Allow index IsDescending to get empty array for all-descending

src/EFCore.Abstractions/IndexAttribute.cs

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public sealed class IndexAttribute : Attribute
     private string? _name;
     private bool? _isUnique;
     private bool[]? _isDescending;
+    private bool _allDescending;
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="IndexAttribute" /> class.
@@ -63,16 +64,41 @@ public bool[]? IsDescending
         get => _isDescending;
         set
         {
-            if (value is not null && value.Length != PropertyNames.Count)
+            if (value is not null)
             {
-                throw new ArgumentException(
-                    AbstractionsStrings.InvalidNumberOfIndexSortOrderValues(value.Length, PropertyNames.Count), nameof(IsDescending));
+                if (value.Length != PropertyNames.Count)
+                {
+                    throw new ArgumentException(
+                        AbstractionsStrings.InvalidNumberOfIndexSortOrderValues(value.Length, PropertyNames.Count), nameof(IsDescending));
+                }
+
+                if (_allDescending)
+                {
+                    throw new ArgumentException(AbstractionsStrings.CannotSpecifyBothIsDescendingAndAllDescending);
+                }
             }
 
             _isDescending = value;
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Whether all index columns have descending sort order.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool AllDescending
+    {
+        get => _allDescending;
+        set
+        {
+            if (IsDescending is not null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException(AbstractionsStrings.CannotSpecifyBothIsDescendingAndAllDescending);
+            }
+
+            _allDescending = value;
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     ///     Checks whether <see cref="IsUnique" /> has been explicitly set to a value.
     /// </summary>

src/EFCore.Abstractions/Properties/AbstractionsStrings.resx

@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@
   <data name="ArgumentIsNegativeNumber" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>The number argument '{argumentName}' cannot be negative number.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="CannotSpecifyBothIsDescendingAndAllDescending" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>IsDescending and AllDescending cannot both be specified on the [Index] attribute.</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="CollectionArgumentHasEmptyElements" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>The collection argument '{argumentName}' must not contain any empty elements.</value>
   </data>

src/EFCore.Design/Scaffolding/Internal/CSharpEntityTypeGenerator.cs

@@ -215,7 +215,10 @@ private void GenerateIndexAttributes(IEntityType entityType)
 
                 if (index.IsDescending is not null)
                 {
-                    indexAttribute.AddParameter($"{nameof(IndexAttribute.IsDescending)} = {_code.UnknownLiteral(index.IsDescending)}");
+                    indexAttribute.AddParameter(
+                        index.IsDescending.Count == 0
+                            ? $"{nameof(IndexAttribute.AllDescending)} = true"
+                            : $"{nameof(IndexAttribute.IsDescending)} = {_code.UnknownLiteral(index.IsDescending)}");
                 }
 
                 _sb.AppendLine(indexAttribute.ToString());

src/EFCore.Relational/Metadata/ITableIndex.cs

@@ -84,11 +84,10 @@ string ToDebugString(MetadataDebugStringOptions options = MetadataDebugStringOpt
                             $@"'{Columns[i].Name}'{(
                                 MappedIndexes.First() is not RuntimeIndex
                                 && IsDescending is not null
-                                && i < IsDescending.Count
-                                && IsDescending[i]
+                                && (IsDescending.Count == 0 || IsDescending[i])
                                     ? " Desc"
                                     : ""
-                                )}"))
+                            )}"))
             .Append('}');
 
         if (IsUnique)

src/EFCore.Relational/Migrations/MigrationBuilder.cs

@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ public virtual AlterOperationBuilder<AlterTableOperation> AlterTable(
     /// <param name="descending">
     ///     A set of values indicating whether each corresponding index column has descending sort order.
     ///     If <see langword="null" />, all columns will have ascending order.
+    ///     If an empty array, all columns will have descending order.
     /// </param>
     /// <returns>A builder to allow annotations to be added to the operation.</returns>
     public virtual OperationBuilder<CreateIndexOperation> CreateIndex(

src/EFCore.Relational/Migrations/MigrationsSqlGenerator.cs

@@ -1688,7 +1688,7 @@ protected virtual void GenerateIndexColumnList(CreateIndexOperation operation, I
 
             builder.Append(Dependencies.SqlGenerationHelper.DelimitIdentifier(operation.Columns[i]));
 
