// <summary>
// Infer a Storage-layer EntityType name from a Conceptual-layer EntityType
// 1. If this is a root type, then we will use the EntitySet name.
// 2. If this is a derived type, then we will return the name of the EntitySet
// appended to the name of the EntityType.
// * NOTE: This is better than pluralization because this scales well for international users
// </summary>
internal static string GetStorageEntityTypeName(EntityType entityType, EdmItemCollection edm)
{
var storageEntityTypeName = String.Empty;
// First get the EntitySet name. Unfortunately the Metadata APIs don't have the ability to
// get an EntitySet from an EntityType, so we have to incur this perf hit.
var rootOrSelf = entityType.GetRootOrSelf();
foreach (var entitySet in edm.GetAllEntitySets())
{
if (rootOrSelf == entitySet.ElementType)
{
storageEntityTypeName = entitySet.Name;
}
}
Debug.Assert(!String.IsNullOrEmpty(storageEntityTypeName), "We didn't find an EntitySet for the EntityType " + entityType.Name);
if (entityType.IsDerivedType())
{
storageEntityTypeName = String.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, "{0}_{1}", storageEntityTypeName, entityType.Name);
}
return storageEntityTypeName;
}