I am wondering how would the below code work and what would be the performance. I am interested in line #4 basically. How will linq and property info work together?
In other words will (int)prop.GetValue(a) and a.SomeId work the same way or will the reflection need to get everything to memory before checking the value?
var prop = type.GetProperty("SomeId");
if (prop != null)
{
DbSet<T> dbSet = _dbContext.Set<T>();
return dbSet.Where(a => (int)prop.GetValue(a) == 1);
}
In other words will (int)prop.GetValue(a) and a.SomeId work the same way
No.
Depending on the backing store, the context may fail to convert that expression ((int)prop.GetValue(a)) to the underlying query syntax, which in most cases would be SQL.
You could consider building a valid expression manually using the property info.
For example
//Assuming
Type type = typeof(T);
PropertyInfo prop = type.GetProperty("SomeId");
if (prop != null) {
//need to build a => a.SomeId == 1
// a =>
ParameterExpression parameter = Expression.Parameter(type, "a");
// a => a.SomeId
MemberExpression property = Expression.Property(parameter, prop);
// a => a.SomeId == 1
BinaryExpression body = Expression.Equal(property, Expression.Constant(1));
Expression<Func<T, bool>> expression = Expression.Lambda<Func<T, bool>>(body, parameter);
DbSet<T> dbSet = _dbContext.Set<T>();
return dbSet.Where(expression);
}
Related
I have an issue with this linq expression:
var invs = ids.Split(new[] {'|'}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
.Select(x => sitecoreContext.GetItem<Inv>(new ID(x).Guid))
.ToList();
How can I check for null into the .Select? SitecoreContext.GetItem(new ID(x).Guid)) to crash (because items being unpublished, or created but not published) so I need a way to verify first if the item exist, and only then to make the select.
Thank you.
When you call SitecoreContext.GetItem<T>, in the background SitecoreContext gets the item from the database and then it casts it to the T type. And from what I can see, it can throw an exception if there is no item with the specified ID.
What you can do to avoid this exception is split what SitecoreContext does and execute it on your own with a null check in between:
Execute GetItem first
Do the null check
Cast the item to your type:
var invs = ids.Split(new[] {'|'}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
.Select(x => sitecoreContext.Database.GetItem(new ID(x)))
.Where(x => x != null)
.Select(x => sitecoreContext.Cast<Inv>(x))
.ToList();
You can filter all non-null items using a where statement.
var nonNull = list.Where(element => element != null);
I usually use an extension method for this:
public static class EnumerableExtensions
{
public static IEnumerable<T> WhereNotNull<T>(this IEnumerable<T> enumerable)
where T: class
{
return enumerable.Where(element => element != null);
}
}
Given your example, you could use the statement like this:
var invs = ids.Split(new[] {'|'}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
.WhereNotNull()
.Select(x => sitecoreContext.GetItem<Inv>(new ID(x).Guid))
.ToList();
You Can Check Null Using null coalescing operator or ternary Operator in Linq Example is Given Below
`var productTypes = from ProductDto e in Product
select new
{
Id = e.Product != null ? e.Product.ID : 0,
Name = "xyz"
};`
in LINQ how do i search all fields in a table, what do i put for ANYFIELD in the below?
Thanks
var tblequipments = from d in db.tblEquipments.Include(t => t.User).Include(t => t.ChangeLog).Include(t => t.AssetType)
where d."ANYFIELD" == "VALUE" select d;
You can't. You must compare each field individually. It doesn't make sense to compare all fields, given a field may not even be of the same type as the object you're comparing to.
You can, using reflection. Try this:
static bool CheckAllFields<TInput, TValue>(TInput input, TValue value, bool alsoCheckProperties)
{
Type t = typeof(TInput);
foreach (FieldInfo info in t.GetFields().Where(x => x.FieldType == typeof(TValue)))
{
if (!info.GetValue(input).Equals(value))
{
return false;
}
}
if (alsoCheckProperties)
{
foreach (PropertyInfo info in t.GetProperties().Where(x => x.PropertyType == typeof(TValue)))
{
if (!info.GetValue(input, null).Equals(value))
{
return false;
}
}
}
return true;
}
And your LINQ query:
var tblequipments = from d in db.tblEquipments.Include(t => t.User).Include(t => t.ChangeLog).Include(t => t.AssetType)
where CheckAllFields(d, "VALUE", true) select d;
The third parameter should be true if you want to check all fields and all properties, and false if you want to check only all fields.
EDIT: Someone already built this...see here.
Not a full answer, but I don't agree with assertion that you simply can't...
