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// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.

namespace Microsoft.Data.Entity

{

/// <summary>

/// The state in which an entity is being tracked by a context.

/// </summary>

public enum EntityState

{

/// <summary>

/// The entity is not being tracked by the context.

/// </summary>

Detached = 0,

/// <summary>

/// The entity is being tracked by the context and exists in the database. Its property

/// values have not changed from the values in the database.

/// </summary>

Unchanged = 1,

/// <summary>

/// The entity is being tracked by the context and exists in the database. It has been marked

/// for deletion from the database.

/// </summary>

Deleted = 2,

/// <summary>

/// The entity is being tracked by the context and exists in the database. Some or all of its

/// property values have been modified.

/// </summary>

Modified = 3,

/// <summary>

/// The entity is being tracked by the context but does not yet exist in the database.

/// </summary>

Added = 4

}

}