Hello,

i just noticed this "Context" object existed. My understanding of it is that it can be used to cache entities.

In the context of a linq query you can set a context to the linq meta data object in use. I was wondering if there was any way to have finer control over it.

For example I want a certain query to put only entities of a specific type into the context (these entities are prefetched).

Can it be done?

Set the metaData.ContextToUse just before the specific query. And reset it to null just after it.

Docs example:

// metaData is a LinqMetaData instance metaData.ContextToUse = new Context();

// this query will use the context set var q = from c in metaData.Customer where ... select ...

// resetting metaData.ContextToUse = null;

// this query won't use the context previously set, as the metaData's property // is null. var q = from o in metaData.Order ...

What if i wanted it the store only entities of a specific type.

Say I am performing a query with a prefetch, and I want it to store only the prefetched"State" entities for example. Is that possible?

What you want isn't possible in the current version. Context is also not to be used as a cache, it's usable for uniquing, not a cache.