using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;

namespace MvcApplication1.Models
{
    public class Task
    {
        public int Id { set; get; }

        [Required]
        public string Name { set; get; }

        [DisplayName("Due Date")]
        public DateTime? DueDate { set; get; }

        [ForeignKey("StatusId")]
        public virtual Status Status { set; get; } // one-to-many
        public int StatusId { set; get; }

        [StringLength(450)]
        public string Description { set; get; }

        public virtual ICollection<Tag> Tags { set; get; } // many-to-many
    }

    public class Tag
    {
        public int Id { set; get; }

        [Required]
        public string Name { set; get; }

        public virtual ICollection<Task> Tasks { set; get; } // many-to-many
    }

    public class Status
    {
        public int Id { set; get; }

        [Required]
        public string Name { set; get; }
    }
}

PM> Scaffold Controller -ModelType Task -ControllerName TasksController -DbContextType TasksDbContext -Repository -Force
PM> Scaffold Controller -ModelType Tag -ControllerName TagsController -DbContextType TasksDbContext -Repository -Force
PM> Scaffold Controller -ModelType Status -ControllerName StatusController -DbContextType TasksDbContext -Repository -Force

@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.StatusId,
((IEnumerable<Status>)ViewBag.PossibleStatus).Select(option => new SelectListItem {
  Text = (option == null ? "None" : option.Name),
  Value = option.Id.ToString(),
  Selected = (Model != null) && (option.Id == Model.StatusId)
}), "Choose...")
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.StatusId)

 PM> Scaffold MvcScaffolding.ActionWithUnitTest -Controller TasksController -Action ArchiveTask -ViewModel Task

 PM> Scaffold UnitTest Tasks Delete

1. استفاده از جداول جدا برای هر کدام از جداول به صورتیکه یک ارتباط یک به چند مابین آنها برقرار است. از این جداول تحت عنوان HistoryTable یاد می‌شود.
2. استفاده از یک جدول برای نگهداری تاریخچه‌ی تغییرات جداولی که نیازمند این امکان هستند. 

 public class Category
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }

        public string Title { get; set; }
    }

 public class CategoryMap : EntityTypeConfiguration<Entity.Category>
    {
        public CategoryMap()
        {
            ToTable( "Category" );

            HasKey( _field => _field.Id );

            Property( _field => _field.Title )
            .IsRequired();            
        }
    }

using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure;

namespace DataAccess
{
    public interface IUnitOfWork
    {
        DbSet<TEntity> Set<TEntity>() where TEntity : class;
        DbEntityEntry<TEntity> Entry<TEntity>() where TEntity : class;
        void SaveChanges();     
        void Dispose();
    }
}

[InheritedExport( typeof( IUnitOfWork ) )]
    public class DatabaseContext : DbContext, IUnitOfWork
    {
        private DbTransaction transaction = null;

        public DatabaseContext()           
        {
            this.Configuration.AutoDetectChangesEnabled = false;
            this.Configuration.LazyLoadingEnabled = true;
        }

        protected override void OnModelCreating( DbModelBuilder modelBuilder )
        {
            modelBuilder.Conventions.Remove<PluralizingTableNameConvention>();

            modelBuilder.AddFormAssembly( Assembly.GetAssembly( typeof( Entity.Map.CategoryMap ) ) );
        }

        public DbEntityEntry<TEntity> Entry<TEntity>() where TEntity : class
        {
            return this.Entry<TEntity>();
        }      
    }

 public static class ModelBuilderExtension
    {
        public static void AddFormAssembly( this DbModelBuilder modelBuilder, Assembly assembly )
        {
            Array.ForEach<Type>( assembly.GetTypes().Where( type => type.BaseType != null && type.BaseType.IsGenericType && type.BaseType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof( EntityTypeConfiguration<> ) ).ToArray(), delegate( Type type )
            {
                dynamic instance = Activator.CreateInstance( type );
                modelBuilder.Configurations.Add( instance );
            } );
        }
    }

public class BusinessBase<TEntity> where TEntity : class
    {        
        public BusinessBase( IUnitOfWork unitOfWork )
        {
            this.UnitOfWork = unitOfWork;
        }

