how to achieve table per concrete class when base class is abstract in fluent nhibernate?

Question

i have the following scenario

public abstract class BaseClass
{
  public virtual int Id {get; set};
  public virtual string Name {get; set;}
}

public class Fir         


        

Answer 1

It caused me headache to implement the "Table per Concrete Class" inheritance strategy with an abstract base class with nhibernate automapping. But I think, I've finally found a solution and want to share it with you. I also think, it's not added to the automapping docs, because it's maybe considered as a "weak" database design.

First here are some resources I found about this topic:

• https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/232034/Inheritance-mapping-strategies-in-Fluent-Nhibernat Example implementation of inheritance strategies in fluent nhibernate (!automapping).
• https://github.com/jagregory/fluent-nhibernate/wiki/Automapping-inheritance Documentation of inheritance strategies in fluent nhibernate with automapping.
• (can't add another link) https : // github . com /jagregory/fluent-nhibernate/pull/25/commits/2984c8c4e89aa4cec8625538f763c5931121a4e7 Bug-Fix Union-SubClass implementation (Table per Concrete Class)

These resources basically describe how you need to do it:

1. As you already mentioned fluent nhibernate ignores abstract base classes. So you need to add them explicitly.

// abstractBaseTypes is just a simple enumeration of base types
// model is the AutoPersistenceModel
abstractBaseTypes.ForEach(m => model = model.IncludeBase(m));

2. a) If you know the abstract base types at compile time you can use

//sets the union subclass strategy for the known base model
model.Override(m => m.UseUnionSubclassForInheritanceMapping()))

2. b) If you don't know the concrete types you can create a mapping override for each base type:

public class AbstractRightEntryMappingOverride : IAutoMappingOverride
{
    public void Override(AutoMapping mapping)
    {
        mapping.UseUnionSubclassForInheritanceMapping();
    }
}

// You need to tell nhibernate where to find the overriden mappings. 
// You simply can add the assemblies again.
modelAssemblies.ForEach(a => model = model.UseOverridesFromAssembly(a));