Before we dive into the technical details, let’s start with a quick history lesson, courtesy of Don Syme who worked on adding generics to .NET and then went on to design and implement F#, which is a pretty impressive set of achievements!!

Background and History

• 1999 Initial research, design and planning
  • .NET/C# Generics History: Some Photos From Feb 1999
• 1999 First ‘white paper’ published
  • More C#/.NET Generics Research Project History – The MSR white paper
  • MSR White Paper: Proposed Extensions to COM+ VOS (Draft) (pdf)
• 2001 C# Language Design Specification created
  • Some History: 2001 “GC#” (Generic C#) research project draft
  • MSR - .NET Generics Research Project - Generic C# Specification (pdf)
• 2001 Research paper published
  • Design and Implementation of Generics for the .NET CLR (pdf)
• 2004 Work completed and all bugs fixed
  • Some more .NET/C# Generics Research Project History 

Install-Package Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin -Version 2.1.0
Install-Package Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework -Version 2.1.0
Install-Package Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb -Version 3.0.0
Install-Package Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Owin -Version 5.2.2
Install-Package Microsoft.Owin.Security.OAuth -Version 3.0.0
Install-Package Microsoft.Owin.Cors -Version 3.0.0

 public class ApplicationUser : IdentityUser
    {
        [Required]
        [MaxLength(100)]
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
 
        [Required]
        [MaxLength(100)]
        public string LastName { get; set; }
 
        [Required]
        public byte Level { get; set; }
 
        [Required]
        public DateTime JoinDate { get; set; }
 
    }

 public class ApplicationDbContext : IdentityDbContext<ApplicationUser>
    {
        public ApplicationDbContext()
            : base("DefaultConnection", throwIfV1Schema: false)
        {
            Configuration.ProxyCreationEnabled = false;
            Configuration.LazyLoadingEnabled = false;
        }
 
        public static ApplicationDbContext Create()
        {
            return new ApplicationDbContext();
        }
 
    }

<connectionStrings>
    <add name="DefaultConnection" connectionString="Data Source=.\sqlexpress;Initial Catalog=AspNetIdentity;Integrated Security=SSPI;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>

enable-migrations
add-migration InitialCreate

SELECT
    [Id], 
    (SELECT top 1  * FROM  [AppUsers] FOR XML auto),
    HASHBYTES ('SHA2_256', (SELECT top 1  * FROM  [AppUsers] FOR XML auto)) AS [hash] -- varbinary(n), since 2012
FROM
    [AppUsers]

using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace EFCoreRowIntegrity
{
    public interface IAuditableEntity
    {
        string Hash { set; get; }
    }

    public static class AuditableShadowProperties
    {
        public static readonly string CreatedDateTime = nameof(CreatedDateTime);
        public static readonly string ModifiedDateTime = nameof(ModifiedDateTime);
    }

    public class Blog : IAuditableEntity
    {
        public int BlogId { get; set; }
        public string Url { get; set; }

        public List<Post> Posts { get; set; }

        public string Hash { get; set; }
    }

    public class Post : IAuditableEntity
    {
        public int PostId { get; set; }
        public string Title { get; set; }
        public string Content { get; set; }

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

        public string Hash { get; set; }
    }
}

using System.Collections.Generic;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.ChangeTracking;

namespace EFCoreRowIntegrity
{
    public class AuditEntry
    {
        public EntityEntry EntityEntry { set; get; }
        public IList<AuditProperty> AuditProperties { set; get; } = new List<AuditProperty>();

        public AuditEntry() { }

        public AuditEntry(EntityEntry entry)
        {
            EntityEntry = entry;
        }
    }

    public class AuditProperty
    {
        public string Name { set; get; }
        public object Value { set; get; }

        public bool IsTemporary { set; get; }
        public PropertyEntry PropertyEntry { set; get; }

        public AuditProperty() { }

        public AuditProperty(string name, object value, bool isTemporary, PropertyEntry property)
        {
            Name = name;
            Value = value;
            IsTemporary = isTemporary;
            PropertyEntry = property;
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.ChangeTracking;
using Newtonsoft.Json;

namespace EFCoreRowIntegrity
{
    public static class HashingExtensions
    {
        public static string GenerateObjectHash(this object @object)
        {
            if (@object == null)
            {
                return string.Empty;
            }

            var jsonData = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(@object, Formatting.Indented);
            using (var hashAlgorithm = new SHA256CryptoServiceProvider())
            {
                var byteValue = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(jsonData);
                var byteHash = hashAlgorithm.ComputeHash(byteValue);
                return Convert.ToBase64String(byteHash);
            }
        }

        public static string GenerateEntityEntryHash(this EntityEntry entry, string propertyToIgnore)
        {
            var auditEntry = new Dictionary<string, object>();
            foreach (var property in entry.Properties)
            {
                var propertyName = property.Metadata.Name;
                if (propertyName == propertyToIgnore)
                {
                    continue;
                }
                auditEntry[propertyName] = property.CurrentValue;
            }
            return auditEntry.GenerateObjectHash();
        }

        public static string GenerateEntityHash<TEntity>(this DbContext context, TEntity entity, string propertyToIgnore)
        {
            return context.Entry(entity).GenerateEntityEntryHash(propertyToIgnore);
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.ChangeTracking;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

namespace EFCoreRowIntegrity
{
    public class BloggingContext : DbContext
    {
        public BloggingContext()
        { }

        public BloggingContext(DbContextOptions options)
            : base(options)
        { }

        public DbSet<Blog> Blogs { get; set; }
        public DbSet<Post> Posts { get; set; }

