FileContextCore 3.4.0
dotnet add package FileContextCore --version 3.4.0
NuGet\Install-Package FileContextCore -Version 3.4.0
<PackageReference Include="FileContextCore" Version="3.4.0" />
paket add FileContextCore --version 3.4.0
#r "nuget: FileContextCore, 3.4.0"
// Install FileContextCore as a Cake Addin #addin nuget:?package=FileContextCore&version=3.4.0 // Install FileContextCore as a Cake Tool #tool nuget:?package=FileContextCore&version=3.4.0
FileContextCore
FileContextCore is a "Database"-Provider for Entity Framework Core and adds the ability to store information in files. It enables fast developments because of the advantage of just copy, edit and delete files.
This framework bases on the idea of FileContext by DevMentor (https://github.com/pmizel/DevMentor.Context.FileContext)
Advantages
- No database needed
- Easy configuration
- Rapid data-modelling, -modification
- Share data through version-control
- Supports all serializable .NET types
- Integrates seamlessly into EF Core
- Different serializer supported (XML, JSON, CSV, Excel)
- Supports encryption
- Supports relations
- Supports multiple databases
!This extension is not intended to be used in production systems!
Install
https://www.nuget.org/packages/FileContextCore/
PM > Install-Package FileContextCore
Configure EF Core
Configure in DI-Service configuration
In your Startup.cs
use this:
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
...
services.AddDbContext<Context>(options => options.UseFileContextDatabase());
...
}
or
Override OnConfiguring
method
You can also override the OnConfiguring
method of your DbContext to apply the settings:
protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
{
optionsBuilder.UseFileContextDatabase();
}
Example
For a simple example check out: Example
You can also play around with this example on dotnetfiddle.net: Demo
Configuration
By default the extension uses JSON
-serialization and the DefaultFileManager
You can use a different serializer to support other serialization methods.
Available Serializer
XMLSerializer
Serializes data using System.XML
optionsBuilder.UseFileContextDatabase<XMLSerializer, DefaultFileManager>();
CSVSerializer
Serializes data using CsvHelper (https://joshclose.github.io/CsvHelper/)
optionsBuilder.UseFileContextDatabase<CSVSerializer, DefaultFileManager>();
JSONSerializer
Serializes data using Newtonsoft Json.NET (http://www.newtonsoft.com/json)
optionsBuilder.UseFileContextDatabase<JSONSerializer, DefaultFileManager>();
or just
optionsBuilder.UseFileContextDatabase();
BSONSerializer
Serializes data to bson using Newtonsoft Json.NET (http://www.newtonsoft.com/json)
optionsBuilder.UseFileContextDatabase<BSONSerializer, DefaultFileManager>();
EXCELSerializer
Saves files into an .xlsx-file and enables the quick editing of the data using Excel
Uses EEPlus implementation for .Net Core (https://github.com/VahidN/EPPlus.Core)
optionsBuilder.UseFileContextDatabase<EXCELStoreManager>();
If you want to secure the excel file with a password use:
optionsBuilder.UseFileContextDatabase<EXCELStoreManager>(password: "<password>");
To run on Linux-Systems
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libgdiplus
File Manager
The file manager controls how the files are stored.
DefaultFileManager
The default file manager just creates normal files.
optionsBuilder.UseFileContextDatabase<JSONSerializer, DefaultFileManager>();
EncryptedFileManager
The encrypted file manager encrypts the files with a password.
optionsBuilder.UseFileContextDatabase<JSONSerializer, EncryptedFileManager>(password: "<password>");
Custom file-location
By default the files are stored in a subfolder of your running application called appdata
.
If you want to control this behavior you can also use define a custom location.
optionsBuilder.UseFileContextDatabase(location: @"C:\Users\mjanatzek\Documents\Projects\test");
Multiple Databases
If noting is configured all files of your application will be stored in a flat folder. You can optionally define a name for your database and all the corresponding data will saved in a subfolder. So you are able to use FileContext with multiple DbContext-configurations.
optionsBuilder.UseFileContextDatabase(databasename: "database");
Custom provider
You can create custom serializer, file manager and store manager if you want.
If you want to create a custom serializer implement the interface ISerializer
.
If you want to control storing of data implement interface IFileManager
.
If you want to create a store manager that does both implement IStoreManager
.
