What is the difference between IDbSet and DbSet?

Question

What's the difference between

public IDbSet<Chrip> Chirps { get; set; } 

and

public DbSet<Chrip> Chirps { get; set; }  

Are they the same?

Answer 1

Sam, I answer , clearly defines the difference between an interface and a class, but there are additional considerations when choosing a use case in your code.

In particular, a class can implement more than one interface or it can implement methods and properties that are not defined by any interface.

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, MSDN IDbSet<TEntity> :

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Answer 2

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{
    int Echo(int bar);
}

public class Foo : IFoo
{
    public int Echo(int bar)
    {
        return bar;
    }
}

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