ef之 entitystate状态

之前使用EF，我们都是通过调用SaveChanges方法把增加/修改/删除的数据提交到数据库，但是上下文是如何知道实体对象是增加、修改还是删除呢？答案是通过EntityState枚举来判断的，我们看一个方法：

/// <summary>
        /// 查看实体状态
        /// </summary>
        private static void GetOneEntityToSeeEntityState()
        {
            using (var context = new DbContexts.DataAccess.BreakAwayContext())
            {
                var destination = context.Destinations.Find(4);
                EntityState stateBefore = context.Entry(destination).State;
                Console.WriteLine(stateBefore);
            }
        }

注：使用EntityState需添加引用system.data     
跑下程序，输出结果为：Unchanged。从英文意思我们已经猜到一二：取出来的数据是Unchanged，那么添加、修改、删除自然也就是Added、Modified、Deleted了。我们在EntityState上按F12定位到其定义看看：  

的确，当调用SaveChanges方法的时候，EF会根据EntityState这个枚举检测到实体的状态，然后执行相应的增/删/改操作。它们的具体意思分别为：

• An entity can be in one of five states as defined by the EntityState enumeration. These states are:

  • Added: the entity is being tracked by the context but does not yet exist in the database
  • Unchanged: the entity is being tracked by the context and exists in the database, and its property values have not changed from the values in the database
  • Modified: the entity is being tracked by the context and exists in the database, and some or all of its property values have been modified
  • Deleted: the entity is being tracked by the context and exists in the database, but has been marked for deletion from the database the next time SaveChanges is called
  • Detached: the entity is not being tracked by the context【database may be not existed】

  SaveChanges does different things for entities in different states:

  • Unchanged entities are not touched by SaveChanges. Updates are not sent to the database for entities in the Unchanged state.
  • Added entities are inserted into the database and then become Unchanged when SaveChanges returns.
  • Modified entities are updated in the database and then become Unchanged when SaveChanges returns.
  • Deleted entities are deleted from the database and are then detached from the context.