You could come up with an extension method that dynamically filtered the IQueryable/IEnumerable (I'm guessing IQueryable by the db variable) based on properties of a similar type for you. Here's something whipped up in Linqpad. It references PredicateBuilder and is by no means complete/fully accurate, but I tested it out in Linq-to-SQL on some of my tables and it worked as described.
void Main()
{
YourDbSet.WhereAllPropertiesOfSimilarTypeAreEqual("A String")
.Count()
.Dump();
}
public static class EntityHelperMethods
{
public static IQueryable<TEntity> WhereAllPropertiesOfSimilarTypeAreEqual<TEntity, TProperty>(this IQueryable<TEntity> query, TProperty value)
{
var param = Expression.Parameter(typeof(TEntity));
var predicate = PredicateBuilder.True<TEntity>();
foreach (var fieldName in GetEntityFieldsToCompareTo<TEntity, TProperty>())
{
var predicateToAdd = Expression.Lambda<Func<TEntity, bool>>(
Expression.Equal(
Expression.PropertyOrField(param, fieldName),
Expression.Constant(value)), param);
predicate = predicate.And(predicateToAdd);
}
return query.Where(predicate);
}
// TODO: You'll need to find out what fields are actually ones you would want to compare on.
// This might involve stripping out properties marked with [NotMapped] attributes, for
// for example.
private static IEnumerable<string> GetEntityFieldsToCompareTo<TEntity, TProperty>()
{
Type entityType = typeof(TEntity);
Type propertyType = typeof(TProperty);
var fields = entityType.GetFields()
.Where (f => f.FieldType == propertyType)
.Select (f => f.Name);
var properties = entityType.GetProperties()
.Where (p => p.PropertyType == propertyType)
.Select (p => p.Name);
return fields.Concat(properties);
}
}
Useful resources for the unresolved part:
Finding the relevant properties
if this help some one.
first find all properties within Customer class with same type as query:
var stringProperties = typeof(Customer).GetProperties().Where(prop =>
prop.PropertyType == query.GetType());
then find all customers from context that has at least one property with value equal to query:
context.Customer.Where(customer =>
stringProperties.Any(prop =>
prop.GetValue(customer, null) == query));
I have chosen to create an anonymous type for temporary projection in a LINQ Join query. I am using ExpressionTrees, to build the query at runtime. I donot know if the following code would help me with creating a temporary projected sequence.
Here is the code that does the temporary Projection:
private Expression<Func<EntityObject, EntityObject,dynamic>> TempProjectionExpression
{
get
{
return (o, p) => new
{
o = o,
p = p
};
}
}
My Join Query using Expression Trees is given below.
public IQueryable<dynamic> GetQueryExpressionresults3<T, U, V>(IQueryable<T> aEntityCollection1, IQueryable<U> aEntityCollection2, Type[] _TypeArguments ,V _anonymousType, string aPropertyName)
where T : EntityObject
where U : EntityObject
{
ParameterExpression pe = Expression.Parameter(typeof(U), "o");
ParameterExpression pe1 = Expression.Parameter(typeof(T), "p");
//This should be populated from UI
Expression me = Expression.Property(pe1, typeof(T).GetProperty(aPropertyName));
//This should be populated from UI
Expression me1 = Expression.Property(pe, typeof(U).GetProperty(aPropertyName));
LambdaExpression le = Expression.Lambda<Func<T, int>>(me, new ParameterExpression[] { pe1 });
LambdaExpression le1 = Expression.Lambda<Func<U, int>>(me1, new ParameterExpression[] { pe });
_TypeArguments = new Type[] { aEntityCollection1 .ElementType, aEntityCollection2.ElementType, le.Body.Type, typeof(MovieCollections)};
//_TypeArguments = _TypeArguments.Concat(new Type[] { le.Body.Type, typeof(object) }).ToArray();
MethodCallExpression JoinCallExpression = Expression.Call(typeof(Queryable), "Join", _TypeArguments, aEntityCollection1.Expression, aEntityCollection2.Expression
, le, le1, TempProjectionExpression);
var oResult = aEntityCollection1.Provider.CreateQuery(JoinCallExpression) as IQueryable<dynamic>;
return oResult;
}
Now the question is, i would like to determine the return type of the TempProjectionExpression, i.e. typeof(dynamic). Is this possible? If yes, then how?
typeof(dynamic) can't do any better than System.Object (which the compiler won't even try to do) which isn't a very interesting result.
You can use returnedResult.GetType(), though, to get its runtime type.
Since dynamic puts off type resolution to runtime, there's no way to tell what the return is before something is actually returned without doing type analysis on your expression tree worthy of the C# compiler itself.
I'm building a LINQ-based query generator.
One of the features is being able to specify an arbitrary server-side projection as part of the query definition. For example:
class CustomerSearch : SearchDefinition<Customer>
{
protected override Expression<Func<Customer, object>> GetProjection()
{
return x => new
{
Name = x.Name,
Agent = x.Agent.Code
Sales = x.Orders.Sum(o => o.Amount)
};
}
}
Since the user must then be able to sort on the projection properties (as opposed to Customer properties), I recreate the expression as a Func<Customer,anonymous type> instead of Func<Customer, object>:
//This is a method on SearchDefinition
IQueryable Transform(IQueryable source)
{
var projection = GetProjection();
var properProjection = Expression.Lambda(projection.Body,
projection.Parameters.Single());
In order to return the projected query, I'd love to be able to do this (which, in fact, works in an almost identical proof of concept):
return Queryable.Select((IQueryable<TRoot>)source, (dynamic)properProjection);
TRoot is the type parameter in SearchDefinition. This results in the following exception:
Microsoft.CSharp.RuntimeBinder.RuntimeBinderException:
The best overloaded method match for
'System.Linq.Queryable.Select<Customer,object>(System.Linq.IQueryable<Customer>,
System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<System.Func<Customer,object>>)'
has some invalid arguments
at CallSite.Target(Closure , CallSite , Type , IQueryable`1 , Object )
at System.Dynamic.UpdateDelegates.UpdateAndExecute3[T0,T1,T2,TRet]
(CallSite site, T0 arg0, T1 arg1, T2 arg2)
at SearchDefinition`1.Transform(IQueryable source) in ...
