c# DbSet - Internal object cannot be got

Question

I need to switch an entity to internal. So I create it. No build/runtime error. But when I want to use the DbSet object I can\'t because the object seems not initialized !

Answer 1

I just had the same problem and was able to fix it by only setting the getter as internal.

public partial class Entities
{
   public DbSet<Employee> EmployeeSet { internal get; set; }
}

Answer 2

It will not be automatically instantiated if it is not set to public. You can manually instantiate it using Set<TEntity>() method.

public partial class Entities
{
   internal DbSet<Employee> EmployeeSet { get; set; }

   public Entities()
   {
       EmployeeSet = Set<Employee>();
   }
}