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AspireEFPostgreSqlExtensions Methods

Class Methods 2 members
Provides extension methods for registering a PostgreSQL database context in an Aspire application.
AddNpgsqlDbContext(IHostApplicationBuilder, string, Action<NpgsqlEntityFrameworkCorePostgreSQLSettings>, Action<DbContextOptionsBuilder>) Section titled AddNpgsqlDbContext(IHostApplicationBuilder, string, Action<NpgsqlEntityFrameworkCorePostgreSQLSettings>, Action<DbContextOptionsBuilder>) extension
Registers the given EntityFrameworkCore.DbContext as a service in the services provided by the builder. Enables db context pooling, retries, corresponding health check, logging and telemetry.
public static class AspireEFPostgreSqlExtensions
{
public static void AddNpgsqlDbContext<TContext>(
this IHostApplicationBuilder builder,
string connectionName,
Action<NpgsqlEntityFrameworkCorePostgreSQLSettings>? configureSettings = null,
Action<DbContextOptionsBuilder>? configureDbContextOptions = null)
{
// ...
}
}
builder IHostApplicationBuilder The Hosting.IHostApplicationBuilder to read config from and add services to.
connectionName string A name used to retrieve the connection string from the ConnectionStrings configuration section.
configureSettings Action<NpgsqlEntityFrameworkCorePostgreSQLSettings> optional An optional delegate that can be used for customizing options. It's invoked after the settings are read from the configuration.
configureDbContextOptions Action<DbContextOptionsBuilder> optional An optional delegate to configure the EntityFrameworkCore.DbContextOptions for the context.
ArgumentNullException Thrown if mandatory builder is null.
InvalidOperationException Thrown when mandatory NpgsqlEntityFrameworkCorePostgreSQLSettings.ConnectionString is not provided.

Reads the configuration from "Aspire:Npgsql:EntityFrameworkCore:PostgreSQL:{typeof(TContext).Name}" config section, or "Aspire:Npgsql:EntityFrameworkCore:PostgreSQL" if former does not exist.

The DbContext.OnConfiguring method can then be overridden to configure EntityFrameworkCore.DbContext options.

EnrichNpgsqlDbContext(IHostApplicationBuilder, Action<NpgsqlEntityFrameworkCorePostgreSQLSettings>) Section titled EnrichNpgsqlDbContext(IHostApplicationBuilder, Action<NpgsqlEntityFrameworkCorePostgreSQLSettings>) extension
Configures retries, health check, logging and telemetry for the EntityFrameworkCore.DbContext.
public static class AspireEFPostgreSqlExtensions
{
public static void EnrichNpgsqlDbContext<TContext>(
this IHostApplicationBuilder builder,
Action<NpgsqlEntityFrameworkCorePostgreSQLSettings>? configureSettings = null)
{
// ...
}
}
builder IHostApplicationBuilder
configureSettings Action<NpgsqlEntityFrameworkCorePostgreSQLSettings> optional
ArgumentNullException Thrown if mandatory builder is null.
InvalidOperationException Thrown when mandatory EntityFrameworkCore.DbContext is not registered in DI.