Fluent interface is an API which allows method chaining to make code more readable.
Fluent interface is API which allows method chaining to make code more readable.
- Fluent interface on Wikipedia (includes implementations in some languages)
Questions tagged [fluent]
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How do I map to a lookup table using Entity Framework Code First with Fluent API
I'm new to asp.net mvc and entity framework code first apporach, I'm not that keen on databases either. I apologise in advance for wrong terminology or the way I understand things.
Now to the question. I have the following models:
User Model
public…
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Fluent NHibernate join single column from another table
I'm using Fluent NHibernate and have two tables;
Customer [ID, Name, LanguageID]
Languages [ID, Description]
I have a Customer entity with the following properties;
ID, Name, LanguageID, Language
What I would like to do is to join to the Languages…
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Generic 'TThis' for fluent classes
I'm constructing a fluent interface where I have a base class that contains the bulk of the fluent logic, and a derived class that add some specialized behavior. The problem I'm facing is the return type of the fluent methods in the base class when…
Paul Alexander
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Using Distinct in Laravel Fluent
I have this join:
Return DB::table('volunteer')
->join('volunteer_volunteer_category', 'volunteer_volunteer_category.volunteer_id', '=', 'volunteer.id')
->select(array('*','volunteer.id AS link_id'))
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Fluent NHibernate fetching view without unique identifier
I'm trying to map a view without an identifier, but nhibernate still generates a sql with the id column (giving me a sql error, since the ID column does not exists in the db). Maybe I'm misunderstanding the Id() constructor?
constructor…
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Fluent log4net configuration
Anyone know if there's a fluent way of configuring log4net (appenders and all the properties for appenders etc...).
The xml is driving me crazy.
Or if not, does anyone know of a decent .Net logging framework that can easily be fluently configured…
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Type inference for fluent API
I have the following extension methods:
public static IFoo Foo(this IFluentApi api, Action action);
public static IFoo Foo(
this IFluentApi api, Func func);
public static IBar Bar(this IFoo foo);
public static void…
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Fluent Nhibernate HasMany on non primary key
**Table Order**
Id (PK)
NonUniqueId
**Table OrderLine**
Id (PK)
OrderNonUniqueId
Text
I have a legacy database where there OrderLine references Order via non primary key. A Order Line may belong to many Orders.
How can this be mapped at…
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How to build a Fluent Nested Guard API
I am building a simple Guard API to protect against illegal parameters being passed to functions and so on.
I have the following code:
public static class Guard
{
public static GuardArgument Ensure(T value, string argumentName)
{
…
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Anyone know of any decent resources on Stored Procedures for Fluent Nhibernate 1.1
A recent release of Fluent Nhibernate (1.1) now supports stored procedures. I was wondering if anyone out there has found any good blog articles on how to do this!
I am not asking about using classic hbm mappings instead which these questions…
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Laravel Fluent add select()s in separate places?
//Earlier in the code, in each Model:
query = ModelName::select('table_name.*')
//Later in the code in a function in a Trait class that is always called
if ($column == 'group_by')
{
$thing_query->groupBy($value);
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Fluent NHibernate - How to map a List?
I have a class and inside it, a string and a list of enumerators.
public enum SomeEnum
{
Undefined=0,
Enum1,
Enum2,
Enum3,
End
}
public class SomeObject
{
public virtual int ID{get; set;}
public virtual String Name {get;…
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Is it bad practice for a class method to return `this`?
public class Chain
{
public string ChainString;
public Chain()
{
ChainString = "{}";
}
public Chain AddLink()
{
ChainString += "-{}";
return this; // is this a bad idea?
}
}
In the above…
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Multiple Associations from one Object to two Objects of the same Entity Type
I am attempting to use code first and the fluent API to create an object that holds two different entities from the same table. In other words, a transfer object holds a reference to two different tank objects--one is the source and the other the…
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Neo4j Cypher Query Builder
I have been trying to come across a query builder for Neo4j's query language Cypher, ideally using a fluent API. I did not find much, and decided to invest some time on building one myself.
The result so far is a fluent API query builder for the…
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