In a recent article, I developed a theoretical basis for an adapter that allows for the adaptation of Entity Framework (EF) entities into IDataReader-implementing form, and announced the preview availability of this software.
Herein I describe with more specificity the use of the adapter generator and the resultant adapters, and announce the release of the first production-ready version of the adapter generator software.
Microsoft’s Entity Framework (EF) introduces a new data design paradigm within .NET. This framework, however, can be difficult to implement in projects that internally rely heavily on the exchange of IDataReader-implementing objects between layers (or within interface contracts). This is a shortcoming that is not easily overcome, especially without a standardized method with which to convert EF entities into an object implementing this interface. In many ways, migration of these projects to the Entity Framework is an all-or-nothing proposition. This is a shortcoming that begs for remediation.