Repository Factory - Nice Improvements to the Data Access Guidance Package
by David Hayden ( Microsoft MVP C# ), Filed: Code Generation
I had some time this weekend to take a quick peek at the Repository Factory, which is a new guidance package from the Microsoft Patterns & Practices Team that replaces the Data Access Guidance Package. I talked about the Data Access Guidance Package in the following screencast:
Create Data Access Layer Using Data Access Guidance Package Screencast
Anyway, the team has already created a number of new improvements and features that were really exciting to play with this weekend:
- Improved Mapping of Stored Procedure Parameters to Entity Properties
- Generates an Interface for each Repository Class
- Generates a RepositoryFactory Class for Retrieving Individual Repositories
- Repositories Registered via Configuration Section in App.config / Web.config
- Common and Base Repository Classes in Separate Repository Assembly
Very, very cool. You can see some code samples and photos over on PnPGuidance:
Repository Factory - New and Improved Data Access Guidance Package
Well worth using over the old Data Access Guidance Package starting now for that data access layer code generation!