How can I alias partial classes generated by Entity Framework Code First From Database?

Question

I'm learning EF code first from database using this MSDN tutorial . The generated model partial class names always match the database object names. Instead I'd like to assign an alias to the generated database model objects. How should I go about doing this?

Specifically the database view named vwDS_ProductCategories generates a public partial class vwDS_ProductCategories which I'd like to alias as ProductCategories . The reason for doing this is that non-programmers will see (and make use of) the types exposed by my generated dll. I'd like the type names to make sense to these users.

Answer 1

Try this:

[Table("vwDS_ProductCategories")]
public partial class ProductCategories
{
}