Where is the DbSet <--> Table mapping specified?

Question

I wrote a class Patient which is supposed to be an object representation of my relation. Then I wrote a context class which inherits from DbContext and which contains a public property DbSet of Patients . All right. Now, how do I say to Entity that this DbSet should work with TBL_PATIENTS table in the database? Where do I configure that?
(well, as you can see i'm very new to .NET and Entity, so any help is appreciated)

Answer 1

You need to create an EntityTypeConfiguration<Patient> and initialise it in your Context class.

eg

Context :

public class MyContext : DbContext
{
    static MyContext()
    {
        Database.SetInitializer<MyContext>(null);
    }

    protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        modelBuilder.Configurations.Add(new PatientMap());
    }
}

Map :

public class PatientMap: EntityTypeConfiguration<Patient>
{
    public PatientMap()
    {
        //table
        this.ToTable("TBL_PATIENTS", "dbo");

        //PK
        this.HasKey(t => t.id);

        //Columns
        this.Property(t => t.forenames)
            .HasColumnName("FIRSTNAMES")
            .IsRequired()
            .HasMaxLength(50);

        // Relationships
        this.HasRequired(t => t.Ward)
            .WithMany(t => t.Patients)
            .HasForeignKey(d => d.Ward_id);
    }
}

See here and here for more information