i used to use the ObjectSet in EF 4.0, I could get the underlying Context for this ObjectSet using
myObjectSet.Context which returns ObjectContext.
Now with DbSet in Ef4.1, what is the equivalent ??
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Mustafa Magdy
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Possible duplicate of [Can you get the DbContext from a DbSet?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17710769/can-you-get-the-dbcontext-from-a-dbset) – Michael Freidgeim Jul 13 '16 at 03:00
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EF 4.1 does not offer a public API to get the DbContext from the DbSet instance. You would have to use Reflections API to get the DbContext instance.
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One workaround would be to pass around the DbContext instace with DbSet instance.
Eg if you had a constructor that took only a DbSet instance. Pass the DbContext instace also.
public MyService(DbContext context, DbSet<MyClass> mySet){}
Other method would be to open up the EntityFramewrk.dll inside Reflector and find out how to get the DbContext instace by accessing the internal/private fields of DbSet. I wouldn't advice you to use this because implementations can change.
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I mean, I cannot find any direct relation between DbSet and DbContext – Mustafa Magdy Nov 20 '11 at 12:44
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1@Mustafa You have to ask ADO.NET team why they did not expose that :) Edited my answer to add workaround. – Eranga Nov 20 '11 at 13:53
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Thanks @Eranga you are right, i guess they will do it in up coming version :) – Mustafa Magdy Nov 21 '11 at 11:22