Can I define properties in partial classes, then mark them with attributes in another partial class?

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Here is the solution I have been using for such cases. It is useful when you have auto-generated classes that you want to decorate with attributes. Let’s say this is the auto-generated class:

public partial class UserProfile
{
    public int UserId { get; set; }
    public string UserName { get; set; }
    public string Firstname { get; set; }
    public string Lastname { get; set; }
}

And let’s say, I would like to add an attribute to specify that UserId is the key. I would then create a partial class in another file like this:

[Table("UserProfile")]
[MetadataType(typeof(UserProfileMetadata))]
public partial class UserProfile
{
    internal sealed class UserProfileMetadata
    {
        [Key]
        [DatabaseGeneratedAttribute(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity)]
        public int UserId { get; set; }
    }
}

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