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Session: How to Refresh an Entity

Session: How to Refresh an Entity

To update an entity with the latest changes from the server, use the Refresh method from Advanced session operations.

Syntax​

void Refresh<T>(T entity);
ParameterTypeDescription
entityTInstance of an entity that will be refreshed

Example​

Employee employee = session.Load<Employee>("employees/1");
Assert.Equal("Doe", employee.LastName);

// LastName changed to 'Shmoe'

session.Advanced.Refresh(employee);
Assert.Equal("Shmoe", employee.LastName);

Remarks​

Refreshing a transient entity (not attached) or an entity that was deleted on server-side will result in a InvalidOperationException.