// Entity Framework Classic

// Doc: https://entityframework-classic.net/to-self-hierarchy-list

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// @nuget: Z.EntityFramework.Classic

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using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Data.Entity;

using System.Linq;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        SeedEmployee();

        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {

            var employees = context.Employees.Where(x => x.Name.StartsWith("Employee_"))

                .ToSelfHierarchyList(x => x.Employees, options => {

                    options.InverseMapping = true;

                    options.FlatListRecursionLevel = int.MaxValue;

                });

            FiddleHelper.WriteTable("1 - Employee", employees);

        }

    }

    public static void SeedEmployee()

    {

        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {

            var ceo_1 = new Employee() { Name = "CEO_1" };

            var boss_1 = new Employee() { Name = "Boss_1" };

            var boss_2 = new Employee() { Name = "Boss_2" };

            var employee_1 = new Employee() { Name = "Employee_1"};

            var employee_2 = new Employee() { Name = "Employee_2" };

            var employee_3 = new Employee() { Name = "Employee_3" };

            ceo_1.Employees = new List<Employee>();

            boss_1.Employees = new List<Employee>();

            boss_2.Employees = new List<Employee>();

            ceo_1.Employees.Add(boss_1);

            ceo_1.Employees.Add(boss_2);

            boss_1.Employees.Add(employee_1);

            boss_2.Employees.Add(employee_2);

            boss_2.Employees.Add(employee_3);

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            context.Employees.AddRange(new List<Employee>() { ceo_1, boss_1, boss_2, employee_1, employee_2, employee_3 });

            context.BatchSaveChanges();

        }

    }

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    public class EntityContext : DbContext

    {

        public EntityContext() : base(FiddleHelper.GetConnectionStringSqlServer())

        {

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        }

        protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)

        {

            base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);

        }

        public DbSet<Employee> Employees { get; set; }

    }

    public class Employee

    {

        public int EmployeeID { get; set; }

        public string Name { get; set; }

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        public List<Employee> Employees { get; set; }

    }

}