        [Import]
        public IUnitOfWork UnitOfWork
        {
            get;
            private set;
        }

        public virtual IEnumerable<TEntity> GetAll()
        {
            return UnitOfWork.Set<TEntity>().AsNoTracking();
        }

        public virtual void Add( TEntity entity )
        {
            try
            {             
                UnitOfWork.Set<TEntity>().Add( entity );
                UnitOfWork.SaveChanges();
            }
            catch
            {              
                throw;
            }
            finally
            {
                UnitOfWork.Dispose();
            }
        }
    }

 public class Category : BusinessBase<Entity.Category>
    {      
        [ImportingConstructor]
        public Category( [Import( typeof( IUnitOfWork ) )] IUnitOfWork unitOfWork )
            : base( unitOfWork )
        {
        }
    }

public class Plugin
    {        
        public void Run()
        {
            AggregateCatalog catalog = new AggregateCatalog();

            Container = new CompositionContainer( catalog );

            CompositionBatch batch = new CompositionBatch();

            catalog.Catalogs.Add( new AssemblyCatalog( Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly() ) );

            batch.AddPart( this );

            Container.Compose( batch );
        }

        public CompositionContainer Container 
        {
            get; 
            private set;
        }
    }

  class Program
    {
        static void Main( string[] args )
        {
            Plugin plugin = new Plugin();
            plugin.Run();

            Category category = new Category(plugin.Container.GetExportedValue<IUnitOfWork>());
            category.GetAll().ToList().ForEach( _record => Console.Write( _record.Title ) );
        }
    }

public class NumberedEntity : Entity, IMultiTenantEntity
{
    public string EntityName { get; set; }
    public long NextNumber { get; set; }
    
    public long TenantId { get; set; }
}

public class NumberedEntityConfiguration : IEntityTypeConfiguration<NumberedEntity>
{
    public void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<NumberedEntity> builder)
    {
        builder.Property(a => a.EntityName).HasMaxLength(256).IsRequired().IsUnicode(false);
        builder.HasIndex(a => a.EntityName).HasName("UIX_NumberedEntity_EntityName").IsUnique();
        builder.ToTable(nameof(NumberedEntity));
    }
}

شاید به نظر، استفاده از این موجودیت ضروریتی نداشته باشد و خیلی راحت می‌توان آخرین شماره ثبت شده‌ی در جدول مورد نظر را واکشی، مقداری را به آن اضافه و به عنوان شماره منحصر به فرد رکورد جدید استفاده کرد؛ با این رویکرد حداقل دو مشکل زیر را خواهیم داشت:

• ایجاد Gap مابین شماره‌های تولید شده، که مدنظر ما نمی‌باشد. (با توجه به اینکه امکان ثبت دستی را هم داریم، ممکن است کاربر شماره‌ای را وارد کرده باشد که با آخرین شماره ثبت شده تعداد زیادی فاصله دارد که به خودی خود مشکل ساز نیست؛ ولی در زمان ثبت رکورد بعدی اگر به صورت خودکار ثبت شماره داشته باشد، قطعا آخرین شماره (بزرگترین) را که به صورت دستی وارد شده بود، از جدول دریافت خواهد کرد)

• مشکلات کارایی برای حل مسائل همزمانی

internal class NumberingPreInsertHook : PreInsertHook<INumberedEntity>
{
    private readonly IUnitOfWork _uow;
    private readonly IOptions<NumberingConfiguration> _configuration;

    public NumberingPreInsertHook(IUnitOfWork uow, IOptions<NumberingConfiguration> configuration)
    {
        _uow = uow ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(uow));
        _configuration = configuration ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(configuration));
    }

    protected override void Hook(INumberedEntity entity, HookEntityMetadata metadata)
    {
        if (!entity.Number.IsNullOrEmpty()) return;

        bool retry;
        string nextNumber;
        
        do
        {
            nextNumber = GenerateNumber(entity);
            var exists = CheckDuplicateNumber(entity, nextNumber);
            retry = exists;
            
