Is there a way to find in a model builder or somewhere else that a specific convention is used?

[Shiko1st]

Sometimes it is needed to write a custom SQL, like constraints or something else. Sometimes such things are inside packages, so the only way to reference a generic model in a custom SQL is to use something like nameof(MyType.MyProp).

Is there a way to find in a model builder or somewhere else that a specific convention is used? Is there a way to get a current converter to use it for making a custom sql (inside a model builder or somewhere else)?

The only way I've found is to use reflection over extensions in options. Am I missing something?

[roji]

Are you trying to get e.g. the database name of a table for an EF entity CLR type? If so, the way to do that is to access the model (e.g. via DbContext.Model), to find the entity (or property, or whatever), and call the metadata getter for that.

For example, if you have a Blog CLR type in your EF model, you can find the name of the database table it's mapped to via context.Model.FindEntityType(typeof(Blog)).GetTableName().

[Shiko1st]

For example, if you have a Blog CLR type in your EF model, you can find the name of the database table it's mapped to via context.Model.FindEntityType(typeof(Blog)).GetTableName().

Thank you for the answer! This is ok when our model is already prepared.

But when we are making a model, I'm not sure this will work. We are defining check constraints while building an entity and we have only access to the type:

public static void AddVeryImportantConstraint<TEntity>(this TableBuilder<TEntity> tableBuilder)
    where TEntity : class, ISomeInterface
{
    tableBuilder.HasCheckConstraint(
            $"CR_{tableBuilder.Name}",
            $"\"{nameof(ISomeInterface.Prop1)}\" < \"{nameof(ISomeInterface.Prop2)}\"");
}

[roji]

If you have a TableBuilder, you can access the model on it via tableBuilder.Metadata.Model.