IEntityFactory Interface

returns the int value for the EntityType enum value for the entity this factory is for.

returns the name of the entity this factory is for, e.g. "EmployeeEntity"

Returns the actual .NET type this factory creates entities of

Creates a new IEntity instance

Creates a new IEntity instance but uses a special constructor which will set the Fields object of the new IEntity instance to the passed in fields object. Implement this method to support multi-type in single table inheritance.

Creates a new entity instance but uses a special constructor which will set the Fields object of the new entity instance to the passed in fields object. Implement this method to support multi-type in single table inheritance.

Creates a new entity collection for the entity of this factory.

Creates a new entity instance using the GeneralEntityFactory in the generated code, using the passed in entitytype value

Creates, using the generated EntityFieldsFactory, the IEntityFields object for the entity to create. This method is used by internal code to create the fields object to store fetched data.

Creates the hierarchy fields for the entity to which this factory belongs.

Creates the hierarchy fields and sets all field's actual containing object name to the name specified.

Creates the relations collection to the entity to join all targets so this entity can be fetched. Uses string.Empty as alias.

Creates the relations collection to the entity to join all targets so this entity can be fetched. Uses the passed in objectAlias as alias for the elements in the relations.

This method retrieves, using the InheritanceInfoprovider, the factory for the entity represented by the values passed in.