OptionalValue: anyStatic ReadonlySQLStatic object containing the value ranges for various SQL number types. This is used to validate the value of the field when it is set or validated.
No-op as of the active-status relocation. Active-status (deprecated/disabled)
assertions are now enforced at BaseEntity.Get/Set/SetMany — the entry points genuine code uses —
rather than on this low-level EntityField.Value accessor. There is therefore nothing to toggle
at the field level. The getter always returns false and the setter is ignored; both remain
only so existing callers that wrapped value reads in a save/disable/restore pattern (e.g. the
provider SQL-build paths) continue to compile and behave correctly.
Removes spaces from the field name and returns the result.
Returns true if the field is dirty, false otherwise. A field is considered dirty if the value is different from the old value. If the field is read only, it is never dirty.
Returns true if the field has a default value set
Returns true if the field is a uniqueidentifier in the database.
Returns the old value of the field. This is the value that was set when the field was last loaded from the database.
Returns the current value of the field.
NOTE: This is a framework-internal accessor. It deliberately does NOT assert the field's active status (deprecated/disabled) — that assertion lives one layer up, at BaseEntity.Get/Set/SetMany, which are the entry points genuine code (and the generated strongly-typed accessors) flow through. Internal machinery (Dirty checks, validation, serialization, hydration, SQL build) reads this directly and must stay assertion-free.
Sets the value of the field. If the field is read only, nothing happens. If the field is not read only, the value is set and the internal representation of the dirty flag is flipped if the value is different from the old value.
Convenience method to format the value of the field. This method calls the static method on EntityFieldInfo to do the actual formatting.
Resets the NeverSet flag - this is generally an internal method but is available when working with read only fields (mainly primary key fields) to allow them to be set/changed once after the object is created. This is useful for scenarios where you want to set a read only field after the object is created, but only once. This is typically used in the BaseEntity class when loading an entity from an array of values or the DB and reusing an existing object.
This method will set the internal Old Value which is used to track dirty state, to the current value of the field. This effectively resets the dirty state of the field to false. Use this method sparingly.
Validates the current value of the field. If the field is read only, or if the field is marked to skip validation, nothing happens. If the field is not read only, and the field is not marked to skip validation, the value is checked against the validation rules defined in the metadata for the field.
Represents a field in an instance of the BaseEntity class. This class is used to store the value of the field, dirty state, as well as other run-time information about the field. The class encapsulates the underlying field metadata and exposes some of the more commonly used properties from the entity field metadata.
Marked
@OptionalKeyedSpecialization(): hydration probes the ClassFactory with a'<Entity>.<Field>'key for EVERY field so that a per-field subclass CAN be registered, but none ever has been in practice — falling back toEntityFielditself is the designed common case, not a resolution failure, so the factory must not warn about it.