这是棘手的,特别是当涉及代理,但可能的。我是这样做的
Halfpipe
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/// <summary>
/// Returns entity set name for a given entity type
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context">An ObjectContext which defines the entity set for entityType. Must be non-null.</param>
/// <param name="entityType">An entity type. Must be non-null and have an entity set defined in the context argument.</param>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentException">If entityType is not an entity or has no entity set defined in context.</exception>
/// <returns>String name of the entity set.</returns>
internal static string GetEntitySetName(this ObjectContext context, Type entityType)
{
if (context == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("context");
}
if (entityType == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("entityType");
}
// when POCO proxies are enabled, "entityType" may be a subtype of the mapped type.
Type nonProxyEntityType = ObjectContext.GetObjectType(entityType);
if (entityType == null)
{
throw new ArgumentException(
string.Format(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture,
Halfpipe.Resource.TypeIsNotAnEntity,
entityType.Name));
}
var container = context.MetadataWorkspace.GetEntityContainer(context.DefaultContainerName, System.Data.Metadata.Edm.DataSpace.CSpace);
var result = (from entitySet in container.BaseEntitySets
where entitySet.ElementType.Name.Equals(nonProxyEntityType.Name)
select entitySet.Name).SingleOrDefault();
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(result))
{
throw new ArgumentException(
string.Format(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture,
Halfpipe.Resource.TypeIsNotAnEntity,
entityType.Name));
}
return result;
}