NeverTrackAttribute Class

This attribute is used to mark an entity type as never tracked so that the stored procedure extension methods never add, update, or remove it from the database context's change tracker.

Definition

Namespace: EWSoftware.EntityFramework.DataAnnotations
Assembly: EWSoftware.EntityFramework (in EWSoftware.EntityFramework.dll) Version: 2025.11.12.0

C#View Source Request Example

public sealed class NeverTrackAttribute : Attribute

VBView Source Request Example

Public NotInheritable Class NeverTrackAttribute
	Inherits Attribute

C++View Source Request Example

public ref class NeverTrackAttribute sealed : public Attribute

F#View Source Request Example

[<SealedAttribute>]
type NeverTrackAttribute = 
    class
        inherit Attribute
    end

Inheritance: Object Attribute NeverTrackAttribute

Remarks

This is useful for entities that are not modified and/or do not implement property change notification and thus do not require change tracking.

Example

C#

// Used to display state codes in a drop-down list.  This is never modified and does
// not need change tracking.
[NeverTrack]
public sealed class StateCode
{
    // The state code
    public string StateCode { get; set; }

    // The state description
    public string StateDesc { get; set; }
}

Constructors

NeverTrackAttribute

Initializes a new instance of the NeverTrackAttribute class

Properties

TypeId

When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute.
(Inherited from Attribute)

Methods

Equals	Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute)
GetHashCode	Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute)
GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
IsDefaultAttribute	When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class. (Inherited from Attribute)
Match	When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute)
ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)

Extension Methods

ToNullableT	This is used to convert objects to null values if they are equal to null, DBNull.Value, or the default value for the given type. (Defined by DatabaseExtensions)
ToStringOrNull	This is used to convert an object to a string and return either the string value if not empty, or null if it is an empty string. (Defined by DatabaseExtensions)