Improve relational model integration in Query

src/EFCore.Relational/EFCore.Relational.baseline.json

@@ -7328,6 +7328,9 @@
         {
           "Member": "override int GetHashCode();"
         },
+        {
+          "Member": "virtual Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IRelationalJsonElement GetJsonElement(Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.IPropertyBase propertyBase);"
+        },
         {
           "Member": "virtual Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.JsonQueryExpression MakeNullable();"
         },
@@ -16519,6 +16522,9 @@
         {
           "Member": "static string JsonCantNavigateToParentEntity(object? jsonEntity, object? parentEntity, object? navigation);"
         },
+        {
+          "Member": "static string JsonElementMappingNotFound(object? structuralType, object? name, object? columnName);"
+        },
         {
           "Member": "static string JsonEntityMappedToDifferentColumnThanOwner(object? jsonType, object? containingColumn, object? ownerType, object? ownerContainingColumn);"
         },
@@ -16570,6 +16576,9 @@
         {
           "Member": "static string JsonProjectingQueryableOperationNoTrackingWithIdentityResolution(object? asNoTrackingWithIdentityResolution);"
         },
+        {
+          "Member": "static string JsonQueryExpressionWithoutUnderlyingColumn(object? structuralType);"
+        },
         {
           "Member": "static string JsonRequiredEntityWithNullJson(object? entity);"
         },

src/EFCore.Relational/Metadata/Internal/RelationalJsonElement.cs

@@ -85,13 +85,7 @@ public virtual RelationalTypeMapping? StoreTypeMapping
     public virtual IReadOnlyList<IJsonElementMapping> PropertyMappings
         => _propertyMappings;
 
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to
-    ///     the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in
-    ///     any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that
-    ///     doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.
-    /// </summary>
-    protected virtual RelationalTypeMapping? GetDefaultStoreTypeMapping()
+    private RelationalTypeMapping? GetDefaultStoreTypeMapping()
     {
         if (PropertyMappings.Select(m => m.Property).OfType<IProperty>().FirstOrDefault()?.GetTypeMapping() is RelationalTypeMapping mapping)
         {