-            if (operation.IsDescending is not null && i < operation.IsDescending.Length && operation.IsDescending[i])
+            if (operation.IsDescending is not null && (operation.IsDescending.Length == 0 || operation.IsDescending[i]))
             {
                 builder.Append(" DESC");
             }

src/EFCore.Relational/Migrations/Operations/CreateIndexOperation.cs

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public virtual string[] Columns
         get => _columns!;
         set
         {
-            if (_isDescending is not null && value.Length != _isDescending.Length)
+            if (_isDescending is not null && _isDescending.Length > 0 && value.Length != _isDescending.Length)
             {
                 throw new ArgumentException(RelationalStrings.CreateIndexOperationWithInvalidSortOrder(_isDescending.Length, value.Length));
             }
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public virtual bool[]? IsDescending
         get => _isDescending;
         set
         {
-            if (value is not null && _columns is not null && value.Length != _columns.Length)
+            if (value is not null && value.Length > 0 && _columns is not null && value.Length != _columns.Length)
             {
                 throw new ArgumentException(RelationalStrings.CreateIndexOperationWithInvalidSortOrder(value.Length, _columns.Length));
             }

src/EFCore/Metadata/Builders/IndexBuilder.cs

@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ public virtual IndexBuilder IsUnique(bool unique = true)
     /// <summary>
     ///     Configures the sort order(s) for the columns of this index (ascending or descending).
     /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="descending">A set of values indicating whether each corresponding index column has descending sort order.</param>
+    /// <param name="descending">
+    ///     A set of values indicating whether each corresponding index column has descending sort order.
+    ///     An empty list indicates that all index columns will have descending sort order.
+    /// </param>
     /// <returns>The same builder instance so that multiple configuration calls can be chained.</returns>
     public virtual IndexBuilder IsDescending(params bool[] descending)
     {

src/EFCore/Metadata/Builders/IndexBuilder`.cs

@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ public IndexBuilder(IMutableIndex index)
     /// <summary>
     ///     Configures the sort order(s) for the columns of this index (ascending or descending).
     /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="descending">A set of values indicating whether each corresponding index column has descending sort order.</param>
+    /// <param name="descending">
+    ///     A set of values indicating whether each corresponding index column has descending sort order.
+    ///     An empty list indicates that all index columns will have descending sort order.
+    /// </param>
     /// <returns>The same builder instance so that multiple configuration calls can be chained.</returns>
     public new virtual IndexBuilder<T> IsDescending(params bool[] descending)
         => (IndexBuilder<T>)base.IsDescending(descending);

src/EFCore/Metadata/Conventions/IndexAttributeConvention.cs

@@ -120,9 +120,16 @@ private static void CheckIndexAttributesAndEnsureIndex(
                     indexBuilder = indexBuilder.IsUnique(indexAttribute.IsUnique, fromDataAnnotation: true);
                 }
 
-                if (indexBuilder is not null && indexAttribute.IsDescending is not null)
+                if (indexBuilder is not null)
                 {
-                    indexBuilder.IsDescending(indexAttribute.IsDescending, fromDataAnnotation: true);
+                    if (indexAttribute.AllDescending)
+                    {
+                        indexBuilder.IsDescending(Array.Empty<bool>(), fromDataAnnotation: true);
+                    }
+                    else if (indexAttribute.IsDescending is not null)
+                    {
+                        indexBuilder.IsDescending(indexAttribute.IsDescending, fromDataAnnotation: true);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }

src/EFCore/Metadata/Internal/Index.cs

@@ -218,17 +218,30 @@ public virtual IReadOnlyList<bool>? IsDescending
     {
         EnsureMutable();
 
