How to create ViewModel in an MVVM application using entity framework where database has many-to-many relationship?

Question

I have started developing a small application in WPF. Since I am completely new to it, to start with I took a microsoft's sample available at
Microsoft Sample Application and following the pattern of the sampke I have been so far successful  in creating four different views for their corresponding
master tables. Unfortunately, I have got stuck up as the sample does not contain pattern for creating ViewModel when there is a many-to-many relationship in the database. In my application, I have the following data structure:
1. Table Advocate(advId, Name)
2. Table Party (partyId, Name)
3 Table Case (caseId, CaseNo)
4. Link Table Petitioner (CaseId, PartyId)
5. Link Table Respondent (CaseId, PartyId)
6. Link Table EngagedAdvocate(CaseId, advId)
7. Link Table EngagedSrAdvocate(CaseId, advId)
In the scenario above, I am a bit confused about how to go forward creating the required ViewModel which would render me to have multiple instances of Petitioners, Respondents, Advocates and SrAdvocates.
Please explain details in step by step manner considering that whatever work I have completed so far is a replica of Microsoft's sample referred above. I would also like to mention that I have developed my application
using VB.net. So please provide solution in vb.net.
After getting many-to-many relationship introduced into my application, it would achieve one level above the sample application and I would like to share with the community so that it could be helpful to many aspiring developers seeking help with MVVM.

Answer 1

Hi ArunKhatri,
I would suggest you referring to Magnus's article, it provides an example of how you could display and let the user edit many-to-many relational data from the Entity Framework in a dynamic and data-bound DataGrid control in WPF:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/20719.wpf-displaying-and-editing-many-to-many-relational-data-in-a-datagrid.aspx
You can learn how to design the ViewModel and the relationship between the entities.
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