        } while (retry);
        
        entity.Number = nextNumber;
    }

    private bool CheckDuplicateNumber(INumberedEntity entity, string nextNumber)
    {
       //...
    }

    private string GenerateNumber(INumberedEntity entity)
    {
       //...
    }
}

ابتدا بررسی می‌شود اگر پراپرتی Number مقداردهی شده‌است، عملیات مقداردهی خودکار برروی آن انجام نگیرد. سپس با توجه به اینکه ممکن است به صورت دستی قبلا شماره‌ای مانند Task_1000 وارد شده باشد و NextNumber مرتبط هم مقدار 1000 را داشته باشد؛ در این صورت به هنگام ثبت رکورد بعدی، با توجه به Prefix تنظیم شده، دوباره به شماره Task_1000 خواهیم رسید که در این مورد خاص با استفاده از متد CheckDuplicateNumber این قضیه تشخیص داده شده و سعی مجددی برای تولید شماره جدید صورت می‌گیرد.

private string GenerateNumber(INumberedEntity entity)
{
    var option = _configuration.Value.NumberedEntityOptions[entity.GetType()];

    var entityName = $"{entity.GetType().FullName}";

    var lockKey = $"Tenant_{_uow.TenantId}_" + entityName;

    _uow.ObtainApplicationLevelDatabaseLock(lockKey);

    var nextNumber = option.Start.ToString();

    var numberedEntity = _uow.Set<NumberedEntity>().AsNoTracking().FirstOrDefault(a => a.EntityName == entityName);
    if (numberedEntity == null)
    {
        _uow.ExecuteSqlCommand(
            "INSERT INTO [dbo].[NumberedEntity]([EntityName], [NextNumber], [TenantId]) VALUES(@p0,@p1,@p2)", entityName,
            option.Start + option.IncrementBy, _uow.TenantId);
    }
    else
    {
        nextNumber = numberedEntity.NextNumber.ToString();
        _uow.ExecuteSqlCommand("UPDATE [dbo].[NumberedEntity] SET [NextNumber] = @p0 WHERE [Id] = @p1 ",
            numberedEntity.NextNumber + option.IncrementBy, numberedEntity.Id);
    }

    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(option.Prefix))
        nextNumber = option.Prefix + nextNumber;
    
    return nextNumber;
}

public static void ObtainApplicationLevelDatabaseLock(this IUnitOfWork uow, string resource)
{
    uow.ExecuteSqlCommand(@"EXEC sp_getapplock @Resource={0}, @LockOwner={1}, 
                @LockMode={2} , @LockTimeout={3};", resource, "Transaction", "Exclusive", 15000);
}

public class NumberingConfiguration
{
    public bool Enabled { get; set; }

    public IDictionary<Type, NumberedEntityOption> NumberedEntityOptions { get; } =
        new Dictionary<Type, NumberedEntityOption>();
}

public class NumberedEntityOption
{
    public string Prefix { get; set; }
    public int Start { get; set; } = 1;
    public int IncrementBy { get; set; } = 1;
}

public static void AddNumbering(this IServiceCollection services,
    IDictionary<Type, NumberedEntityOption> options)
{
    services.Configure<NumberingConfiguration>(configuration =>
    {
        configuration.Enabled = true;
        configuration.NumberedEntityOptions.AddRange(options);
    });
    
    services.AddTransient<IPreActionHook, NumberingPreInsertHook>();
}

services.AddNumbering(new Dictionary<Type, NumberedEntityOption>
{
    [typeof(Task)] = new NumberedEntityOption
    {
        Prefix = "T_",
        Start = 1000,
        IncrementBy = 5
    }
});

public class Task : TrackableEntity, IAggregateRoot, INumberedEntity
{
    public const int MaxTitleLength = 256;
    public const int MaxDescriptionLength = 1024; 

    public string Title { get; set; }
    public string NormalizedTitle { get; set; }
    public string Description { get; set; }
    public TaskState State { get; set; } = TaskState.Todo; 
    public byte[] RowVersion { get; set; }
    public string Number { get; set; }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Data.Entity.Migrations;
using System.Data.Entity.ModelConfiguration;

namespace EF_General.Models.Ex18
{
    public class UserProfile
    {
        public int UserProfileId { set; get; }
        public string UserName { set; get; }

