What .Net Namespace contains Entity for use in a generic repository?
- by Sara
I have a question that I'm ashamed to ask, but I'm going to have a go at it anyway. I am creating a generic repository in asp.net mvc. I came across an example on this website which I find to be exactly what I was looking for, but there is one problem. It references an object - Entity - and I don't know what namespace it is in. I typically create my repositories and use Entity Framework but I decided to use a generic repository because I am using the same code in multiple projects over and over again.
Here is the code:
public interface IRepository
{
void Save(ENTITY entity)
where ENTITY : Entity;
void Delete<ENTITY>(ENTITY entity)
where ENTITY : Entity;
ENTITY Load<ENTITY>(int id)
where ENTITY : Entity;
IQueryable<ENTITY> Query<ENTITY>()
where ENTITY : Entity;
IList<ENTITY> GetAll<ENTITY>()
where ENTITY : Entity;
IQueryable<ENTITY> Query<ENTITY>(IDomainQuery<ENTITY> whereQuery)
where ENTITY : Entity;
ENTITY Get<ENTITY>(int id) where ENTITY : Entity;
IList<ENTITY> GetObjectsForIds<ENTITY>(string ids) where ENTITY : Entity;
void Flush();
}
Can someone please tell me what namespace Entity is in? As you can tell, a constraint is placed on the code so that it must be an Entity type. I know that there is an Entity in System.Data.Entity, but that isn't what I need. I have had instances before where I was looking for some namespace that took me forever to find, but I have searched and I'm unable to find the appropriate namespace to cast my generic items correctly. I could cast it as a class and be done with it, but it is bugging me that I can't find Entity anywhere.
Can someone help me....please..... :-)
Here is a link to the original post.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1472719/asp-net-mvc-how-many-repositories
