Entity Framework | Code First | Mapping of sub property from CultureInfo.Name

Question

I\'ve got an entity like this :

public class Course {
    public CultureInfo Culture {get; set;}
    :
}

And I want to map just the N

Answer 1

Unfrotunatelly EF can't do it this way. The workaround is defining separate property with the Name which will be mapped to the database and marking your Culture property as not mapped.

public class Course
{
    public CultureInfo Culture { get; set; }
    public string CultureName 
    {
        get 
        {
            if (Cuture != null)
            {
                return Culture.Name;
            }

            return null;
        }
        set
        {
            // same check for value can be placed here

            Culture = new CultureInfo(value);
        }
    }
}

And in mapping you will define:

modelBuilder.Entity<Course>()
            .Ignore(c => c.Culture);