EFDataSource Class

An Entity Framework data source.

Namespace: DevExpress.DataAccess.EntityFramework

Assembly: DevExpress.DataAccess.v19.2.dll

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

[XRDesigner("DevExpress.DataAccess.UI.Design.XREFDataSourceDesigner,DevExpress.DataAccess.v19.2.UI, Version=19.2.99.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c38a27d2243c2672", typeof(IDesigner))]
[ToolboxBitmap(typeof(ResFinder), "Bitmaps256.EFDataSource.bmp")]
[ToolboxSvgImage("DevExpress.DataAccess.Images.EFDataSource.svg,DevExpress.DataAccess.v19.2, Version=19.2.99.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c38a27d2243c2672")]
public class EFDataSource :
    DataComponentBase,
    IListSource,
    IListAdapter2,
    IListAdapter,
    ISupportInitialize,
    ITypedList

<XRDesigner("DevExpress.DataAccess.UI.Design.XREFDataSourceDesigner,DevExpress.DataAccess.v19.2.UI, Version=19.2.99.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c38a27d2243c2672", GetType(IDesigner))>
<ToolboxBitmap(GetType(ResFinder), "Bitmaps256.EFDataSource.bmp")>
<ToolboxSvgImage("DevExpress.DataAccess.Images.EFDataSource.svg,DevExpress.DataAccess.v19.2, Version=19.2.99.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c38a27d2243c2672")>
Public Class EFDataSource
    Inherits DataComponentBase
    Implements IListSource,
               IListAdapter2,
               IListAdapter,
               ISupportInitialize,
               ITypedList

The following members return EFDataSource objects:

Remarks

EFDataSource supports the following Entity Framework versions:

Entity Framework 5.0 and higher.
Entity Framework Core 1.0 and higher.

Note that the Entity Framework context class passed to an EFConnectionParameters.Source should be public.

Note

To connect to different database types using EFDataSource, you need to install a corresponding data provider. For instance, install the System.Data.SQLite.EF6 data provider to connect to an SQLite database using Entity Framework 6.