src/EFCore.Relational/Metadata/Internal/RelationalTypeBaseExtensions.cs

@@ -14,16 +14,108 @@ namespace Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Internal;
 public static class RelationalTypeBaseExtensions
 {
     /// <summary>
+    ///     Returns the storage mappings the type queries against, in priority order: default SQL query, default function,
+    ///     view, then table. The first non-empty set wins; an empty enumerable means the type has no
+    ///     real (non-default) storage and queries should fall back to default mappings.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///     <para>
+    ///         Only the "default" function/SQL query mappings (those configured via <c>ToFunction</c>/<c>ToSqlQuery</c>
+    ///         on the entity) participate in the priority; additional <c>HasDbFunction</c>-style mappings remain
+    ///         invocation-only and never shadow the entity's view/table mapping for <c>Set&lt;T&gt;()</c> queries.
+    ///     </para>
+    ///     <para>
+    ///         This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to
+    ///         the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in
+    ///         any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that
+    ///         doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.
+    ///     </para>
+    /// </remarks>
+    public static IEnumerable<ITableMappingBase> GetQueryMappings(this ITypeBase typeBase)
+    {
+        typeBase.Model.EnsureRelationalModel();
+        if (typeBase.FindRuntimeAnnotationValue(RelationalAnnotationNames.SqlQueryMappings) is List<SqlQueryMapping> sqlQueryMappings
+            && GetDefaults(sqlQueryMappings, static m => m.IsDefaultSqlQueryMapping) is { } defaultSqlQueryMappings)
+        {
+            return defaultSqlQueryMappings;
+        }
+
+        if (typeBase.FindRuntimeAnnotationValue(RelationalAnnotationNames.FunctionMappings) is List<FunctionMapping> functionMappings
+            && GetDefaults(functionMappings, static m => m.IsDefaultFunctionMapping) is { } defaultFunctionMappings)
+        {
+            return defaultFunctionMappings;
+        }
+
+        var viewMappings = typeBase.GetViewMappings();
+        return viewMappings.Any() ? viewMappings : typeBase.GetTableMappings();
+
+        static List<T>? GetDefaults<T>(List<T> mappings, Func<T, bool> isDefault)
+        {
+            var count = 0;
+            for (var i = 0; i < mappings.Count; i++)
+            {
+                if (isDefault(mappings[i]))
+                {
+                    count++;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (count == 0)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            if (count == mappings.Count)
+            {
+                return mappings;
+            }
+
+            var defaults = new List<T>(count);
+            for (var i = 0; i < mappings.Count; i++)
+            {
+                var mapping = mappings[i];
+                if (isDefault(mapping))
+                {
+                    defaults.Add(mapping);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return defaults;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Returns the entity type's query mappings scoped to the tables actually being projected (when known via
+    ///     <paramref name="tableMap" />); falls back to all query mappings when no projected mapping qualifies. Used by
+    ///     query translation sites that need to pick the principal split-entity table for an entity reference.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="entityType">The entity type.</param>
+    /// <param name="tableMap">The tables being projected from in the containing query, or <see langword="null" /> when unknown.</param>
+    /// <remarks>
     ///     This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to
     ///     the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in
     ///     any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that
     ///     doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.
-    /// </summary>
-    public static IEnumerable<ITableMappingBase> GetViewOrTableMappings(this ITypeBase typeBase)
+    /// </remarks>
+    public static List<ITableMappingBase> GetProjectedQueryMappings(
+        this IEntityType entityType,
+        IReadOnlyDictionary<ITableBase, string>? tableMap)
     {
-        typeBase.Model.EnsureRelationalModel();
-        var viewMapping = typeBase.FindRuntimeAnnotationValue(RelationalAnnotationNames.ViewMappings);
-        var tableMapping = typeBase.FindRuntimeAnnotationValue(RelationalAnnotationNames.TableMappings);
-        return (IEnumerable<ITableMappingBase>?)(viewMapping ?? tableMapping) ?? [];
+        var allMappings = entityType.GetQueryMappings();
+        if (tableMap is null)
+        {
+            return [.. allMappings];
+        }
+
+        var projected = new List<ITableMappingBase>();
+        foreach (var mapping in allMappings)
+        {
+            if (tableMap.ContainsKey(mapping.Table))
+            {
+                projected.Add(mapping);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return projected.Count > 0 ? projected : [.. allMappings];
     }
 }

src/EFCore.Relational/Properties/RelationalStrings.resx

@@ -574,6 +574,9 @@
   <data name="JsonCantNavigateToParentEntity" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Navigation from JSON-mapped entity '{jsonEntity}' to its parent entity '{parentEntity}' using navigation '{navigation}' is not supported. Entities mapped to JSON can only navigate to their children.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="JsonElementMappingNotFound" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>No JSON element mapping was found for '{structuralType}.{name}' on column '{columnName}'.</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="JsonEmptyString" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>The database returned the empty string when a JSON object was expected.</value>
   </data>
@@ -643,6 +646,9 @@
   <data name="JsonPropertyNameShouldBeConfiguredOnNestedNavigation" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>The JSON property name should only be configured on nested owned navigations.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="JsonQueryExpressionWithoutUnderlyingColumn" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>The JSON query expression for '{structuralType}' has no underlying column.</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="JsonQueryLinqOperatorsNotSupported" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Composing LINQ operators over collections inside JSON documents isn't supported or hasn't been implemented by your EF provider.</value>
   </data>

src/EFCore.Relational/Query/Internal/JsonProjectionInfo.cs

@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ public readonly struct JsonProjectionInfo
     /// </summary>
     public JsonProjectionInfo(
         int jsonColumnIndex,
-        List<(IProperty?, int?, int?)> keyAccessInfo)
+        List<(IProperty?, int?, int?)> keyAccessInfo,
+        IColumnBase? jsonColumn = null)
     {
         JsonColumnIndex = jsonColumnIndex;
         KeyAccessInfo = keyAccessInfo;
+        JsonColumn = jsonColumn;
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -52,4 +54,16 @@ public JsonProjectionInfo(
     ///     doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.
     /// </remarks>
     public List<(IProperty? KeyProperty, int? ConstantKeyValue, int? KeyProjectionIndex)> KeyAccessInfo { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     The relational-model column containing the JSON document, or null when this projection was built from
+    ///     a synthetic JSON expansion (OPENJSON / json_each) that has no underlying IColumnBase.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///     This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to
+    ///     the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in
+    ///     any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that
+    ///     doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public IColumnBase? JsonColumn { get; }
 }

