cs11dotnet7/vscode/Chapter10/Ch10Ex02DataSerialization/Category.cs

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema; // [Column]

namespace Packt.Shared;

public class Category
{
  // these properties map to columns in the database
  public int CategoryId { get; set; }

  public string? CategoryName { get; set; }

  [Column(TypeName = "ntext")]
  public string? Description { get; set; }

  // defines a navigation property for related rows
  public virtual ICollection<Product> Products { get; set; }

  public Category()
  {
    // to enable developers to add products to a Category we must
    // initialize the navigation property to an empty collection
    Products = new HashSet<Product>();
  }
}