/// <summary>
/// Creates tables from a DataServiceContext derived class.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="serviceContextType">A DataServiceContext derived class that defines the table schemas.</param>
/// <param name="baseAddress">The baseAddress of the table storage endpoint.</param>
/// <param name="credentials">Storage account credentials.</param>
/// <remarks>
/// For each table, the class exposes one or more IQueryable<T> properties, where T is a
/// TableServiceEntity derived class with the required schema.
/// </remarks>
public static void CreateTablesFromModel(Type serviceContextType, string baseAddress, StorageCredentials credentials)
{
CloudTableClient.CreateTablesFromModel(serviceContextType, baseAddress, credentials);
CloudTableClient tableStorage = new CloudTableClient(baseAddress, credentials);
// Execute conditionally for development storage only
if (tableStorage.BaseUri.IsLoopback)
{
var properties = serviceContextType.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public);
foreach (var table in properties.Where(p => p.PropertyType.IsGenericType && p.PropertyType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(IQueryable <>)))
{
TableServiceEntity entity = Activator.CreateInstance(table.PropertyType.GetGenericArguments()[0]) as TableServiceEntity;
if (entity != null)
{
InitializeTableSchemaFromEntity(tableStorage, table.Name, entity);
}
}
}
}
