Bogus is a good tool to generate test data; however, I have two issues on using it for C# Entity Framework on .net 5.0
For the many-to-many relationship - how to generate the data for middle table? my current CourseStudent table is empty at the moment.
For the one-to-one relationship - I try to generate 100 sets of student data; however, how to generate exact 100 records for StudentAddresses? Current table has only 64 records.
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace EFCore_CodeFirst.Model
{
public class Course
{
public Course()
{
this.Students = new HashSet<Student>();
}
public int CourseId { get; set; }
public string CourseName { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Student> Students { get; set; } //many-to-many relationship
}
}
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
namespace EFCore_CodeFirst.Model
{
public class Student
{
public int StudentId { get; set; }
//The RowVersion is used as concurrency token, ensuring that you get an exception if a row you are updating has changed since you queried it.
[ConcurrencyCheck]
public string StudentName { get; set; }
public DateTime? DateOfBirth { get; set; }
public decimal Height { get; set; }
public float Weight { get; set; }
//fully defined relationship
public int? GradeId { get; set; }
public virtual Grade Grade { get; set; } //one-to-many relationship
[Timestamp] //timestamp/rowversion - auto-generated by db when inserted/updated.
public byte[] RowVersion { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Course> Courses { get; set; } //many-to-many relationship
public virtual StudentAddress Address { get; set; } //one-to-one relationship
}
}
using Bogus;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
namespace EFCore_CodeFirst.Model
{
public class SchoolDBInitializer
{
public List<Grade> Grades { get; set; }
public List<Course> Courses { get; set; }
public List<Student> Students { get; set; }
public List<StudentAddress> StudentAddresses { get; set; }
public SchoolDBInitializer()
{
const int numToSeed = 100;
var gId = 1;
Grades = new List<Grade>()
{
new Grade(){ GradeId = gId++, GradeName = "Grade 7", Section = "A" },
new Grade(){ GradeId = gId++, GradeName = "Grade 7", Section = "B" },
new Grade(){ GradeId = gId++, GradeName = "Grade 7", Section = "C" },
new Grade(){ GradeId = gId++, GradeName = "Grade 8", Section = "A" },
new Grade(){ GradeId = gId++, GradeName = "Grade 8", Section = "B" },
new Grade(){ GradeId = gId++, GradeName = "Grade 8", Section = "C" },
new Grade(){ GradeId = gId++, GradeName = "Grade 9", Section = "A" },
new Grade(){ GradeId = gId++, GradeName = "Grade 9", Section = "B" },
new Grade(){ GradeId = gId++, GradeName = "Grade 9", Section = "C" },
new Grade(){ GradeId = gId++, GradeName = "Grade 10", Section = "A" },
new Grade(){ GradeId = gId++, GradeName = "Grade 10", Section = "B" },
new Grade(){ GradeId = gId++, GradeName = "Grade 10", Section = "C" },
new Grade(){ GradeId = gId++, GradeName = "Grade 11", Section = "A" },
new Grade(){ GradeId = gId++, GradeName = "Grade 11", Section = "B" },
new Grade(){ GradeId = gId++, GradeName = "Grade 11", Section = "C" },
new Grade(){ GradeId = gId++, GradeName = "Grade 12", Section = "A" },
new Grade(){ GradeId = gId++, GradeName = "Grade 12", Section = "B" },
new Grade(){ GradeId = gId++, GradeName = "Grade 12", Section = "C" }
};
var cId = 1;
Courses = new List<Course>()
{
new Course() { CourseId = cId++, CourseName = "Chinese" },
new Course() { CourseId = cId++, CourseName = "English" },
new Course() { CourseId = cId++, CourseName = "Math" },
new Course() { CourseId = cId++, CourseName = "Computing" },
new Course() { CourseId = cId++, CourseName = "Art" },
new Course() { CourseId = cId++, CourseName = "Physics" },
new Course() { CourseId = cId++, CourseName = "Chemistry" },
new Course() { CourseId = cId++, CourseName = "Biology" },
new Course() { CourseId = cId++, CourseName = "History" }
};
var sId = 1;
var startDate = DateTime.ParseExact("20010101", "yyyyMMdd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
var endDate = DateTime.ParseExact("20091231", "yyyyMMdd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
Faker<Student> studentFaker = new Faker<Student>()
