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.NET 6.0+

Session.UpdateSchemaAsync(CancellationToken, Boolean, XPClassInfo[]) Method

Asynchronously updates the database schema to support the persistence of the objects with the specified metadata information.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpo

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpo.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Xpo

Declaration

public Task<UpdateSchemaResult> UpdateSchemaAsync(
    CancellationToken cancellationToken,
    bool doNotCreateIfFirstTableNotExist,
    params XPClassInfo[] types
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
cancellationToken CancellationToken

A CancellationToken object that delivers a cancellation notice to the running operation.

doNotCreateIfFirstTableNotExist Boolean

true if the schema should not be created when the table that corresponds to the first item in the types array doesn’t exist in the data store; otherwise, false.

types XPClassInfo[]

An array of XPClassInfo objects that specify the types of objects for which schema should be created in the data store.

Returns

Type Description
Task<UpdateSchemaResult>

A Task<TResult> that returns an UpdateSchemaResult enumeration value which specifies the result of the update operation.

Remarks

using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using DevExpress.Xpo;
using DevExpress.Xpo.DB;
using DevExpress.Xpo.Metadata;
// ...
public async Task CreateDatabase(string connectionString, params XPClassInfo[] persistentClasses) {
    using(IDataLayer dal = XpoDefault.GetDataLayer(connectionString, AutoCreateOption.DatabaseAndSchema)) {
        UnitOfWork uow = new UnitOfWork(dal);
        await uow.UpdateSchemaAsync(CancellationToken.None, persistentClasses);
        await uow.CreateObjectTypeRecordsAsync(CancellationToken.None, true, persistentClasses);
    }
}
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