Entity Framework Refresh context? [closed]

The best way to refresh entities in your context is to dispose your context and create a new one.

If you really need to refresh some entity and you are using Code First approach with DbContext class, you can use

    public static void ReloadEntity<TEntity>(
        this DbContext context, 
        TEntity entity)
        where TEntity : class
    {
        context.Entry(entity).Reload();
    }

To reload collection navigation properties, you can use

    public static void ReloadNavigationProperty<TEntity, TElement>(
        this DbContext context, 
        TEntity entity, 
        Expression<Func<TEntity, ICollection<TElement>>> navigationProperty)
        where TEntity : class
        where TElement : class
    {
        context.Entry(entity).Collection<TElement>(navigationProperty).Query();
    }

Reference:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.entity.infrastructure.dbentityentry.reload(v=vs.113).aspx#M:System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.DbEntityEntry.Reload

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