Generating Dependency Graphs
Another interesting addition, new to VS 2010, is the Dependency Graph generation. Basically this feature enables generating a WPF-based, graphical, browsable view of dependencies between objects in your projects. Dependency graphs can be generated at assembly level (including all types), namespace level (including only types from a given namespace), or at class level. To demonstrate this feature, create a new console project and add the following items:
• An Entity Data Model mapping the Customers
, Orders
and Order_Details
tables from the Northwind database (see Chapter 27, “Introducing the ADO.NET Entity Framework,” for a recap).
• A new class named Helper
, whose purpose is just offering a simple method returning ...
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