# Class NpgsqlArrayTypeMapping<TCollection, TConcreteCollection, TElement>

Namespace
  Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Storage.Internal.Mapping

Assembly
  Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.dll

Type mapping for PostgreSQL arrays.

    public class NpgsqlArrayTypeMapping<TCollection, TConcreteCollection, TElement> : NpgsqlArrayTypeMapping

#### Type Parameters

`TCollection`
`TConcreteCollection`
`TElement`

Inheritance
  object
  CoreTypeMapping
  RelationalTypeMapping
  NpgsqlArrayTypeMapping
  NpgsqlArrayTypeMapping<TCollection, TConcreteCollection, TElement>

Inherited Members
  NpgsqlArrayTypeMapping.ElementTypeMapping
  RelationalTypeMapping.NullMapping
  RelationalTypeMapping.Clone(CoreTypeMapping.CoreTypeMappingParameters)
  RelationalTypeMapping.WithStoreTypeAndSize(string, int?)
  RelationalTypeMapping.WithPrecisionAndScale(int?, int?)
  RelationalTypeMapping.WithComposedConverter(ValueConverter, ValueComparer, ValueComparer, CoreTypeMapping, JsonValueReaderWriter)
  RelationalTypeMapping.WithTypeMappingInfo(in RelationalTypeMappingInfo)
  RelationalTypeMapping.Clone(in RelationalTypeMappingInfo?, Type, ValueConverter, ValueComparer, ValueComparer, ValueComparer, CoreTypeMapping, JsonValueReaderWriter, StoreTypePostfix?)
  RelationalTypeMapping.ProcessStoreType(RelationalTypeMapping.RelationalTypeMappingParameters, string, string)
  RelationalTypeMapping.GenerateSqlLiteral(object)
  RelationalTypeMapping.GenerateProviderValueSqlLiteral(object)
  RelationalTypeMapping.GetDataReaderMethod()
  RelationalTypeMapping.GetDataReaderMethod(Type)
  RelationalTypeMapping.CustomizeDataReaderExpression(Expression)
  RelationalTypeMapping.Parameters
  RelationalTypeMapping.StoreTypePostfix
  RelationalTypeMapping.StoreType
  RelationalTypeMapping.StoreTypeNameBase
  RelationalTypeMapping.DbType
  RelationalTypeMapping.IsUnicode
  RelationalTypeMapping.Size
  RelationalTypeMapping.Precision
  RelationalTypeMapping.Scale
  RelationalTypeMapping.IsFixedLength
  RelationalTypeMapping.SqlLiteralFormatString
  CoreTypeMapping.Clone(in TypeMappingInfo?, Type, ValueConverter, ValueComparer, ValueComparer, ValueComparer, CoreTypeMapping, JsonValueReaderWriter)
  CoreTypeMapping.GenerateCodeLiteral(object)
  CoreTypeMapping.ClrType
  CoreTypeMapping.Converter
  CoreTypeMapping.ValueGeneratorFactory
  CoreTypeMapping.Comparer
  CoreTypeMapping.KeyComparer
  CoreTypeMapping.ProviderValueComparer
  CoreTypeMapping.JsonValueReaderWriter
  object.Equals(object)
  object.Equals(object, object)
  object.GetHashCode()
  object.GetType()
  object.MemberwiseClone()
  object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)
  object.ToString()

## Remarks

See: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/arrays.html

## Constructors

### NpgsqlArrayTypeMapping(RelationalTypeMapping)

This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.

    public NpgsqlArrayTypeMapping(RelationalTypeMapping elementTypeMapping)

#### Parameters

`elementTypeMapping` RelationalTypeMapping

### NpgsqlArrayTypeMapping(RelationalTypeMappingParameters)

This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.

    protected NpgsqlArrayTypeMapping(RelationalTypeMapping.RelationalTypeMappingParameters parameters)

#### Parameters

`parameters` RelationalTypeMapping.RelationalTypeMappingParameters

### NpgsqlArrayTypeMapping(string, RelationalTypeMapping)

This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.

    public NpgsqlArrayTypeMapping(string storeType, RelationalTypeMapping elementTypeMapping)

#### Parameters

`storeType` string
`elementTypeMapping` RelationalTypeMapping

## Properties

### Default

This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.

    public static NpgsqlArrayTypeMapping<TCollection, TConcreteCollection, TElement> Default { get; }

#### Property Value

NpgsqlArrayTypeMapping<TCollection, TConcreteCollection, TElement>

### NpgsqlDbType

The database type used by Npgsql.

    public virtual NpgsqlDbType? NpgsqlDbType { get; }

#### Property Value

NpgsqlDbType?

## Methods

### Clone(RelationalTypeMappingParameters)

This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.

    protected override RelationalTypeMapping Clone(RelationalTypeMapping.RelationalTypeMappingParameters parameters)

#### Parameters

`parameters` RelationalTypeMapping.RelationalTypeMappingParameters

#### Returns

RelationalTypeMapping

### ConfigureParameter(DbParameter)

This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.

    protected override void ConfigureParameter(DbParameter parameter)

#### Parameters

`parameter` DbParameter

### CreateParameter(DbCommand, string, object?, bool?, ParameterDirection)

This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.

    public override DbParameter CreateParameter(DbCommand command, string name, object? value, bool? nullable = null, ParameterDirection direction = ParameterDirection.Input)

#### Parameters

`command` DbCommand
`name` string
`value` object
`nullable` bool?
`direction` ParameterDirection

#### Returns

DbParameter

### GenerateNonNullSqlLiteral(object)

This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.

    protected override string GenerateNonNullSqlLiteral(object value)

#### Parameters

`value` object

#### Returns

string