Custom Self Reference Conventions

main.cs

using ServiceStack;
using ServiceStack.Text;
using ServiceStack.OrmLite;
using ServiceStack.OrmLite.Sqlite;
using ServiceStack.DataAnnotations;

var dbFactory = new OrmLiteConnectionFactory(":memory:", SqliteDialect.Provider);
var db = dbFactory.Open(); // Open ADO.NET DB Connection

public class CustomerAddress 
{
    [AutoIncrement]
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Address { get; set; }
    public string Country { get; set; }
}

public class Customer
{
    [AutoIncrement]
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }

    [References(typeof(CustomerAddress))]
    public int Id_PrimaryAddress { get; set; } // with a prefix

    [Reference]
    public CustomerAddress PrimaryAddress { get; set; }
}

db.CreateTable<Customer>();
db.CreateTable<CustomerAddress>();

var customer = new Customer
{
    Name = "The Customer",
    PrimaryAddress = new CustomerAddress {
        Address = "1 Home Street",
        Country = "US"
    },
};

db.Save(customer, references:true);

var c = db.LoadSelect<Customer>(x => x.Name == "The Customer");

c.PrintDump();

packages.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<packages>
  <package id="ServiceStack.Text" version="5.2.0" targetFramework="net45" />
  <package id="ServiceStack.Interfaces" version="5.2.0" targetFramework="net45" />
  <package id="ServiceStack.Common" version="5.2.0" targetFramework="net45" />
  <package id="ServiceStack.OrmLite" version="5.2.0" targetFramework="net45" />
  <package id="ServiceStack.OrmLite.Sqlite.Windows" version="5.2.0" targetFramework="net45" />
</packages>