        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
        {
            if (!optionsBuilder.IsConfigured)
            {
                optionsBuilder.EnableSensitiveDataLogging();
                var path = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "app_data", "EFCore.RowIntegrity.mdf");
                optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer($"Server=(localdb)\\mssqllocaldb;Database=EFCore.RowIntegrity;AttachDbFilename={path};Trusted_Connection=True;");
                optionsBuilder.UseLoggerFactory(new LoggerFactory().AddConsole((message, logLevel) =>
                logLevel == LogLevel.Debug &&
                           message.StartsWith("Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Database.Command")));
            }
        }

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

            foreach (var entityType in modelBuilder.Model
                                                   .GetEntityTypes()
                                                   .Where(e => typeof(IAuditableEntity)
                                                   .IsAssignableFrom(e.ClrType)))
            {
                modelBuilder.Entity(entityType.ClrType)
                            .Property<DateTimeOffset?>(AuditableShadowProperties.CreatedDateTime);
                modelBuilder.Entity(entityType.ClrType)
                            .Property<DateTimeOffset?>(AuditableShadowProperties.ModifiedDateTime);
            }
        }

        public override int SaveChanges()
        {
            var auditEntries = OnBeforeSaveChanges();
            var result = base.SaveChanges();
            OnAfterSaveChanges(auditEntries);
            return result;
        }

        private IList<AuditEntry> OnBeforeSaveChanges()
        {
            var auditEntries = new List<AuditEntry>();

            foreach (var entry in ChangeTracker.Entries<IAuditableEntity>())
            {
                if (entry.State == EntityState.Detached || entry.State == EntityState.Unchanged)
                {
                    continue;
                }

                var auditEntry = new AuditEntry(entry);
                auditEntries.Add(auditEntry);

                var now = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;

                foreach (var property in entry.Properties)
                {
                    var propertyName = property.Metadata.Name;
                    if (propertyName == nameof(IAuditableEntity.Hash))
                    {
                        continue;
                    }

                    if (property.IsTemporary)
                    {
                        // It's an auto-generated value and should be retrieved from the DB after calling the base.SaveChanges().
                        auditEntry.AuditProperties.Add(new AuditProperty(propertyName, null, true, property));
                        continue;
                    }

                    switch (entry.State)
                    {
                        case EntityState.Added:
                            entry.Property(AuditableShadowProperties.CreatedDateTime).CurrentValue = now;
                            auditEntry.AuditProperties.Add(new AuditProperty(propertyName, property.CurrentValue, false, property));
                            break;
                        case EntityState.Modified:
                            auditEntry.AuditProperties.Add(new AuditProperty(propertyName, property.CurrentValue, false, property));
                            entry.Property(AuditableShadowProperties.ModifiedDateTime).CurrentValue = now;
                            break;
                    }
                }
            }

            return auditEntries;
        }

        private void OnAfterSaveChanges(IList<AuditEntry> auditEntries)
        {
            foreach (var auditEntry in auditEntries)
            {
                foreach (var auditProperty in auditEntry.AuditProperties.Where(x => x.IsTemporary))
                {
                    // Now we have the auto-generated value from the DB.
                    auditProperty.Value = auditProperty.PropertyEntry.CurrentValue;
                    auditProperty.IsTemporary = false;
                }
                auditEntry.EntityEntry.Property(nameof(IAuditableEntity.Hash)).CurrentValue =
                    auditEntry.AuditProperties.ToDictionary(x => x.Name, x => x.Value).GenerateObjectHash();
            }
            base.SaveChanges();
        }
    }
}

public override int SaveChanges()
{
    var auditEntries = OnBeforeSaveChanges();
    var result = base.SaveChanges();
    OnAfterSaveChanges(auditEntries);
    return result;
}

if (property.IsTemporary)
{
   // It's an auto-generated value and should be retrieved from the DB after calling the base.SaveChanges().
   auditEntry.AuditProperties.Add(new AuditProperty(propertyName, null, true, property));
   continue;
}

private static void CheckRow1IsAuthentic()
{
    using (var context = new BloggingContext())
    {
        var blog1 = context.Blogs.Single(x => x.BlogId == 1);
        var entityHash = context.GenerateEntityHash(blog1, propertyToIgnore: nameof(IAuditableEntity.Hash));
        var dbRowHash = blog1.Hash;
        Console.WriteLine($"entityHash: {entityHash}\ndbRowHash:  {dbRowHash}");
        if (entityHash == dbRowHash)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("This row is authentic!");
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("This row is tampered outside of the application!");
        }
    }
}

entityHash: P110cYquWpoaZuTpCWaqBn6HPSGdoQdmaAN05s1zYqo=
dbRowHash: P110cYquWpoaZuTpCWaqBn6HPSGdoQdmaAN05s1zYqo=
This row is authentic!

