Get an Entity Framework Object anyway

In Entity Framework, you can get an Object from the ObjectContext[^] using GetObjectByKey[^] or TryGetObjectByKey[^]. When the object is not yet loaded into the ObjectContext, Entity Framework tries to get it from the database. But what if it doesn't even exist there? Take this:

public static TEntity GetObjectAnyway<TEntity>(this ObjectSet<TEntity> os, params object[] primaryKeyValues) where TEntity : EntityObject, new()
{
    object oEntity;
    TEntity entity;
    var ek = os.CreateEntityKey(primaryKeyValues);
    if (os.Context.TryGetObjectByKey(ek, out oEntity))
        entity = (TEntity)oEntity;
    else
    {
        entity = new TEntity { EntityKey = ek };
        foreach (var v in ek.EntityKeyValues)
        {
            typeof(TEntity).InvokeMember(v.Key, BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.SetProperty, null, entity, new[] { v.Value });
        }
        os.AddObject(entity);
    }
    return entity;
}

You'll need some helpers to make it work, here's the whole code:

using System.Data;
using System.Data.Objects;
using System.Data.Objects.DataClasses;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Data.Metadata.Edm;

namespace MyNamespace
{
    public static class Extensions
    {
        public static EntityKey CreateEntityKey(this EntitySet es, params object[] primaryKeyValues)
        {
            var s = string.Format("{0}.{1}", es.EntityContainer.Name, es.Name);
            var ien = primaryKeyValues.Select((o, i) => new EntityKeyMember(es.ElementType.KeyMembers[i].Name, o));
            return new EntityKey(s, ien);
        }

        public static EntityKey CreateEntityKey<TEntity>(this ObjectSet<TEntity> os, params object[] primaryKeyValues) where TEntity : class
        {
            return os.EntitySet.CreateEntityKey(primaryKeyValues);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns an object that has the specified primary key values from database or <see cref="ObjectContext"/>, even if it wasn't already existing.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// This method makes the following attempts, until it is able to return the object wanted.
        /// <list type="number">
        /// <item><description>
        /// Try to get the object from the <see cref="ObjectContext"/>.
        /// </description></item>
        /// <item><description>
        /// Try to get the object from the database.
        /// </description></item>
        /// <item><description>
        /// Create a new object having the given <paramref name="primaryKeyValues"/>.
        /// </description></item>
        /// </list>
        /// </remarks>
        /// <typeparam name="TEntity">The type of the wanted object.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="os">The <see cref="ObjectSet{T}"/> where the wanted object belongs to.</param>
        /// <param name="primaryKeyValues">The values of the object's primary key in the order defined by the primary key.</param>
        /// <returns>The object wanted.</returns>
        public static TEntity GetObjectAnyway<TEntity>(this ObjectSet<TEntity> os, params object[] primaryKeyValues) where TEntity : EntityObject, new()
        {
            object oEntity;
            TEntity entity;
            var ek = os.CreateEntityKey(primaryKeyValues);
            if (os.Context.TryGetObjectByKey(ek, out oEntity))
                entity = (TEntity)oEntity;
            else
            {
                entity = new TEntity { EntityKey = ek };
                foreach (var v in ek.EntityKeyValues)
                {
                    typeof(TEntity).InvokeMember(v.Key, BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.SetProperty, null, entity, new[] { v.Value });
                }
                os.AddObject(entity);
            }
            return entity;
        }
    }
}