Are generic classes not supported as models in Entity Framework?

Question

I am trying to do something like this :

public class TrackerContext : DbContext
{
    public bool TrackNewValues { get; set; }

    public TrackerContext(boo         


        

Answer 1

I have been using generic classes with success in Entity Framework. If you declare your class and DbSet the following way it will work.

public class AuditLogString : AuditLog<String>{}

public DbSet<AuditLogString>  AuditLogStrings { get;set;}

[Update] I have not used this method recently and in the light of the comments on this answer I suggest Pawel's answer instead. However I have not deleted this answer since I was able to use the method.

Answer 2

You cannot map the generic type because Entity Framework simply doesn't support generic Entity types. When using the EF Code-First approach you need to remember that you should model your POCO classes within the constraints that allow Entity Framework to create POCO proxies.

This means, shortly speaking that such a class:

• Should not contain any attributes
• Should not be generic
• Should be public
• Must not be sealed
• Must not be abstract
• Must have a public or protected constructor that does not have parameters