By default EF hides a many to many join table that does not contain additional data than the foreign keys to the joined tables.
Is it possible to tell EF (and the designer) to explicitly create the join table and make it usable in code?
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ICollection<T> is an interface, List<T> is a class.
A navigation property is an optional property on an entity type that allows for navigation from one end of an association to the other end. Unlike other properties, navigation properties do not carry data. A navigation property definition includes the following: A name.
To create Foreign Key, you need to use ForeignKey attribute with specifying the name of the property as parameter. You also need to specify the name of the table which is going to participate in relationship. I mean to say, define the foreign key table. Thanks for reading this article, hope you enjoyed it.
No EF designer will not add this entity for you. If you want junction table exposed you must manually delete created relation and add junction table's entity and two one-to-many FK relations. Here are related questions with step by step guide:
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