EF & Automapper. Updating Nested Collections

Question

I am trying to update a nested collection (Cities) of a Country object.

Just simple enitities and dto's:

// EF Models
public class Country
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public virtual ICollection<City> Cities { get; set; }
}

public class City
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public int CountryId { get; set; }
    public int? Population { get; set; }

    public virtual Country Country { get; set; }
}

// DTo's
public class CountryData : IDTO
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public virtual ICollection<CityData> Cities { get; set; }
}

public class CityData : IDTO
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public int CountryId { get; set; }
    public int? Population { get; set; }
}

And the code itself (tested in a console application for simplicity):

        using (var context = new Context())
        {
            // getting entity from db, reflect it to dto
            var countryDTO = context.Countries.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == 1).ToDTO<CountryData>();

            // add new city to dto 
            countryDTO.Cities.Add(new CityData 
                                      { 
                                          CountryId = countryDTO.Id, 
                                          Name = "new city", 
                                          Population = 100000 
                                      });

            // change existing city name
            countryDTO.Cities.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == 4).Name = "another name";

            // retrieving original entity from db
            var country = context.Countries.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == 1);

            // mapping 
            AutoMapper.Mapper.Map(countryDTO, country);

            // save and expecting ef to recognize changes
            context.SaveChanges();
        }

This code throws an exception:

The operation failed: the relation cannot be changed because one or more properties of the foreign key are not NULL. When a change in relationship occurs, the corresponding property of the foreign key is set to zero. If the foreign key does not support null values, a new relationship must be defined, another nonzero value must be assigned to the foreign key property, or an object not associated with it must be deleted.

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Answer 1

, country , . AutoMapper, :

// mapping 
        AutoMapper.Mapper.Map(countryDTO, country);

AutoMapper - IColletion<City> ( ) country.Cities.

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// AutoMapper Profile
public class MyProfile : Profile
{

    protected override void Configure()
    {

        Mapper.CreateMap<CountryData, Country>()
            .ForMember(d => d.Cities, opt => opt.Ignore())
            .AfterMap(AddOrUpdateCities);
    }

    private void AddOrUpdateCities(CountryData dto, Country country)
    {
        foreach (var cityDTO in dto.Cities)
        {
            if (cityDTO.Id == 0)
            {
                country.Cities.Add(Mapper.Map<City>(cityDTO));
            }
            else
            {
                Mapper.Map(cityDTO, country.Cities.SingleOrDefault(c => c.Id == cityDTO.Id));
            }
        }
    }
}

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using (var context = new Context())
    {
        // getting entity from db, reflect it to dto
        var countryDTO = context.Countries.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == 1).ToDTO<CountryData>();

        // add new city to dto 
        countryDTO.Cities.Add(new CityData 
                                  { 
                                      CountryId = countryDTO.Id, 
                                      Name = "new city", 
                                      Population = 100000 
                                  });

        // change existing city name
        countryDTO.Cities.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == 4).Name = "another name";

        // retrieving original entity from db
        var country = context.Countries.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == 1);

        // mapping 
        AutoMapper.Mapper.Map(countryDTO, country);

        // save and expecting ef to recognize changes
        context.SaveChanges();
    }

Answer 2

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foreach (var city in country.cities)
{
    context.Cities.Attach(city); 
    context.Entry(city).State = EntityState.Modified;
}

context.SaveChanges();

Answer 3

, :

var countryDTO = context.Countries.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == 1).ToDTO<CountryData>();
countryDTO.Cities.Add(new CityData { CountryId = countryDTO.Id, Name = "new city 2", Population = 100000 });
countryDTO.Cities.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == 11).Name = "another name";

var country = context.Countries.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == 1);

foreach (var cityDTO in countryDTO.Cities)
{
    if (cityDTO.Id == 0)
    {
        country.Cities.Add(cityDTO.ToEntity<City>());
    }
    else
    {
        AutoMapper.Mapper.Map(cityDTO, country.Cities.SingleOrDefault(c => c.Id == cityDTO.Id)); 
    }
}

AutoMapper.Mapper.Map(countryDTO, country);

context.SaveChanges();

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Answer 4

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//country object from request for example

var cities = dbcontext.Cities.Where(x= > x.countryId == country.Id);

dbcontext.Cities.RemoveRange(cities);

/* Now make the mappings and send the object this will make bulk insert into the table related */

Answer 5

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