.StrictMode(false)
.UseSeed(1122) //It's a good idea to set a specific seed to generate different result of each Faker
.RuleFor(s => s.StudentId, f => sId++)
.RuleFor(s => s.StudentName, f => f.Name.FirstName())
.RuleFor(s => s.DateOfBirth, f => f.Date.Between(startDate, endDate))
.RuleFor(s => s.Height, f => f.Random.Decimal(120.5m, 195.5m))
.RuleFor(s => s.Weight, f => f.Random.Float(40.5f, 90.5f))
.RuleFor(s => s.GradeId, f => f.PickRandom(Grades).GradeId) //lookup existing value in Grades
//.RuleFor(s => s.CourseId, f => f.PickRandom(Courses).CourseId)
;
Students = studentFaker.Generate(numToSeed);
var saId = 1;
Faker<StudentAddress> studentAddressFaker = new Faker<StudentAddress>()
.StrictMode(false)
.UseSeed(1122) //It's a good idea to set a specific seed to generate different result of each Faker
.RuleFor(s => s.StudentAddressId, f => saId++)
.RuleFor(s => s.Address1, f => f.Address.StreetAddress())
.RuleFor(s => s.Address2, f => f.Address.SecondaryAddress())
.RuleFor(s => s.City, f => f.Address.City())
.RuleFor(s => s.Zipcode, f => f.Address.ZipCode())
.RuleFor(s => s.State, f => f.Address.State())
.RuleFor(s => s.Country, f => f.Address.Country())
.RuleFor(s => s.AddressOfStudentId, f => f.PickRandom(Students).StudentId);
StudentAddresses = studentAddressFaker.Generate(numToSeed);
}
}
}
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
namespace EFCore_CodeFirst.Model
{
public class SchoolContext : DbContext
{
protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
{
if (!optionsBuilder.IsConfigured)
{
optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(@"Server=(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB;Database=SchoolDB;Trusted_Connection=True;");
}
}
protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
modelBuilder.Entity<Student>()
.HasOne<StudentAddress>(s => s.Address)
.WithOne(ad => ad.Student)
.HasForeignKey<StudentAddress>(ad => ad.AddressOfStudentId); //one-to-one relationship
SchoolDBInitializer schoolData = new SchoolDBInitializer();
modelBuilder.Entity<Course>().HasData(schoolData.Courses);
modelBuilder.Entity<Grade>().HasData(schoolData.Grades);
modelBuilder.Entity<Student>().HasData(schoolData.Students);
modelBuilder.Entity<StudentAddress>().HasData(schoolData.StudentAddresses);
}
public DbSet<Student> Students { get; set; }
public DbSet<Grade> Grades { get; set; }
public DbSet<Course> Courses { get; set; }
public DbSet<StudentAddress> StudentAddresses { get; set; }
}
}
namespace EFCore_CodeFirst.Model
{
public class StudentAddress
{
public int StudentAddressId { get; set; }
public string Address1 { get; set; }
public string Address2 { get; set; }
public string City { get; set; }
public string Zipcode { get; set; }
public string State { get; set; }
public string Country { get; set; }
//one-to-one relationship
public int AddressOfStudentId { get; set; }
public virtual Student Student { get; set; }
}
}
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace EFCore_CodeFirst.Model
{
public class Grade
{
public int GradeId { get; set; }
public string GradeName { get; set; }
public string Section { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Student> Students { get; set; }
}
}
Change the code to use many-to-many join-table class, the problem is fixed.
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace EFCore_CodeFirst.Model.School
{
public class Course
{
//public Course()
//{
// this.Students = new HashSet<Student>();
//}
public int CourseId { get; set; }
public string CourseName { get; set; }
public int? TeacherId { get; set; }
public virtual Teacher Teacher { get; set; } //one-to-many relationship
//public virtual ICollection<Student> Students { get; set; } //many-to-many relationship (without join-table class)
public virtual ICollection<StudentCourse> StudentCourses { get; set; } //many-to-many relationship (WITH join-table class)
}
}
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
namespace EFCore_CodeFirst.Model.School
{
public class Student
{
public int StudentId { get; set; }
//The RowVersion is used as concurrency token, ensuring that you get an exception if a row you are updating has changed since you queried it.
