Entity Framework is Microsoft’s flagship Object/Relation Mapper, and the recommended way to access relational databases. Entity Framework Core is a complete rewrite from the “classic” Entity Framework, building on the new multiplatform .NET Core framework and adding the ability to connect to nonrelational data sources while keeping the features that made Entity Framework Code First so popular. In Entity Framework Core Succinctly, join Ricardo Peres to explore this new version of the O/RM, from getting set up to avoiding common traps. 

Today we are releasing the final version of Entity Framework Core 2.0, alongside .NET Core 2.0 and ASP.NET Core 2.0.

Entity Framework (EF) Core is the lightweight, extensible, and cross-platform version of Entity Framework, the popular Object/Relational Mapping (O/RM) framework for .NET. 

using System;

namespace EFCoreSoftDelete.Entities
{
    public abstract class BaseEntity
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }


        public bool IsDeleted { set; get; }
        public DateTime? DeletedAt { set; get; }
    }
}

using System.Collections.Generic;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders;

namespace EFCoreSoftDelete.Entities
{
    public class Blog : BaseEntity
    {
        public string Name { set; get; }

        public virtual ICollection<Post> Posts { set; get; }
    }

    public class BlogConfiguration : IEntityTypeConfiguration<Blog>
    {
        public void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<Blog> builder)
        {
            builder.Property(blog => blog.Name).HasMaxLength(450).IsRequired();
            builder.HasIndex(blog => blog.Name).IsUnique();

            builder.HasData(new Blog { Id = 1, Name = "Blog 1" });
            builder.HasData(new Blog { Id = 2, Name = "Blog 2" });
            builder.HasData(new Blog { Id = 3, Name = "Blog 3" });
        }
    }
}

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders;

namespace EFCoreSoftDelete.Entities
{
    public class Post : BaseEntity
    {
        public string Title { set; get; }

        public Blog Blog { set; get; }
        public int BlogId { set; get; }
    }

    public class PostConfiguration : IEntityTypeConfiguration<Post>
    {
        public void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<Post> builder)
        {
            builder.Property(post => post.Title).HasMaxLength(450);
            builder.HasOne(post => post.Blog).WithMany(blog => blog.Posts).HasForeignKey(post => post.BlogId);

            builder.HasData(new Post { Id = 1, BlogId = 1, Title = "Post 1" });
            builder.HasData(new Post { Id = 2, BlogId = 1, Title = "Post 2" });
            builder.HasData(new Post { Id = 3, BlogId = 1, Title = "Post 3" });
            builder.HasData(new Post { Id = 4, BlogId = 1, Title = "Post 4" });
            builder.HasData(new Post { Id = 5, BlogId = 2, Title = "Post 5" });
        }
    }
}

    public class BlogConfiguration : IEntityTypeConfiguration<Blog>
    {
        public void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<Blog> builder)
        {
            // ...
            builder.HasQueryFilter(blog => !blog.IsDeleted);
        }
    }

SELECT [b].[Id], [b].[DeletedAt], [b].[IsDeleted], [b].[Name]
FROM [Blogs] AS [b]
WHERE [b].[IsDeleted] <> CAST(1 AS bit)

namespace EFCoreSoftDelete.DataLayer
{
    public static class GlobalFiltersManager
    {
        public static void ApplySoftDeleteQueryFilters(this ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
            foreach (var entityType in modelBuilder.Model
                                                    .GetEntityTypes()
                                                    .Where(eType => typeof(BaseEntity).IsAssignableFrom(eType.ClrType)))
            {
                entityType.addSoftDeleteQueryFilter();
            }
        }

        private static void addSoftDeleteQueryFilter(this IMutableEntityType entityData)
        {
            var methodToCall = typeof(GlobalFiltersManager)
                                .GetMethod(nameof(getSoftDeleteFilter), BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static)
                                .MakeGenericMethod(entityData.ClrType);
            var filter = methodToCall.Invoke(null, new object[] { });
            entityData.SetQueryFilter((LambdaExpression)filter);
        }

        private static LambdaExpression getSoftDeleteFilter<TEntity>() where TEntity : BaseEntity
        {
            return (Expression<Func<TEntity, bool>>)(entity => !entity.IsDeleted);
        }
    }
}

namespace EFCoreSoftDelete.DataLayer
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {

        //...


