Explicitly Loading of Related Entities

[stibiub]

Hello,

Does OpenAccess support explicitly loading of related entities? And I don't mean "eager" loading which I know you can do with Fetch Plans.

In Entity Framework you can do explicit loading with the Load() method (from DbReferenceEntry and DbCollectionEntry):

// Load the blog related to a given post
   context.Entry(post).Reference(p => p.Blog).Load();

// Load the posts related to a given blog
   context.Entry(blog).Collection(p => p.Posts).Load();

Is there anything similar in OpenAccess?

I couldn't find it in "Programmer's Guide".

Thanks.

[Thomas]

Hello,

eager loading (as configurable with FetchPlans) allows for fetching related entities in a more efficient way than lazy loading. Nevertheless, all access to the related entites is still tracked, and can lead to a server fetch operation when the needed data is not present or outdated. If the data already fetched is available on the client, it is used and the accessed reference or collection object is just created in memory.
This means, there is no explicit loading of related entities call, as all accesses are tracked, and you just need to follow the reference or collection properties.

Kind regards,
Thomas
the Telerik team