I have 2 master tables which are linked by a map table as below
User [UserId,Name]
Resource [ResourceId,Name]
UserResourceMap [UserId,ResourceId,AccessLevel]
How would the Resource and User ClassMap with AccessLevel as a resource attribute look?
My Domain classes look like this
public class User
{
public virtual int UserId { get;protected set; }
public virtual string Name { get;set; }
}
public class Resource
{
public virtual int ResourceId { get;protected set; }
public virtual string Name { get;set; }
public virtual string AccessLevel { get;set; }//Issue-populate this using fluent
}
How can I use fluent to map the accessLevel attribute in the below code.
public class UserMap : ClassMap<User>
{
public UserMap()
{
Table("User");
Id(x => x.Key);
Map(x=>x.Name);
}
}
public class ResourceMap : ClassMap<Resource>
{
public ResourceMap()
{
Table("Resource");
Id(x => x.Key);
Map(x=>x.Name);//Need some Map Here to make a hasManyToMany Map with attribute
}
}
Your domain model does not seem to match your database model - the Resource class has the property AccessLevel (i.e. one AccessLevel per Resource) but in the DB model AccessLevel is a column on the map table (i.e. one AccessLevel per User-Resource relation).
Assuming the DB model is the correct model one (fairly straightforward) way of mapping this would be to introduce a class like this.
public class UserResource {
public virtual int UserResourceId { get; protected set; }
public virtual User User { get; set; }
public virtual Resource { get; set; }
public virtual string AccessLevel { get; set; }
}
and map it in this way:
public class UserResourceMap : ClassMap<UserResource> {
public UserResourceMap() {
Table("UserResourceMap");
Id(x => x.UserResourceId);
References(x => x.User).UniqueKey("UniqueUserAndResource");
References(x => x.Resource).UniqueKey("UniqueUserAndResource");
Map(x => x.AccessLevel);
}
}
If you want bidirectional associations you could also add a Collection property on User and/or Resource and map these with HasMany(...).Inverse(). Of course, this kind of mapping would introduce a new UserResourceId column in the UserResourceMap table (using a composite key consisting of User and Resource would mitigate that).
Another solution would be to add an EntityMap association. If the association is owned by User it would be a Dictionary<Resource, string> property. Something like this might do the trick:
public class User {
public virtual int UserId { get; protected set; }
public virtual string Name { get; set; }
public virtual Dictionary<Resource, string> Resources { get; set; } // Resource -> AccessLevel
}
public class UserMap : ClassMap<User> {
public UserMap() {
Table("User");
Id(x => x.UserId);
Map(x => x.Name);
HasMany<Resource, string>(x => x.Resources).AsEntityMap().Element("AccessLevel");
}
}
As you've correctly identified in your database schema, this isn't a pure many-to-many relationship - it's two one-to-many relationships as the intermediate table has an attribute (the access level).
I therefore think your domain is missing an entity - there doesn't appear to be any relationship in your model between a user and the resources they can access.
How about something like this:
public class User
{
public virtual int Id { get;protected set; }
public virtual string Name { get;set; }
public virtual ICollection<UserResource> UserResources { get; set;}
}
public class UserResource
{
public virtual int Id { get; protected set; }
public virtual User User { get; set;}
public virtual Resource Resource { get; set;}
public virtual string AccessLevel { get; set;}
}
public class Resource
{
public virtual int Id { get;protected set; }
public virtual string Name { get;set; }
}
And mappings like:
public class UserMap : ClassMap<User>
{
public UserMap()
{
Id(x => x.Id);
Map(x => x.Name);
HasMany(x => x.UserResource)
.AsSet()
.Inverse()
.Cascade.AllDeleteOrphan();
}
}
public class UserResourceMap : ClassMap<UserResource>
{
public UserResourceMap()
{
Table("UserResourceMap");
Id(x => x.Id);
References(x => x.User).Not.Nullable();
References(x => x.Resource).Not.Nullable();
Map(x => x.AccessLevel);
}
}
public class ResourceMap : ClassMap<Resource>
{
public ResourceMap()
{
Cache.ReadOnly();
Id(x => x.Id);
Map(x => x.Name);
}
}