How to define and add a enum as type

Question

I am working on custom data provider using ADO .NET Entity Framework.

In the CreateMetaData function, I need to add primitive and complex properties in the ResourceType.

I believe Enum should be added as the complex data type.

If yes, how can I add this? Any pointer would be a great help.

Thanks,

Ram

Answer 1

An enum can be initialized as following:

public enum MyEnum
{
    FirstEntry,
    SecondEntry,
    ThirdEntry
}

You can access it using MyEnum.FirstEntry.

The enum can be added to a class as a property, for example:

public MyEnum NumberOfEntry { get; set; }

I hope this answers your question.

Answer 2

As mentioned here Enums are not supported in Entity Framework 4. But it can be achieved using POCO classes.