        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
            base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);

            modelBuilder.ApplyConfigurationsFromAssembly(typeof(BaseEntity).Assembly);
            modelBuilder.ApplySoftDeleteQueryFilters();
        }

namespace EFCoreSoftDelete.DataLayer
{
    public static class AuditableEntitiesManager
    {
        public static void SetAuditableEntityOnBeforeSaveChanges(this ApplicationDbContext context)
        {
            var now = DateTime.UtcNow;

            foreach (var entry in context.ChangeTracker.Entries<BaseEntity>())
            {
                switch (entry.State)
                {
                    case EntityState.Added:
                        //TODO: ...
                        break;
                    case EntityState.Modified:
                        //TODO: ...
                        break;
                    case EntityState.Deleted:
                        entry.State = EntityState.Unchanged; //NOTE: For soft-deletes to work with the original `Remove` method.

                        entry.Entity.IsDeleted = true;
                        entry.Entity.DeletedAt = now;
                        break;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

var post1 = context.Posts.Find(1);
if (post1 != null)
{
   context.Remove(post1);

   context.SaveChanges();
}

Executing DbCommand [Parameters=[@p2='1', @p0='2020-09-17T05:11:32' (Nullable = true), @p1='True'], CommandType='Text', CommandTimeout='30']
SET NOCOUNT ON;
UPDATE [Posts] SET [DeletedAt] = @p0, [IsDeleted] = @p1
WHERE [Id] = @p2;
SELECT @@ROWCOUNT;

namespace EFCoreSoftDelete.DataLayer
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {
        // ...

        public override int SaveChanges(bool acceptAllChangesOnSuccess)
        {
            ChangeTracker.DetectChanges();

            beforeSaveTriggers();

            ChangeTracker.AutoDetectChangesEnabled = false; // for performance reasons, to avoid calling DetectChanges() again.
            var result = base.SaveChanges(acceptAllChangesOnSuccess);

            ChangeTracker.AutoDetectChangesEnabled = true;
            return result;
        }

        // ...

        private void beforeSaveTriggers()
        {
            setAuditProperties();
        }

        private void setAuditProperties()
        {
            this.SetAuditableEntityOnBeforeSaveChanges();
        }
    }
}

 ar blog1 = context.Blogs.FirstOrDefault(blog => blog.Id == 1);
if (blog1 != null)
{
   context.Remove(blog1);

   context.SaveChanges();
}

var blog1AndItsRelatedPosts = context.Blogs
    .Include(blog => blog.Posts)
    .FirstOrDefault(blog => blog.Id == 1);
if (blog1AndItsRelatedPosts != null)
{
    context.Remove(blog1AndItsRelatedPosts);

    context.SaveChanges();
}

SELECT [t].[Id], [t].[DeletedAt], [t].[IsDeleted], [t].[Name], [t0].[Id], [t0].[BlogId], [t0].[DeletedAt], [t0].[IsDeleted], [t0].[Title]
FROM (
SELECT TOP(1) [b].[Id], [b].[DeletedAt], [b].[IsDeleted], [b].[Name]
FROM [Blogs] AS [b]
WHERE ([b].[IsDeleted] <> CAST(1 AS bit)) AND ([b].[Id] = 1)
) AS [t]
LEFT JOIN (
SELECT [p].[Id], [p].[BlogId], [p].[DeletedAt], [p].[IsDeleted], [p].[Title]
FROM [Posts] AS [p]
WHERE [p].[IsDeleted] <> CAST(1 AS bit)
) AS [t0] ON [t].[Id] = [t0].[BlogId]
ORDER BY [t].[Id], [t0].[Id]

Executing DbCommand [Parameters=[@p2='1', @p0='2020-09-17T05:25:00' (Nullable = true), @p1='True',
 @p5='2', @p3='2020-09-17T05:25:00' (Nullable = true), @p4='True', @p8='3',
@p6='2020-09-17T05:25:00' (Nullable = true), @p7='True',
 @p11='4', @p9='2020-09-17T05:25:00' (Nullable = true), @p10='True'], CommandType='Text', CommandTimeout='30']

SET NOCOUNT ON;
UPDATE [Blogs] SET [DeletedAt] = @p0, [IsDeleted] = @p1
WHERE [Id] = @p2;
SELECT @@ROWCOUNT;

UPDATE [Posts] SET [DeletedAt] = @p3, [IsDeleted] = @p4
WHERE [Id] = @p5;
SELECT @@ROWCOUNT;

UPDATE [Posts] SET [DeletedAt] = @p6, [IsDeleted] = @p7
WHERE [Id] = @p8;
SELECT @@ROWCOUNT;

UPDATE [Posts] SET [DeletedAt] = @p9, [IsDeleted] = @p10
WHERE [Id] = @p11;
SELECT @@ROWCOUNT;

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