entityHash: tdiZhKMJRnROGLLam1WpldA0fy/CbjJaR2Y2jNU9izk=
dbRowHash: P110cYquWpoaZuTpCWaqBn6HPSGdoQdmaAN05s1zYqo=
This row is tampered outside of the application!

var blogs = (from blog in context.Blogs.ToList() // Note: this `ToList()` is necessary here for having Shadow properties values, otherwise they will considered `null`.
             let computedHash = context.GenerateEntityHash(blog, nameof(IAuditableEntity.Hash))
             select new
             {
               blog.BlogId,
               blog.Url,
               RowHash = blog.Hash,
               ComputedHash = computedHash,
               IsAuthentic = blog.Hash == computedHash
             }).ToList();

Tip - Updating The Nuget Client 

nuget update -self

MongoDB, one of the leading NoSQL databases, is well known for its fast performance, flexible schema, scalability and great indexing capabilities. At the core of this fast performance lies MongoDB indexes, which support efficient execution of queries by avoiding full-collection scans and hence limiting the number of documents MongoDB searches.

و اگر از ویندوز سرور استفاده می‌کنید، باید Application Initialization را در قسمت Application Development فعال کنید:

- Open the Add Roles and Features Wizard.
- In the Select role services panel, open the Application Development node.
- Select the checkbox for Application Initialization.

ToTable("Users");

Get-Project Iris.DomainClasses, Iris.Datalayer, Iris.Servicelayer, Iris.Web | Install-Package Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework

        public IrisDbContext()
            : base("IrisDbContext")
        {
        }

            modelBuilder.Entity<CustomRole>().ToTable("AspRoles");
            modelBuilder.Entity<CustomUserClaim>().ToTable("UserClaims");
            modelBuilder.Entity<CustomUserRole>().ToTable("UserRoles");
            modelBuilder.Entity<CustomUserLogin>().ToTable("UserLogins");

AddColumn("dbo.Users", "EmailConfirmed", c => c.Boolean(nullable: false, defaultValue:true));

Get-Project Iris.Servicelayer, Iris.Web | Install-Package Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin

                x.For<IIdentity>().Use(() => (HttpContext.Current != null && HttpContext.Current.User != null) ? HttpContext.Current.User.Identity : null);

                x.For<IUnitOfWork>()
                    .HybridHttpOrThreadLocalScoped()
                    .Use<IrisDbContext>();

                x.For<IrisDbContext>().HybridHttpOrThreadLocalScoped()
                   .Use(context => (IrisDbContext)context.GetInstance<IUnitOfWork>());
                x.For<DbContext>().HybridHttpOrThreadLocalScoped()
                   .Use(context => (IrisDbContext)context.GetInstance<IUnitOfWork>());

                x.For<IUserStore<ApplicationUser, int>>()
                    .HybridHttpOrThreadLocalScoped()
                    .Use<CustomUserStore>();

                x.For<IRoleStore<CustomRole, int>>()
                    .HybridHttpOrThreadLocalScoped()
                    .Use<RoleStore<CustomRole, int, CustomUserRole>>();

                x.For<IAuthenticationManager>()
                      .Use(() => HttpContext.Current.GetOwinContext().Authentication);

                x.For<IApplicationSignInManager>()
                      .HybridHttpOrThreadLocalScoped()
                      .Use<ApplicationSignInManager>();

                x.For<IApplicationRoleManager>()
                      .HybridHttpOrThreadLocalScoped()
                      .Use<ApplicationRoleManager>();

                // map same interface to different concrete classes
                x.For<IIdentityMessageService>().Use<SmsService>();
                x.For<IIdentityMessageService>().Use<IdentityEmailService>();

                x.For<IApplicationUserManager>().HybridHttpOrThreadLocalScoped()
                   .Use<ApplicationUserManager>()
                   .Ctor<IIdentityMessageService>("smsService").Is<SmsService>()
                   .Ctor<IIdentityMessageService>("emailService").Is<IdentityEmailService>()
                   .Setter<IIdentityMessageService>(userManager => userManager.SmsService).Is<SmsService>()
                   .Setter<IIdentityMessageService>(userManager => userManager.EmailService).Is<IdentityEmailService>();

                x.For<ApplicationUserManager>().HybridHttpOrThreadLocalScoped()
                   .Use(context => (ApplicationUserManager)context.GetInstance<IApplicationUserManager>());

                x.For<ICustomRoleStore>()
                      .HybridHttpOrThreadLocalScoped()
                      .Use<CustomRoleStore>();

                x.For<ICustomUserStore>()
                      .HybridHttpOrThreadLocalScoped()
                      .Use<CustomUserStore>();

Install-Package Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb

Architecture with .NET Core 3, ASP.NET Core 3, Entity Framework Core 3, C# 8, Angular 8, Clean Code, SOLID, DDD, Code Analysis and Docker. 

In this post we are going to explore how to create model based on existing database (Db-First), with the help of Entityframework Core Command then learn how to generate Controller & Views using Scaffolding (Interface & Code-Generator Command) based on model.