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.

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Answer 1

Another way to handle this is to defines a custom entity configuration and add a binding for that.

In your class add a class that inherits from EntityTypeConfiguration (This can be found in System.Data.Entity.ModelConfiguration)

public partial class Report : Entity
    {
        //Has to be a property
        private string _Tags {get; set;}

        [NotMapped]
        public string[] Tags
        {
            get => _Tags == null ? null : JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(_Tags);
            set => _Tags = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(value);
        }

        [MaxLength(100)]
        public string Name { get; set; }

        [MaxLength(250)]
        public string Summary { get; set; }

        public string JsonData { get; set; }

        public class ReportConfiguration: EntityTypeConfiguration
        {
            public ReportConfiguration()
            {
                Property(p => p._tags).HasColumnName("Tags");
            }
        }
    }

In your context add the following:

using Models.ReportBuilder;
public partial class ReportBuilderContext:DbContext
{
    public DbSet Reports { get; set; }

    protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        modelBuilder.Configurations.Add(new Report.ReportConfiguration());
        base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);
    }
}

Wish I could say I found this on my own, but I stumbled upon it here:https://romiller.com/2012/10/01/mapping-to-private-properties-with-code-first/