        [ForeignKey("CartableId")]
        public virtual Cartable Cartable { set; get; } // one-to-zero-or-one
        public int? CartableId { set; get; }

        public virtual ICollection<Doc> Docs { set; get; } // one-to-many
    }

    public class Doc
    {
        public int DocId { set; get; }
        public string Title { set; get; }
        public string Body { set; get; }

        [ForeignKey("UserProfileId")]
        public virtual UserProfile UserProfile { set; get; }
        public int UserProfileId { set; get; }

        public virtual ICollection<Cartable> Cartables { set; get; } // many-to-many
    }

    public class Cartable
    {
        public int CartableId { set; get; }

        [ForeignKey("UserProfileId")]
        public virtual UserProfile UserProfile { set; get; }
        public int UserProfileId { set; get; }

        public virtual ICollection<Doc> Docs { set; get; } // many-to-many
    }

    public class UserProfileMap : EntityTypeConfiguration<UserProfile>
    {
        public UserProfileMap()
        {
            this.HasOptional(x => x.Cartable)
                .WithRequired(x => x.UserProfile)
                .WillCascadeOnDelete();
        }
    }

    public class MyContext : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<UserProfile> UserProfiles { get; set; }
        public DbSet<Doc> Docs { get; set; }
        public DbSet<Cartable> Cartables { get; set; }

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

    public class Configuration : DbMigrationsConfiguration<MyContext>
    {
        public Configuration()
        {
            AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = true;
            AutomaticMigrationDataLossAllowed = true;
        }
    }

    public static class Test
    {
        public static void RunTests()
        {
            Database.SetInitializer(new MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<MyContext, Configuration>());
            using (var context = new MyContext())
            {
                var user = context.UserProfiles.Find(1);
                if (user != null)
                    Console.WriteLine(user.UserName);
            }
        }
    }
}

Introducing FOREIGN KEY constraint 'FK_DocCartables_Cartables_Cartable_CartableId' 
on table 'DocCartables' may cause cycles or multiple cascade paths. Specify 
ON DELETE NO ACTION or ON UPDATE NO ACTION, or modify other FOREIGN KEY constraints.
Could not create constraint. See previous errors.

public int? UserProfileId { set; get; }

The referential relationship will result in a cyclical reference that is not allowed. [ Constraint name =  ]

[
  {
    release_info,
    "assets": [
      {
      }
    ]
  }
]

using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System;

namespace ApplicationAnnouncements
{
    public class GitHubProjectRelease
    {
        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "url")]
        public string Url { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "assets_url")]
        public string AssetsUrl { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "upload_url")]
        public string UploadUrl { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "html_url")]
        public string HtmlUrl { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "id")]
        public int Id { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "tag_name")]
        public string TagName { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "target_commitish")]
        public string TargetCommitish { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "name")]
        public string Name { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "body")]
        public string Body { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "draft")]
        public bool Draft { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "prerelease")]
        public bool PreRelease { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "created_at")]
        public DateTime CreatedAt { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "published_at")]
        public DateTime PublishedAt { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "assets")]
        public Asset[] Assets { get; set; }
    }

    public class Asset
    {
        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "url")]
        public string Url { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "id")]
        public int Id { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "name")]
        public string Name { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "label")]
        public string Label { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "content_type")]
        public string ContentType { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "state")]
        public string State { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "size")]
        public int Size { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "download_count")]
        public int DownloadCount { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "created_at")]
        public DateTime CreatedAt { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "updated_at")]
        public DateTime UpdatedAt { get; set; }
    }
}