File: System\Data\Mapping\StorageTypeMapping.cs
Project: ndp\fx\src\DataEntity\System.Data.Entity.csproj (System.Data.Entity)
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// <copyright file="StorageTypeMapping.cs" company="Microsoft">
//      Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
// </copyright>
//
// @owner       Microsoft
// @backupOwner Microsoft
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Text;
using System.Data.Metadata.Edm;
 
namespace System.Data.Mapping {
    /// <summary>
    /// Represents the Mapping metadata for a type map in CS space.
    /// </summary>
    /// <example>
    /// For Example if conceptually you could represent the CS MSL file as following
    /// --Mapping 
    ///   --EntityContainerMapping ( CNorthwind-->SNorthwind )
    ///     --EntitySetMapping
    ///       --EntityTypeMapping
    ///         --MappingFragment
    ///           --EntityKey
    ///             --ScalarPropertyMap
    ///           --ScalarPropertyMap
    ///       --EntityTypeMapping
    ///         --MappingFragment
    ///           --EntityKey
    ///             --ScalarPropertyMap
    ///           --ComplexPropertyMap
    ///             --ScalarPropertyMap
    ///             --ScalarProperyMap
    ///           --ScalarPropertyMap
    ///     --AssociationSetMapping 
    ///       --AssociationTypeMapping
    ///         --MappingFragment
    ///           --EndPropertyMap
    ///             --ScalarPropertyMap
    ///             --ScalarProperyMap
    ///           --EndPropertyMap
    ///             --ScalarPropertyMap
    /// This class represents the metadata for all the Type map elements in the 
    /// above example namely EntityTypeMapping, AssociationTypeMapping and CompositionTypeMapping.
    /// The TypeMapping elements contain TableMappingFragments which in turn contain the property maps.
    /// </example>
    internal abstract class StorageTypeMapping {
        #region Constructors
        /// <summary>
        /// Construct the new StorageTypeMapping object.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="setMapping">SetMapping that contains this type mapping </param>
        internal StorageTypeMapping(StorageSetMapping setMapping) {
            this.m_fragments = new List<StorageMappingFragment>();
            this.m_setMapping = setMapping;
        }
        #endregion
 
        #region Fields
        /// <summary>
        /// ExtentMap that contains this type mapping.
        /// </summary>
        StorageSetMapping m_setMapping;
        /// <summary>
        /// Set of fragments that make up the type Mapping.
        /// </summary>
        List<StorageMappingFragment> m_fragments;
        #endregion
 
        #region Properties
        /// <summary>
        /// Mapping fragments that make up this set type
        /// </summary>
        internal ReadOnlyCollection<StorageMappingFragment> MappingFragments
        {
            get
            {
                return this.m_fragments.AsReadOnly();
            }
        }
 
        internal StorageSetMapping SetMapping 
        {
            get 
            {
                return m_setMapping;
            }
        }
 
 
        /// <summary>
        /// a list of TypeMetadata that this mapping holds true for.
        /// </summary>
        internal abstract ReadOnlyCollection<EdmType> Types { get;}
 
        /// <summary>
        /// a list of TypeMetadatas for which the mapping holds true for
        /// not only the type specified but the sub-types of that type as well.        
        /// </summary>
        internal abstract ReadOnlyCollection<EdmType> IsOfTypes { get;}
        #endregion
 
        #region Methods
        /// <summary>
        /// Add a fragment mapping as child of this type mapping
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="fragment"></param>
        internal void AddFragment(StorageMappingFragment fragment)
        {
            this.m_fragments.Add(fragment);
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// This method is primarily for debugging purposes.
        /// Will be removed shortly.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="index"></param>
        internal abstract void Print(int index);
        #endregion
    }
}