// Entity Framework Classic

// Doc: https://entityframework-classic.net/query-deferred

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// @nuget: Z.EntityFramework.Classic

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using System;

using System.Linq;

using System.Data.Entity;

using System.Threading.Tasks;

using System.Threading;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        GenerateData();

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        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {           

            // Not do Select

            var futurValue = context.Customers.DeferredCount();

            CancellationTokenSource tcs = new CancellationTokenSource();

            CancellationToken token = new CancellationToken();

            // Execute the deferred expression and return the result.

            // SELECT COUNT(1) FROM Customers

            Console.WriteLine("Count Customer is : " +  futurValue.ExecuteAsync(token).Result);

            Thread.Sleep(1000);

            tcs.Cancel();

        }

    }

    public static void GenerateData()

    {

        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {

            context.Customers.Add(new Customer() { Name = "Customer_A", Description = "Description"});

            context.Customers.Add(new Customer() { Name = "Customer_B", Description = "Description"});          

            context.Customers.Add(new Customer() { Name = "Customer_C", Description = "Description"});

            context.SaveChanges();  

        }

    }

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    public class EntityContext : DbContext

    {       

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

        {       

        }

        public DbSet<Customer> Customers { get; set; }

    }

    public class Customer

    {

        public int CustomerID { get; set; }

        public string Name { get; set; }

        public string Description { get; set; }

    }

}