ASP.NET C# Entity Framework - How to update Foreign Key properly? - Part 2

Question

This question is like a Part 2 of my previous one here!

Here are things I learned and hoping to be true:

1. Do not use Data Entity Context as Static
2. Dispose the data context after used -usually after one time-
3. Pass parameters into UPDATING Entity method instead of the Entity (which I'll explain and in here my crossroad lies)

Here is my modified code:

public class ManagerBase
    {
        private NoxonEntities _entities = null;

        public NoxonEntities Entities
        {
            get
            {
                if (_entities == null)
                    _entities = new NoxonEntities();

                return _entities;
            }
        }
    }

//Managers uses ManagerBase class as a Base class
MemberManager currentMemberManager = new MemberManager();
currentMemberManager.Save(memberId, username, password, languageId);


//MemberManager class
public Member Save(long memId, string username, string password, int langId)
        {
            using (var Context =   base.Entities)
            {
                var Data = Context.Member.First(c => c.Id == memId);

                Data.Username = username;
                Data.Password = password;
                Data.Language = Context.Language.First(c => c.Id == langId); //Gets the foreign entity

                Context.SaveChanges();

                return Data;
            }
        }

This works without exception. But normally this SAVE method is an implemented method by an interface . So, I'd rather to pass an OBJECT value to the SAVE method than passing all the fields like above. For example I'd like to use this:

//Member is an EntityFramework Object which was created during EF Model when I added by visual studio
//Filter is the method that returns an EntityFramework Object from EF (and eventually database) with given some arguments
//SomeArguments could be  MemberId = 2
Member modifiedMember = currentMemberManager.Filter(someArguments);
modifiedMember.UserName = "newvalue";
currentMemberManager.Save(modifiedMember);

In the SAVE method perhaps I could use like this:

public Member Save(Member modifiedMember)
            {
                using (var Context =   base.Entities)
                {
                    var Data = Context.Member.First(c => c.Id == modifiedMember.Id);

                    Data.Username = modifiedMember.Username;
                    Data.Password = modifiedMember.Password;
                    Data.Language = Context.Language.First(c => c.Id == modifiedMember.LanguageId); //Gets the foreign entity

                    Context.SaveChanges();

                    return Data;
                }
            }

If I am gonna use this just like the one right above, I think I should NOT use the passing object EF Object and instead perhaps I should use some other class that I'll write just to map the parameters to the EF Member Entity.

First question: Is this a good approach?

public class MyMember
{
    public long Id { set; get; }
    public string Username { set; get; }
    public string Password { set; get; }
    public int LanguageId { set; get; }
}

MyMember.Username = "NewValue";
MyMember.LanguageId = 4; //4 as in new value
currentMemberManager.Save(MyMember); //As you can see MyMember is not an EF Entity in here

But this will take long time since there is already some written code.

Second question: Can't I use an EF Entity object OUTSIDE and modify it there to save it IN the MemberManager class?

Again, thank you very much for your help in advance.

Answer 1

Here is the answer:

How to update entity?

And I thank you for the ones who helped me.