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Class EntityBase

Provides a base class for entities.

Inheritance

System.Object

BeingDirtyBase

Namespace: Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.Entities

Assembly: Umbraco.Core.dll

Syntax

[DataContract(IsReference = true)]
public abstract class EntityBase : BeingDirtyBase, IRememberBeingDirty, ICanBeDirty, IEntity, IDeepCloneable

Properties

CreateDate

Gets or sets the creation date.

Declaration

[DataMember]
public DateTime CreateDate { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
DateTime

DeleteDate

Gets or sets the delete date.

Declaration

[DataMember]
public DateTime? DeleteDate { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Nullable<DateTime>

Remarks

The delete date is null when the entity has not been deleted.

The delete date has a value when the entity instance has been deleted, but this value is transient and not persisted in database (since the entity does not exist anymore).

HasIdentity

Gets a value indicating whether the entity has an identity.

Declaration

[DataMember]
public virtual bool HasIdentity { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Id

Gets or sets the integer identifier of the entity.

Declaration

[DataMember]
public int Id { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32

Key

Gets or sets the Guid unique identifier of the entity.

Declaration

[DataMember]
public Guid Key { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Guid

UpdateDate

Gets or sets the last update date.

Declaration

[DataMember]
public DateTime UpdateDate { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
DateTime

Methods

DeepClone()

Declaration

public object DeepClone()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Object

Equals(Object)

Declaration

public override bool Equals(object obj)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	obj

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Equals(EntityBase)

Declaration

public virtual bool Equals(EntityBase other)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
EntityBase	other

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

GetHashCode()

Declaration

public override int GetHashCode()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Int32

PerformDeepClone(Object)

Used by inheritors to modify the DeepCloning logic

Declaration

protected virtual void PerformDeepClone(object clone)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	clone

ResetIdentity()

Resets the entity identity.

Declaration

public virtual void ResetIdentity()