Description
File a bug
Given this class:
public class Book : IBookCover2Haver
{
public List<BookCover> Covers { get; set; } = new();
[NotMapped]
List<BookCover2> IBookCover2Haver.Covers => Covers.Cast<BookCover2>().ToList();
}
Calling this:
var result = await db.Books
.Include(x => x.Covers)
.ToListAsync();
Throws this exception, even though the property being included is not marked with [NotMapped]:
InvalidOperationException: The expression 'x.Covers' is invalid inside an 'Include' operation, since it does not represent a property access: 't => t.MyProperty'. To target navigations declared on derived types, use casting ('t => ((Derived)t).MyProperty') or the 'as' operator ('t => (t as Derived).MyProperty'). Collection navigation access can be filtered by composing Where, OrderBy(Descending), ThenBy(Descending), Skip or Take operations. For more information on including related data, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=746393.
Removing [NotMapped] from the second property does actually avoid this exception, but it seems to me that this is still a defect, since NotMapped should be specific to the property, not the name.
Include your code
Demo: https://github.com/DanielStout5/EfCoreBugs/tree/IncludeNotMapped
Include provider and version information
EF Core version: 7.0.11
Database provider: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
Target framework: .Net 7