Using Extended Properties

One can use Extended Properties to extend the generated code. These extended properties can do anything from business object types, naming conventions, descriptions and much more. Below is a list of all of the extended property names and valid values that the CSLA templates use.

Please see the following document for a full list of all of the extended properties used to specify the business object type of a view or stored procedure.

Extended Property Name	Data Type	Description
CS_Description	String	Controls the description of a property or class.
CS_Alias	String	Controls the property or class name.
CS_FriendlyName	String	Controls the friendly name that is generated for the Business Objects PropertyInfo's.
CS_Default	String	Controls the default value of a generated property.
CS_IsGeneric	Boolean	If true, then an entity will be generated with generic brackets.
CS_IsIdentity	Boolean	Marks a property as an identity column.
CS_IsComputed	Boolean	Marks a property as a computed column.
CS_ManyToMany	Boolean	Treats a relationship as a many to many if the table has at-least two FK columns.
CS_IsScalarFunction	Boolean	If set, a Command Entity will be treated as a function.
CS_IsTableValuedFunction	Boolean	If set, a Command Entity will be treated as a function.
CS_IsInlineTableValuedFunction	Boolean	If set, a Command Entity will be treated as a function.
CS_IsMultiStatementTableValuedFunction	Boolean	If set, a Command Entity will be treated as a function.