src/EFCore.Relational/Query/JsonQueryExpression.cs

@@ -137,11 +137,13 @@ public virtual SqlExpression BindProperty(IProperty property)
             return match;
         }
 
+        var element = GetJsonElement(property);
+
         return new JsonScalarExpression(
             JsonColumn,
-            [.. Path, new PathSegment(property.GetJsonPropertyName()!)],
+            [.. Path, new PathSegment(element.PropertyName!)],
             property.ClrType.UnwrapNullableType(),
-            property.FindRelationalTypeMapping()!,
+            element.StoreTypeMapping!,
             IsNullable || property.IsNullable);
     }
 
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ public virtual JsonQueryExpression BindStructuralProperty(IPropertyBase structur
 
                 var targetEntityType = navigation.TargetEntityType;
                 var newPath = Path.ToList();
-                newPath.Add(new PathSegment(targetEntityType.GetJsonPropertyName()!));
+                newPath.Add(new PathSegment(GetJsonElement(navigation).PropertyName!));
 
                 var newKeyPropertyMap = new Dictionary<IProperty, ColumnExpression>();
                 var targetPrimaryKeyProperties = targetEntityType.FindPrimaryKey()!.Properties.Take(KeyPropertyMap.Count);
@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@ public virtual JsonQueryExpression BindStructuralProperty(IPropertyBase structur
 
                 var targetComplexType = complexProperty.ComplexType;
                 var newPath = Path.ToList();
-                newPath.Add(new PathSegment(targetComplexType.GetJsonPropertyName()!));
+                newPath.Add(new PathSegment(GetJsonElement(complexProperty).PropertyName!));
 
                 return new JsonQueryExpression(
                     targetComplexType,
@@ -290,6 +292,36 @@ protected override Expression VisitChildren(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
         return Update(jsonColumn, newKeyPropertyMap);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Finds the <see cref="IRelationalJsonElement" /> for the given property/navigation/complex property within the
+    ///     JSON column referenced by this expression by matching <see cref="JsonColumn" />'s underlying
+    ///     <see cref="ColumnExpression.Column" /> against <see cref="IRelationalJsonElement.ContainingColumn" />. This
+    ///     disambiguates entity-splitting, TPT and TPC scenarios where the same property has multiple JSON element
+    ///     mappings — one per concrete table.
+    ///     <see cref="IRelationalJsonElement.PropertyName" /> may be <see langword="null" /> for shadow keys that have
+    ///     no JSON representation; callers iterating over <see cref="ITypeBase.GetProperties" /> must handle that case
+    ///     and skip them.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="propertyBase">The property, navigation or complex property to look up.</param>
+    /// <returns>The JSON element mapping for <paramref name="propertyBase" />.</returns>
+    public virtual IRelationalJsonElement GetJsonElement(IPropertyBase propertyBase)
+    {
+        var column = JsonColumn.Column
+            ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                RelationalStrings.JsonQueryExpressionWithoutUnderlyingColumn(propertyBase.DeclaringType.DisplayName()));
+
+        foreach (var mapping in propertyBase.GetJsonElementMappings())
+        {
+            if (ReferenceEquals(mapping.Element.ContainingColumn, column))
+            {
+                return mapping.Element;
+            }
+        }
+
+        throw new InvalidOperationException(
+            RelationalStrings.JsonElementMappingNotFound(propertyBase.DeclaringType.DisplayName(), propertyBase.Name, column.Name));
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     ///     Creates a new expression that is like this one, but using the supplied children. If all of the children are the same, it will
     ///     return this expression.