-        if (descending is not null && descending.Count != Properties.Count)
+        if (descending is not null)
         {
-            throw new ArgumentException(
-                CoreStrings.InvalidNumberOfIndexSortOrderValues(DisplayName(), descending.Count, Properties.Count), nameof(descending));
+            if (descending.Count == Properties.Count)
+            {
+                // Normalize all-ascending/descending to null/empty respectively.
+                if (descending.All(desc => desc))
+                {
+                    descending = Array.Empty<bool>();
+                }
+                else if (descending.All(desc => !desc))
+                {
+                    descending = null;
+                }
+            }
+            else if (descending.Count > 0)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException(
+                    CoreStrings.InvalidNumberOfIndexSortOrderValues(DisplayName(), descending.Count, Properties.Count), nameof(descending));
+            }
         }
 
         var oldIsDescending = IsDescending;
-        var isChanging =
-            (_isDescending is null && descending is not null && descending.Any(desc => desc))
-            || (descending is null && _isDescending is not null && _isDescending.Any(desc => desc))
-            || (descending is not null && oldIsDescending is not null && !oldIsDescending.SequenceEqual(descending));
+        var isChanging = descending is null != _isDescending is null
+            || (descending is not null && _isDescending is not null && !descending.SequenceEqual(_isDescending));
         _isDescending = descending;
 
         if (descending == null)

test/EFCore.Design.Tests/Migrations/ModelSnapshotSqlServerTest.cs

@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ private abstract class AbstractBase
     {
         public int Id { get; set; }
     }
-    
+
     private class BaseEntity : AbstractBase
     {
         public string Discriminator { get; set; }
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ public virtual void Sequence_is_stored_in_snapshot_as_fluent_api()
             model =>
             {
                 Assert.Equal(5, model.GetAnnotations().Count());
-                
+
                 var sequence = model.GetSequences().Single();
                 Assert.Equal(2, sequence.StartValue);
                 Assert.Equal(1, sequence.MinValue);
@@ -4881,7 +4881,9 @@ public virtual void Index_IsDescending_is_stored_in_snapshot()
                 builder.Entity<EntityWithThreeProperties>(
                     e =>
                     {
-                        e.HasIndex(t => new { t.X, t.Y, t.Z }, "IX_empty");
+                        e.HasIndex(t => new { t.X, t.Y, t.Z }, "IX_unspecified");
+                        e.HasIndex(t => new { t.X, t.Y, t.Z }, "IX_empty")
+                            .IsDescending();
                         e.HasIndex(t => new { t.X, t.Y, t.Z }, "IX_all_ascending")
                             .IsDescending(false, false, false);
                         e.HasIndex(t => new { t.X, t.Y, t.Z }, "IX_all_descending")
@@ -4912,32 +4914,37 @@ public virtual void Index_IsDescending_is_stored_in_snapshot()
 
                     b.HasKey(""Id"");
 
-                    b.HasIndex(new[] { ""X"", ""Y"", ""Z"" }, ""IX_all_ascending"")
-                        .IsDescending(false, false, false);
+                    b.HasIndex(new[] { ""X"", ""Y"", ""Z"" }, ""IX_all_ascending"");
 
                     b.HasIndex(new[] { ""X"", ""Y"", ""Z"" }, ""IX_all_descending"")
-                        .IsDescending(true, true, true);
+                        .IsDescending();
 
-                    b.HasIndex(new[] { ""X"", ""Y"", ""Z"" }, ""IX_empty"");
+                    b.HasIndex(new[] { ""X"", ""Y"", ""Z"" }, ""IX_empty"")
+                        .IsDescending();
 
                     b.HasIndex(new[] { ""X"", ""Y"", ""Z"" }, ""IX_mixed"")
                         .IsDescending(false, true, false);
 
+                    b.HasIndex(new[] { ""X"", ""Y"", ""Z"" }, ""IX_unspecified"");
+
                     b.ToTable(""EntityWithThreeProperties"");
                 });"),
             o =>
             {
                 var entityType = o.GetEntityTypes().Single();
-                Assert.Equal(4, entityType.GetIndexes().Count());
+                Assert.Equal(5, entityType.GetIndexes().Count());
+
+                var unspecifiedIndex = Assert.Single(entityType.GetIndexes(), i => i.Name == "IX_unspecified");
+                Assert.Null(unspecifiedIndex.IsDescending);
 
                 var emptyIndex = Assert.Single(entityType.GetIndexes(), i => i.Name == "IX_empty");
-                Assert.Null(emptyIndex.IsDescending);
+                Assert.Equal(Array.Empty<bool>(), emptyIndex.IsDescending);
 
