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static IEdmModel GetEdmModel(string url)
{
    IEdmModel model = null;
    IEnumerable<EdmError> errors = null;
    using (var reader = XmlTextReader.Create(url))
    {
        if (EdmxReader.TryParse(reader, out model, out errors))
        {
            return model;
        }

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public Func<T1, TResult> CompileConstructor<T1, TResult>()
{
   var type1 = typeof(T1);
   var parameter1 = Expression.Parameter(type1);
   var constructor = typeof(TResult).GetConstructor(new Type[] { type1 });
   var body = Expression.New(constructor, parameter1);
   var lambda = Expression.Lambda<Func<T1, TResult>>(body, parameter1);
   var method = lambda.Compile();
   return method;
}