I'm using EF with WEB API. I have a PUT Method which updates a entity which already is in the db. Right now I have this:
// PUT api/fleet/5
public void Put(Fleet fleet)
{
Fleet dbFleet = db.Fleets.Find(fleet.FleetId);
dbFleet.Name = fleet.Name;
dbFleet.xy= fleet.xy;
//and so on....
db.SaveChanges();
}
But I'm lazy and would just like to write something like:
dbFleet.update(fleet);
So I don't have to update every property by its own.
I'm sure there is a way but I could only find answers on how to do this with MVC but not when using a WEB API and not receiving the model state.
Thanks
db.Fleets.Attach(fleet);
db.Entry(fleet).State = EntityState.Modified;
db.SaveChanges();
Just found the answer...
// PUT api/fleet/5
public void Put(Fleet fleet)
{
db.Entry(fleet).State = EntityState.Modified;
db.SaveChanges();
}
Only thing I'm not happy with is that it doesn't update child object. Fleet has FleetAttributes which are not updated like this. But I guess I can easily loop them...
EDIT this works for me:
// PUT api/fleet/5
public void Put(Fleet fleet)
{
db.Entry(fleet).State = EntityState.Modified;
foreach (var item in fleet.FleetAttributes)
{
db.Entry(item).State = EntityState.Modified;
}
db.SaveChanges();
}