After adding a custom provider you have to add it as a transient dependency in the dependency injection.
Feel free to create a PR with your new provider and I'll add it to FileContextCore.
Version compability
FileContext Version | EF Core Version |
---|---|
3.4.* | 3.1.0 |
3.3.* | 3.0.0 |
3.2.* | 3.0.0 |
3.0.1/3.0.0/2.2.6 | 2.2.6 |
2.2.0 | 2.2.0 |
Custom table/file name
It seems that EF Core currently does not support to define a custom table name using annotations on models.
Use the OnModelCreating
-method to define a custom table name.
protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
modelBuilder.Entity<User>()
.ToTable("custom_user_table");
}
This will store the data in a file called custom_user_table.json
for example.
Author
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.NET Core | netcoreapp2.0 was computed. netcoreapp2.1 was computed. netcoreapp2.2 was computed. netcoreapp3.0 was computed. netcoreapp3.1 was computed. |
.NET Standard | netstandard2.0 is compatible. netstandard2.1 was computed. |
.NET Framework | net461 was computed. net462 was computed. net463 was computed. net47 was computed. net471 was computed. net472 was computed. net48 was computed. net481 was computed. |
MonoAndroid | monoandroid was computed. |
MonoMac | monomac was computed. |
MonoTouch | monotouch was computed. |
Tizen | tizen40 was computed. tizen60 was computed. |
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.NETStandard 2.0
- CsvHelper (>= 15.0.5)
- EPPlus (>= 5.1.2)
- Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore (>= 3.1.0)
- Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational (>= 3.1.0)
- Newtonsoft.Json (>= 12.0.3)
- Newtonsoft.Json.Bson (>= 1.0.2)
- System.Xml.XmlSerializer (>= 4.3.0)
NuGet packages (5)
Showing the top 5 NuGet packages that depend on FileContextCore:
Package | Downloads |
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EDennis.NetCoreTestingUtilities
Provides various classes that assist with .NET Core 3 unit testing. |
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RealtimeDatabase
A .NET Core Extension for Entity Framework Core to enable Realtime Capability. |
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AvantiPoint.MobileAuth
The MobileAuth Library is designed to quickly stand up an OAuth endpoint for Apple, Google, & Microsoft providers with the flexibility of customizing additional ones or only providing ones that you provide a configuration for. This makes it easy to stand up a minimal API with only a few lines of code. |
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Gtt.Uc.EntityFramework
Package Description |
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FileContextCore.AzureBlobStorageFileManager
Azure blob storage implementation for the File Context Core package. It allows to use EntityFramework Core without a database, just using a file located in an Azure blob storage as database |
GitHub repositories (2)
Showing the top 2 popular GitHub repositories that depend on FileContextCore:
Repository | Stars |
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SapphireDb/SapphireDb
SapphireDb Server, a self-hosted, easy to use realtime database for Asp.Net Core and EF Core
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mguinness/IdentityManagerUI
Identity management system for ASP.NET Core Identity.
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Version | Downloads | Last updated |
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3.4.0 | 47,031 | 6/7/2020 |
3.3.0 | 1,959 | 3/19/2020 |
3.2.3 | 1,022 | 3/18/2020 |
3.2.2 | 18,112 | 11/1/2019 |
3.2.1 | 1,077 | 11/1/2019 |
3.2.0 | 1,083 | 10/30/2019 |
3.0.1 | 1,195 | 10/29/2019 |
3.0.0 | 1,903 | 8/23/2019 |
2.2.6 | 1,271 | 8/7/2019 |
2.2.0 | 1,454 | 1/3/2019 |
2.1.4 | 1,382 | 10/26/2018 |
2.1.0 | 1,763 | 6/22/2018 |
2.0.1 | 1,833 | 1/13/2018 |
1.0.9 | 1,817 | 7/2/2017 |
1.0.8 | 1,713 | 5/27/2017 |
1.0.7 | 1,760 | 3/28/2017 |
1.0.6 | 1,672 | 3/25/2017 |
1.0.5 | 1,899 | 3/25/2017 |
1.0.4 | 1,768 | 3/24/2017 |
1.0.3 | 1,796 | 3/24/2017 |
1.0.2 | 1,712 | 3/24/2017 |
1.0.1 | 1,794 | 3/24/2017 |
1.0.0 | 1,748 | 3/23/2017 |