Fluent methods
Once you get past the generic and lambda syntax for entities and properties, the methods exposed by the configuration objects are pretty self-explanatory. Here’s a list of a few of the most common ones. Notice that in addition to the general Property methods shown, each data type has some methods specific to it. A few of those are included in the list, as well. If you want the complete list, check MSDN for the classes defined in the System.Data.Entity.ModelConfiguration.Configuration namespace. (Or just use Intellisense. It’s a whole lot easier.)
Modelbuilder methods
ModelBuilder.Ignore<TEntity>Modelbuild.Entity<T>
Entity methods
HasEntitySetName()HasKey<TProperty>()ToTable()
General property methods
HasColumnName()HasColumnOrder() ...
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