                 var allAscendingIndex = Assert.Single(entityType.GetIndexes(), i => i.Name == "IX_all_ascending");
-                Assert.Equal(new[] { false, false, false}, allAscendingIndex.IsDescending);
+                Assert.Null(allAscendingIndex.IsDescending);
 
                 var allDescendingIndex = Assert.Single(entityType.GetIndexes(), i => i.Name == "IX_all_descending");
-                Assert.Equal(new[] { true, true, true }, allDescendingIndex.IsDescending);
+                Assert.Equal(Array.Empty<bool>(), allDescendingIndex.IsDescending);
 
                 var mixedIndex = Assert.Single(entityType.GetIndexes(), i => i.Name == "IX_mixed");
                 Assert.Equal(new[] { false, true, false }, mixedIndex.IsDescending);

test/EFCore.Design.Tests/Scaffolding/Internal/CSharpDbContextGeneratorTest.cs

@@ -714,7 +714,9 @@ public void Indexes_with_descending()
                             x.Property<int>("Y");
                             x.Property<int>("Z");
                             x.HasKey("Id");
-                            x.HasIndex(new[] { "X", "Y", "Z" }, "IX_empty");
+                            x.HasIndex(new[] { "X", "Y", "Z" }, "IX_unspecified");
+                            x.HasIndex(new[] { "X", "Y", "Z" }, "IX_empty")
+                                .IsDescending();
                             x.HasIndex(new[] { "X", "Y", "Z" }, "IX_all_ascending")
                                 .IsDescending(false, false, false);
                             x.HasIndex(new[] { "X", "Y", "Z" }, "IX_all_descending")
@@ -761,17 +763,19 @@ protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
         {
             modelBuilder.Entity<EntityWithIndexes>(entity =>
             {
-                entity.HasIndex(e => new { e.X, e.Y, e.Z }, ""IX_all_ascending"")
-                    .IsDescending(false, false, false);
+                entity.HasIndex(e => new { e.X, e.Y, e.Z }, ""IX_all_ascending"");
 
                 entity.HasIndex(e => new { e.X, e.Y, e.Z }, ""IX_all_descending"")
-                    .IsDescending(true, true, true);
+                    .IsDescending();
 
-                entity.HasIndex(e => new { e.X, e.Y, e.Z }, ""IX_empty"");
+                entity.HasIndex(e => new { e.X, e.Y, e.Z }, ""IX_empty"")
+                    .IsDescending();
 
                 entity.HasIndex(e => new { e.X, e.Y, e.Z }, ""IX_mixed"")
                     .IsDescending(false, true, false);
 
+                entity.HasIndex(e => new { e.X, e.Y, e.Z }, ""IX_unspecified"");
+
                 entity.Property(e => e.Id).UseIdentityColumn();
             });
 
@@ -787,16 +791,19 @@ protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
                 model =>
                 {
                     var entityType = model.FindEntityType("TestNamespace.EntityWithIndexes")!;
-                    Assert.Equal(4, entityType.GetIndexes().Count());
+                    Assert.Equal(5, entityType.GetIndexes().Count());
+
+                    var unspecifiedIndex = Assert.Single(entityType.GetIndexes(), i => i.Name == "IX_unspecified");
+                    Assert.Null(unspecifiedIndex.IsDescending);
 
                     var emptyIndex = Assert.Single(entityType.GetIndexes(), i => i.Name == "IX_empty");
-                    Assert.Null(emptyIndex.IsDescending);
+                    Assert.Equal(Array.Empty<bool>(), emptyIndex.IsDescending);
 
                     var allAscendingIndex = Assert.Single(entityType.GetIndexes(), i => i.Name == "IX_all_ascending");
-                    Assert.Equal(new[] { false, false, false }, allAscendingIndex.IsDescending);
+                    Assert.Null(allAscendingIndex.IsDescending);
 
                     var allDescendingIndex = Assert.Single(entityType.GetIndexes(), i => i.Name == "IX_all_descending");
-                    Assert.Equal(new[] { true, true, true }, allDescendingIndex.IsDescending);
+                    Assert.Equal(Array.Empty<bool>(), allDescendingIndex.IsDescending);
 
                     var mixedIndex = Assert.Single(entityType.GetIndexes(), i => i.Name == "IX_mixed");
                     Assert.Equal(new[] { false, true, false }, mixedIndex.IsDescending);