How to Refresh DbContext

Question

I want to refresh all entities of my DbContext without recreating it, I tried the following and none of them make sense:

var context = ((IObjectContextAdapter)myDbContext).ObjectContext;

var refreshableObjects = (from entry in context.ObjectStateManager.GetObjectStateEntries(
                                   EntityState.Added
                                   | EntityState.Deleted
                                   | EntityState.Modified
                                   | EntityState.Unchanged)
                          where entry.EntityKey != null
                          select entry.Entity);

context.Refresh(RefreshMode.StoreWins, refreshableObjects);
//.......................................................................
foreach (var entry in this.Orm.ChangeTracker.Entries())
{
    entry.State = EntityState.Unchanged;
}
this.Orm.ChangeTracker.DetectChanges();

And the only one which refreshes my DbContext:

foreach (var i in this.Orm.ChangeTracker.Entries())
    i.Reload();

But it's too slow. Can you help me choosing the right way?

Answer 1

I just found that the Enumerable result should be evaluated because the Refresh method gets it as object and doesn't evaluate it.

var context = ((IObjectContextAdapter)myDbContext).ObjectContext;
var refreshableObjects = (from entry in context.ObjectStateManager.GetObjectStateEntries(
                                           EntityState.Added
                                           | EntityState.Deleted
                                           | EntityState.Modified
                                           | EntityState.Unchanged)
                          where entry.EntityKey != null
                          select entry.Entity).ToList();

context.Refresh(RefreshMode.StoreWins, refreshableObjects);

And I prefer the following:

var refreshableObjects = myDbContext.ChangeTracker.Entries().Select(c=>c.Entity).ToList();
context.Refresh(RefreshMode.StoreWins, refreshableObjects);

Answer 2

I checked this and id works fine:

//Search
Box box = dbContext.Boxes.FirstOrDefault(x => x.BoxId == 45);

//breakpoint here, change Name of Box by sql management studio

//Refresh
var context = ((IObjectContextAdapter)dbContext).ObjectContext;
context.Refresh(System.Data.Entity.Core.Objects.RefreshMode.StoreWins, box);

//Check refresh and if it is in context
box = dbContext.Boxes.FirstOrDefault(x => x.BoxId == 45);

Are you sure it is the same db-context?

Answer 3

using System.Data.Entity.Core.Objects;
using System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure;
using System.Linq;

namespace System.Data.Entity
{
    public static class DbContextExtensions
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Refresh non-detached entities
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="dbContext">context of the entities</param>
        /// <param name="refreshMode">store or client wins</param>
        /// <param name="entityType">when specified only entities of that type are refreshed. when null all non-detached entities are modified</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static DbContext RefreshEntites(this DbContext dbContext, RefreshMode refreshMode, Type entityType)
        {
            //https://christianarg.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/entityframework-refreshall-loaded-entities-from-database/
            var objectContext = ((IObjectContextAdapter)dbContext).ObjectContext;
            var refreshableObjects = objectContext.ObjectStateManager
                .GetObjectStateEntries(EntityState.Added | EntityState.Deleted | EntityState.Modified | EntityState.Unchanged)
                .Where(x => entityType == null || x.Entity.GetType() == entityType)
                .Where(entry => entry.EntityKey != null)
                .Select(e => e.Entity)
                .ToArray();

            objectContext.Refresh(RefreshMode.StoreWins, refreshableObjects);

            return dbContext;
        }

        public static DbContext RefreshAllEntites(this DbContext dbContext, RefreshMode refreshMode)
        {
            return RefreshEntites(dbContext: dbContext, refreshMode: refreshMode, entityType: null); //null entityType is a wild card
        }

        public static DbContext RefreshEntites<TEntity>(this DbContext dbContext, RefreshMode refreshMode)
        {
            return RefreshEntites(dbContext: dbContext, refreshMode: refreshMode, entityType: typeof(TEntity));
        }
    }
}

Answer 4

In some cases, if a collection has been updated by a third party app, the collection may not be reloaded when refreshing the collection's object.

I had the case where I had an object A with a one to many relashionship to an object B.

Application 1 loads an object A with A.ListB empty. Application 2 fills the A.ListB collection. Application 1 reloads the object A.

With the solution above, A.ListB remains empty. I had to reload the collection A.ListB explicitly.

Here is a generic way to have all collections reloaded:

var context = ((IObjectContextAdapter)this).ObjectContext;

// detach all added entities
ChangeTracker.Entries().Where(e => e.State == EntityState.Added).ToList().ForEach(e => e.State = EntityState.Detached);

// select entities
var refreshableObjects = ChangeTracker.Entries().Select(e => e.Entity).ToList();

// refresh each refreshable object
foreach (var @object in refreshableObjects)
{
    // refresh each collection of the object
    context.ObjectStateManager.GetRelationshipManager(@object).GetAllRelatedEnds().Where( r => r.IsLoaded).ToList().ForEach( c => c.Load() );

    // refresh the object
    context.Refresh(RefreshMode.StoreWins, @object);
}

Answer 5

I had a trigger after insert in the database and I was working inside a transaction, so I needed to get the new values generated by the trigger in the same context. This worked for me:

using (var ctx = new context())
{
    ctx.Connection.Open();
    ctx.Transaction = ctx.Connection.BeginTransaction();

    ctx.Entities.InsertOnSubmit(itemDB);
    ctx.SubmitChanges();
    ctx.Refresh(RefreshMode.OverwriteCurrentValues, itemDB);

    Model newModel = itemDB.ToModel();

    ctx.Transaction.Commit();
    return newModel;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    ctx.Transaction.Rollback();
}