xaviermonin / Kelpie

Runtime EntityFramework model builder from metadata tables. Provides a static usage at compile time via proxies classes. Created as CRM/ERP core.

Kelpie

This library is experimental.

Features

• Entity Framework based and fully compatible (v6 only currently).
• Dynamic model (entities, fields, ...) generation from metadata tables.
• Metadata/model manipulation. Thats mean you can CRUD your own entities and allows, for exemple, custom fields support.
• Runtime usage of entites. Using of entities without know their name and fields at runtime (with dynamic/reflection).
• Static usage of entites at compile time via classes proxy.
• Auto creation of metadata tables.

How to use

Load

Dynamic/Runtime

using (var context = Context.New("Name=ConnectionStringName"))
{
  var users = context.Set("User") as IEnumerable<dynamic>;
  var xavier = users.Where(u => u.FirstName == "Xavier").Single();
}

With proxies

using (var context = Context.New("Name=ConnectionStringName"))
{
  var xavier = context.ProxySet<IUser>() // IUser must be declared in metadata
                      .Where(u => u.FirstName == "Xavier")
                      .Single();
}