Files

FileEntity

• Id, Name, and OwnerRole properties stored in database
• Extension methods to access data (stored in azure blob storage)
• Has a property which allows it to be eager or lazy loaded

Cloud Storage

• Actual bytes are stored in fstoreroledata. Checkout FileController for details

File Deletion

• A file entity can be deleted normally on the client (not setup on the server yet)
• In the CoreDomainService.Core's PersistChangeset method: all deleted file's are deleted from cloud storage

File Insertion and Updates

• In the file.bytes set property: start inserting/overwrite the blob with the FileManager
• In the DomainContext's discard changes method: Where undoing an insert, delete those file's cloud storage data. This must happen

FileManager

• tools to help manage insertion/updates/deletes to the azure blob storage
• communicates with FileController to get necessary access

FileController

• tools to give access to insertion/updates/deletes to the azure blob storage
• files are stored under fstoreroledata storage account. The container name is the File.OwnerRole.Id, the name is the File.Id