Class EntityBase

Provides a base class for entities.

Inheritance

System.Object

Namespace: Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.Entities

Assembly: Umbraco.Core.dll

Syntax

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

Properties

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CreateDate

Gets or sets the creation date.

Declaration

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

Property Value

Type	Description
DateTime

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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).

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HasIdentity

Gets a value indicating whether the entity has an identity.

Declaration

[DataMember]
public virtual bool HasIdentity { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

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Id

Gets or sets the integer identifier of the entity.

Declaration

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

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32

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Key

Gets or sets the Guid unique identifier of the entity.

Declaration

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

Property Value

Type	Description
Guid

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UpdateDate

Gets or sets the last update date.

Declaration

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

Property Value

Type	Description
DateTime

Methods

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DeepClone()

Declaration

public object DeepClone()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Object

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Equals(Object)

Declaration

public override bool Equals(object obj)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	obj

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

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Equals(EntityBase)

Declaration

public virtual bool Equals(EntityBase other)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
EntityBase	other

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

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GetHashCode()

Declaration

public override int GetHashCode()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Int32

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PerformDeepClone(Object)

Used by inheritors to modify the DeepCloning logic

Declaration

protected virtual void PerformDeepClone(object clone)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	clone

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ResetIdentity()

Resets the entity identity.

Declaration

public virtual void ResetIdentity()