Support partial loading (i.e. not eagerly loading all scalar properties)
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Research direction
Start with the proposed partial relationship loading behavior and the DbContext.Entry(address).Resolve(...) example, then review the issue discussion for existing decisions or constraints. Define how a related entity containing only primary keys would be requested and how selected properties would be resolved; done requires an agreed design and tests covering the behavior.
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Description
Can you please add partial loading and by that I mean in addition to lazy and eager loading of relationships, the third option - lets call it partial for now - loads the related entity but only containing the primary keys and no other data. If needed I could resolve the rest of the data manually.
For example I have a Contact entity with one to many relationship with Address. With partial loading, I will get Contact.Address.AddressId only. I could then resolve the rest of the properties manually. Maybe all maybe the ones I specify via DbContext.Entry(address).Resolve(a=>a.Line1;....
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