How to map many-to-many relationships in Entity Framework CTP5?

Question

I'm trying to map 2 types (user -> languages) using 3 tables (user - junction table - languages), and looks like the modelBuilder is expecting both types to have a reference to each other (like user.languagesSpoken, and language.UsersSpeaking). So basically I can build something like
modelBuilder.Entity<User>().HasMany(x=>x.LanguagesSpoken).WithMany(x=>x.UsersSpeaking).
I don't need a reference from language to user, however - and can't figure out how to map that..
Also, is there a way to specify a junction table name ?

Thanks!

Answer 1

The following will do the trick:

public class User
{
    public int UserId { get; set; }
    public virtual ICollection<Language> LanguagesSpoken { get; set; }
}

public class Language
{
    public int LanguageId { get; set; }
    public int Name { get; set; }
}        

public class Context : DbContext
{
    public DbSet<User> Products { get; set; }
    public DbSet<Language> Languages { get; set; }        

    protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        modelBuilder.Entity<User>()
                    .HasMany(x => x.LanguagesSpoken)
                    .WithMany()
                    .Map(c => 
                    { 
                        c.ToTable("yourDesiredName"); 
                    });
    }
}