBML file as DTO because of the mapped objects.. in the same time, sometimes DBML ( .edmx file in .NET 4.0) contains CRUD methods and stored procedured method as well as methods with different selection operations,- which should be in Gateway. so where the .edmx file should be placed !?!! IN DTO namespace !? or in Gateway namespace!
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MySolution.Client.MyProject.Proxy .... //Service Proxy C# Library Project *[1]
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MySolution.Service.DataContract ...... //IService.cs for Service.cs is here *[2] [code]....
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I am thinking to use entity model as DAL, how should I create the BLL then? What kind of datasourceobject should I use in the asp pages?
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1) Where can I read best what's really behind service oriented architecture (but for now beginner tutorials work fine as well) and how to use it in best practise?
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Feb 10, 2010
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{
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(from i in _dataContext.ForumPostSet
where i.ForumPostID == ForumPostID select i).First();
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{
ForumPost post = ForumPost(PostID);
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{
Root = ForumPost(post.RootPost.ForumPostID);
}
else
Root = post;
}
it works too. But problem is in speed. I not need in RootPost all those includes. So, I should to create one more method like:
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{
return
(from i in _dataContext.ForumPostSet
.Include("ChildPosts")
where i.ForumPostID == ForumPostID
select i).First();
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[Required]
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[Required]
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