Getting Started

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• .NET 8.0 or later
• Entity Framework Core 8.0 or later

Installation

dotnet add package DotOrgProjects.EntityPlatform.Finder

Setup

1. Register the context

In your application startup, register DbFoundContext using AddDbContext and configure EP Finder with UseFinderIn():

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using DotOrgProjects.EntityPlatform.Finder;

ServiceCollection services = new ServiceCollection();

services.AddDbContext<DbFoundContext>(options => {
    options.UseSqlServer("Server=localhost;Database=MyDb;");
    options.UseFinderIn("MyApp.Assembly", "MyApp.Entities.Root.Namespace");
});

2. Annotate your entities

EP Finder only discovers classes annotated with [Table]:

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;

[Table("Products")]
public class Product {
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

3. Use the context

ServiceProvider provider = services.BuildServiceProvider();

DbFoundContext context = provider.GetRequiredService<DbFoundContext>();

List<Product> products = context.Set<Product>().ToList();

Next Steps

• See Configuration for advanced setup options.
• See EP Finder Help for full API reference.