Updating a record using a class object with Entity Framework in C# -

i have entity class includes many fields. make simple, let's assume class defined following:

public partial class branches {      public int num { get; set; }     public string name { get; set; }     public string street { get; set; }     public string city { get; set; } 

in api class, want define function updating record of type. creating function update each field separately seems quite overhead application, decided define 1 function updates fields. can assign object received function directly object used update following?

void updatebranch(branches branch) {   using (var dbcontext = new entitiescontext())   {     var result = dbcontext.branches.singleordefault(b => b.num == branch.num);                                                     if (result != null)     {       **result = branch;**                               dbcontext.savechanges();     }   } } 

i'm using entity framework version 6.0

yes can use it, following code

void updatebranch(branches branch) {     using (var dbcontext = new entitiescontext())     {         dbcontext.branches.attach(branch);         dbcontext.entry(branch).state = entitystate.modified;                       dbcontext.savechanges();     } } 

when attach entity dbcontext, entity framework aware instance exist in database , perform update operation.