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This library provides soft delete services in tow forms: normal (single) soft delete which deletes a single entity class (that is, a class that EF Core maps to a database), and cascade soft delete which mimics the dependent cascade delete that a SQL database implements.

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The main features are:

• Useful methods: The features in this library are:
  • Set the SoftDeleted flag on an entity class, with checks.
  • Provides a secure query to find all the Soft Deleted entities for a specific entity class.
  • Reset the SoftDeleted flag on an entity class, which checks.
  • Hard delete (i.e. call EF Core Remove method) a entity class, but only if it is already Soft Deleted.
    NOTE: Methods can work with entity instance, or found via primary keys. Also has sync and async versions of all methods.
• Cascade Soft Delete: This library has a service that can mimic the database cascade delete, but Soft Deleting the entities. For instance, Cascade Soft Deleting a Company could also soft delete dependent relationships (see image below).
• Keeps your data secure: This library can handle Query Filters that contain multiple parts to the filter, e.g. Soft Delete with a multi-tenant filter. It builds queries that will replace the other filters so that your data stays secure.
• Fully configurable: It works with your properties and interfaces. The only rule it has is your Soft Delete property must provide true/false value (normally a 'bool', but could be part of enum status, etc.), or for the cascade delete it must provide a byte value.
• DI-friendly: This library is designed to work with dependency injection (DI) and contains a method which will scan for your Soft Delete configuration files and set up all the services you need to use this library.

This figure shows the different between the normal (single) soft delete and cascade soft delete.