You can also use the Entity Framework to retrieve an entity by name using the Find method of the DbContext class. The Find method takes an entity name of the entity as a parameter and returns an object of that entity type.

The following code gets an entity by name:

C#

var entity = context.Find<Entity>(name);

where Entity is the name of the entity type and name is the name of the entity.

The find method returns null. If the entity does not exist.

Here are some other things to keep in mind when getting entities by name using Entity Framework:

• You can use the Where operator to filter the query result.
• You can use the OrderBy operator to order the query result.
• You can use the Take and Skip operators to paginate the query result.

Here is an example of how to get an entity by name in Entity Framework Core:

C#

using System.Linq;

namespace EFCoreDemo
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create a DbContext
            using var context = new MyContext();

            // Get the entity by name
            var entity = context.Find<Customer>(name);

            // Print the entity name
            Console.WriteLine(entity.Name);
        }
    }

    public class MyContext : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<Customer> Customers { get; set; }
    }

    public class Customer
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
    }
}

In this example, we first create a DbContext called MyContext. Then use the Find method to get the entity named name. Finally, we print the name of the entity.