Entity Framework 6 & TPH inheritance: Map properties with the same name to same column by default

Question

As of EF6 it is possible to do something like this when configuring Entity mappings using Table Per Hierarchy inheritance:

public class MyContext : DbContext 
{
         


        

Answer 1

Used Custom Code First Conventions, which are available from EF6 onwards, to sort this out:

    protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        //your code before
        modelBuilder.Properties().Configure(prop => prop.HasColumnName(prop.ClrPropertyInfo.Name));
        //your code after
    }

This maps properties with the same name in different derived types to the same table column without explicit calls like those mentioned in the question.