Fluent Entity Framework

Reusing a complex type

Creating a new complex type couldn’t be simpler, but I usually want to reuse that type in multiple places in my model, and that’s a little more complicated. Not a lot (particularly now that you know how to use the Mapping Details window), but a little.

The Entity Model Designer doesn’t have intrinsic support for reusing complex types. There’s no “Refactor into existing Complex Type” option, so the easiest way I’ve found to do it is to first refactor to a new type,  and then change the type and mapping properties:

Create a new complex type from the properties you want to map to the existing type (the properties representing ...