Ésta es mi manera, el establecimiento de propiedades importantes con private setters
en un método de creación lugar mediante el constructor
Modelo
public class User
{
public static User Create(Action<User> init)
{
var user = new User();
user.Guid = Guid.NewGuid();
user.Since = DateTime.Now;
init(user);
return user;
}
public int UserID { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Role> Roles { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Widget> Widgets { get; set; }
[StringLength(50), Required]
public string Name { get; set; }
[EmailAddress, Required]
public string Email { get; set; }
[StringLength(255), Required]
public string Password { get; set; }
[StringLength(16), Required]
public string Salt { get; set; }
public DateTime Since { get; private set; }
public Guid Guid { get; private set; }
}
Creación de nuevo usuario
context.Users.Add(User.Create(c=>
{
c.Name = "User";
c.Email = "[email protected]";
c.Salt = salt;
c.Password = "mypass";
c.Roles = new List<Role> { adminRole, userRole };
}));
[sugerencia pertinente] (https://data.uservoice.com/forums/72025-entity-framework-feature -sugerencias/sugerencias/2929682-support-database-default-values-in-code-first). – tne