mapping private property entity framework code first

Question

I am using EF 4.1 and was look for a nice workaround for the lack of enum support. A backing property of int seems logical.

    [Required]
    public VenueT         


        

Answer 1

Extending @crimbo's answer above ( https://stackoverflow.com/a/21686896/3264286 ), here's my change to include public properties with private getters:

private IEnumerable NonPublicProperties(Type type)
{
    var matchingProperties = type.GetProperties(BindingFlags.SetProperty | BindingFlags.GetProperty | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance)
                                 .Where(propInfo => propInfo.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ColumnAttribute), true).Length > 0)
                                 .Union(
                                        type.GetProperties(BindingFlags.SetProperty | BindingFlags.GetProperty | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance)
                                            .Where(propInfo => propInfo.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ColumnAttribute), true).Length > 0
                                                               && propInfo.GetGetMethod().IsNull())
                                  )
                                 .ToArray();
    return matchingProperties.Length == 0 ? null : matchingProperties;
}