[ConcurrencyCheck]
public string StudentName { get; set; }
public DateTime? DateOfBirth { get; set; }
public decimal Height { get; set; }
public float Weight { get; set; }
//fully defined relationship
public int? GradeId { get; set; }
public virtual Grade Grade { get; set; } //one-to-many relationship
public int? StandardId { get; set; }
public virtual Standard Standard { get; set; } //one-to-many relationship
[Timestamp] //timestamp/rowversion - auto-generated by db when inserted/updated.
public byte[] RowVersion { get; set; }
public virtual StudentAddress Address { get; set; } //one-to-one relationship
//public virtual ICollection<Course> Courses { get; set; } //many-to-many relationship (without join-table class)
public virtual ICollection<StudentCourse> StudentCourses { get; set; } //many-to-many relationship (WITH join-table class)
}
}
namespace EFCore_CodeFirst.Model.School
{
// Optional for EF Core 5.0
// without this class, the system generate
// Table name: CourseStudent
// Column names: CoursesCourseId, StudentsStudentId
//
// this class defines the column names of the join table (aka. bridging, junction or linking table)
// this provides a reference class for pre-loading the fake test data
// Typically, the join table contains just the entity key values of each side of the relationship.
//
//
// The relationship also needs to be configured via the Fluent API in OnModelCreating() of DbContext
public class StudentCourse
{
public StudentCourse(){}
public StudentCourse(Student student, Course course)
{
StudentId = student.StudentId;
Student = student;
CourseId = course.CourseId;
Course = course;
}
public int StudentId { get; set; } // System generated name without this class: StudentsStudentId
public Student Student { get; set; }
public int CourseId { get; set; } // System generated name without this class: CoursesCourseId
public Course Course { get; set; }
}
}
protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
modelBuilder.Entity<Student>()
.HasOne<StudentAddress>(s => s.Address)
.WithOne(ad => ad.Student)
.HasForeignKey<StudentAddress>(ad => ad.AddressOfStudentId); //one-to-one relationship
// many-to-many relationship
modelBuilder.Entity<StudentCourse>()
.HasKey(cs => new { cs.CourseId, cs.StudentId });
modelBuilder.Entity<StudentCourse>()
.HasOne(cs => cs.Student)
.WithMany(s => s.StudentCourses)
.HasForeignKey(s => s.StudentId);
modelBuilder.Entity<StudentCourse>()
.HasOne(cs => cs.Course)
.WithMany(c => c.StudentCourses)
.HasForeignKey(c => c.CourseId);
SchoolDBInitializer schoolData = new SchoolDBInitializer();
modelBuilder.Entity<Course>().HasData(schoolData.Courses);
modelBuilder.Entity<Grade>().HasData(schoolData.Grades);
modelBuilder.Entity<Standard>().HasData(schoolData.Standards);
modelBuilder.Entity<Student>().HasData(schoolData.Students);
modelBuilder.Entity<StudentAddress>().HasData(schoolData.StudentAddresses);
modelBuilder.Entity<StudentCourse>().HasData(schoolData.StudentCourses);
modelBuilder.Entity<Teacher>().HasData(schoolData.Teachers);
}
Faker<StudentCourse> studentCourseFaker = new Faker<StudentCourse>()
.StrictMode(false)
.UseSeed(5354) //It's a good idea to set a specific seed to generate different result of each Faker
.RuleFor(s => s.StudentId, f => f.PickRandom(Students).StudentId) //lookup existing value in Grades
.RuleFor(s => s.CourseId, f => f.PickRandom(Courses).CourseId);
StudentCourses = studentCourseFaker.Generate(numToSeed)
.GroupBy(c => new { c.StudentId, c.CourseId }).Select(c => c.FirstOrDefault()).ToList(); //remove duplicate