Entity Framework 4: Any way to know the plural form of an Entity Type?

Question

Given this code:

private ObjectQuery<E> GetEntity()
{   // Pluralization concern.  Table and Type need to be consistently named.
    // TODO: Don't get cute with database table names.  XXX and XXXs for pluralization
    return _dc.CreateQuery<E>("[" + typeof(E).Name + "s]");
}

Is there any way to determine an Entity type's plural name so I can access the table, rather than just adding an 's' to the name?

For example, Medium is singular and Media is plural.

Answer 1

You can also use the PluralizationService provided by EF 4. Here is a blog post that covers the service in good detail.

http://web.archive.org/web/20130521044050/http://www.danrigsby.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/19/entity-framework-40-pluralization