First, let me say that this may sound like a stupid idea.

Would it be possible to create entities that instead of reflecting a data base would be a representation of an xml definition?

Sometimes I just don't need a full blown database and an xml file would do the job.

ok, am I crazy?

Fishy

Am I correct that you've asked this before ? . It's not possible I think, .. well it can be done in a way, however it requires a wicked DQE, as it has to work with some Xml ADO.NET provider.

Otis wrote:

Am I correct that you've asked this before ? .

Did I? I must be losing it.

Fishy

Oh, I found the post your reffering to. Actually though it is different. If I have an xml file and it has a certain structure and hiearchy to it, then it would be fantastic to be able to create entities that manipulate that data.

ok, go ahead, rebuke me

Fishy

Fishy wrote:

Oh, I found the post your reffering to. Actually though it is different. If I have an xml file and it has a certain structure and hiearchy to it, then it would be fantastic to be able to create entities that manipulate that data.

The thing is that it does require a manipulation engine which implements the ado.net interfaces. There are a few which try to do that though, however I haven't looked into them that much.