ReferenceNavigationBuilder.WithMany(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders

Assembly:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.dll

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v1.0.6

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v1.1.6

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v2.0.3

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v2.1.11

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v2.2.6

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v3.0.0

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v3.1.0

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v5.0.0

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v6.0.0

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v7.0.0

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v8.0.0

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Configures this as a one-to-many relationship.

public virtual Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders.ReferenceCollectionBuilder WithMany (string collection = default);

public virtual Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders.ReferenceCollectionBuilder WithMany (string? collection = default);

abstract member WithMany : string -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders.ReferenceCollectionBuilder
override this.WithMany : string -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders.ReferenceCollectionBuilder

Public Overridable Function WithMany (Optional collection As String = Nothing) As ReferenceCollectionBuilder

Parameters

collection: String

The name of the collection navigation property on the other end of this relationship. If null or not specified, there is no navigation property on the other end of the relationship.

Returns

ReferenceCollectionBuilder

An object to further configure the relationship.

Remarks

Note that calling this method with no parameters will explicitly configure this side of the relationship to use no navigation property, even if such a property exists on the entity type. If the navigation property is to be used, then it must be specified.

Applies to