Azure Table Storage - TableEntity map column with a different name - azure

Question

I am using Azure Table Storage as my data sink for my Semantic Logging Application Block. When I call a log to be written by my custom EventSource, I get columns similar to the ff.:
EventId
Payload_username
Opcode
I can obtain these columns by creating a TableEntity class that matches the column names exactly (except for EventId, for some reason):
public class ReportLogEntity : TableEntity
{
public string EventId { get; set; }
public string Payload_username { get; set; }
public string Opcode { get; set; }
}
However, I would like to store the data in these columns in differently named properties in my TableEntity:
public class ReportLogEntity : TableEntity
{
public string Id { get; set; } // maps to "EventId"
public string Username { get; set; } // maps to "Payload_username"
public string Operation { get; set; } // maps to "Opcode"
}
Is there a mapper/attribute I can make use of to allow myself to have the column name different from the TableEntity property name?

Answer 1

You can override ReadEntity and WriteEntity methods of interface ITableEntity to customize your own property names.
public class ReportLogEntity : TableEntity
{
public string PartitionKey { get; set; }
public string RowKey { get; set; }
public string Id { get; set; } // maps to "EventId"
public string Username { get; set; } // maps to "Payload_username"
public string Operation { get; set; } // maps to "Opcode"
public override void ReadEntity(IDictionary<string, EntityProperty> properties, OperationContext operationContext)
{
this.PartitionKey = properties["PartitionKey"].StringValue;
this.RowKey = properties["RowKey"].StringValue;
this.Id = properties["EventId"].StringValue;
this.Username = properties["Payload_username"].StringValue;
this.Operation = properties["Opcode"].StringValue;
}
public override IDictionary<string, EntityProperty> WriteEntity(OperationContext operationContext)
{
var properties = new Dictionary<string, EntityProperty>();
properties.Add("PartitionKey", new EntityProperty(this.PartitionKey));
properties.Add("RowKey", new EntityProperty(this.RowKey));
properties.Add("EventId", new EntityProperty(this.Id));
properties.Add("Payload_username", new EntityProperty(this.Username));
properties.Add("Opcode", new EntityProperty(this.Operation));
return properties;
}
}