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To implement the TPT inheritance strategy in EF Core, you need to:
<ol>
<li>Call the <code>UseTptMappingStrategy</code> method for your root entity (optional if you already specify a table name for every entity but highly recommended to make your intention clear)</li>
<li>Call the <code>ToTable([TableName])</code> method for every concrete entity if you want a different table name by default</li>
</ol>
Here is an example:
<pre><code class="language-csharp">protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
	// optional if you already specify a table name for every entity but highly recommended to make your intention clear
	modelBuilder.Entity&lt;Animal&gt;().UseTptMappingStrategy();
	
	modelBuilder.Entity&lt;Animal&gt;().ToTable(&quot;Animal&quot;);
	modelBuilder.Entity&lt;Cat&gt;().ToTable(&quot;Cat&quot;);
	modelBuilder.Entity&lt;Dog&gt;().ToTable(&quot;Dog&quot;);
}
</code></pre>
In this example, even if <code>Animal</code> is an abstract class, it must be mapped to its table as it will contain data such as the key for both <code>Cat</code> and <code>Dog</code> classes.

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