If you look closely, it's inferring the generic parameters incorrectly: Customer,object instead of Customer,anonymous type, which is the actual type of the properProjection expression (double-checked)
My workaround is using reflection. But with generic arguments, it's a real mess:
var genericSelectMethod = typeof(Queryable).GetMethods().Single(
x => x.Name == "Select" &&
x.GetParameters()[1].ParameterType.GetGenericArguments()[0]
.GetGenericArguments().Length == 2);
var selectMethod = genericSelectMethod.MakeGenericMethod(source.ElementType,
projectionBody.Type);
return (IQueryable)selectMethod.Invoke(null, new object[]{ source, projection });
Does anyone know of a better way?
Update: the reason why dynamic fails is that anonymous types are defined as internal. That's why it worked using a proof-of-concept project, where everything was in the same assembly.
I'm cool with that. I'd still like to find a cleaner way to find the right Queryable.Select overload.
The fix is so simple it hurts:
[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("My.Search.Lib.Assembly")]
Here's my test as requested. This on a Northwind database and this works fine for me.
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var dc = new NorthwindDataContext();
var source = dc.Categories;
Expression<Func<Category, object>> expr =
c => new
{
c.CategoryID,
c.CategoryName,
};
var oldParameter = expr.Parameters.Single();
var parameter = Expression.Parameter(oldParameter.Type, oldParameter.Name);
var body = expr.Body;
body = RebindParameter(body, oldParameter, parameter);
Console.WriteLine("Parameter Type: {0}", parameter.Type);
Console.WriteLine("Body Type: {0}", body.Type);
var newExpr = Expression.Lambda(body, parameter);
Console.WriteLine("Old Expression Type: {0}", expr.Type);
Console.WriteLine("New Expression Type: {0}", newExpr.Type);
var query = Queryable.Select(source, (dynamic)newExpr);
Console.WriteLine(query);
foreach (var item in query)
{
Console.WriteLine(item);
Console.WriteLine("\t{0}", item.CategoryID.GetType());
Console.WriteLine("\t{0}", item.CategoryName.GetType());
}
Console.Write("Press any key to continue . . . ");
Console.ReadKey(true);
Console.WriteLine();
}
static Expression RebindParameter(Expression expr, ParameterExpression oldParam, ParameterExpression newParam)
{
switch (expr.NodeType)
{
case ExpressionType.Parameter:
var parameterExpression = expr as ParameterExpression;
return (parameterExpression.Name == oldParam.Name)
? newParam
: parameterExpression;
case ExpressionType.MemberAccess:
var memberExpression = expr as MemberExpression;
return memberExpression.Update(
RebindParameter(memberExpression.Expression, oldParam, newParam));
case ExpressionType.AndAlso:
case ExpressionType.OrElse:
case ExpressionType.Equal:
case ExpressionType.NotEqual:
case ExpressionType.LessThan:
case ExpressionType.LessThanOrEqual:
case ExpressionType.GreaterThan:
case ExpressionType.GreaterThanOrEqual:
var binaryExpression = expr as BinaryExpression;
return binaryExpression.Update(
RebindParameter(binaryExpression.Left, oldParam, newParam),
binaryExpression.Conversion,
RebindParameter(binaryExpression.Right, oldParam, newParam));
case ExpressionType.New:
var newExpression = expr as NewExpression;
return newExpression.Update(
newExpression.Arguments
.Select(arg => RebindParameter(arg, oldParam, newParam)));
case ExpressionType.Call:
var methodCallExpression = expr as MethodCallExpression;
return methodCallExpression.Update(
RebindParameter(methodCallExpression.Object, oldParam, newParam),
methodCallExpression.Arguments
.Select(arg => RebindParameter(arg, oldParam, newParam)));
default:
return expr;
}
}
Also, dynamic method resolution doesn't really do much for you in this case as there are only two very distinct overloads of Select(). Ultimately you just need to remember that you won't have any static type checking on your results since you don't have any static type information. With that said, this will also work for you (using the above code example):
var query = Queryable.Select(source, expr).Cast<dynamic>();
Console.WriteLine(query);
foreach (var item in query)
{
Console.WriteLine(item);
Console.WriteLine("\t{0}", item.CategoryID.GetType());
Console.WriteLine("\t{0}", item.CategoryName.GetType());
}
I have a settingspropertyvaluecollection.I dont want to loop through all the properties using a for each loop.Instead i want to query the collection.How do i do that?is there a way to use LINQ and do it?
Thanks
SettingsPropertyValueCollection doesn't implement IEnumerable<T> but it does implement IEnumerable. If you want to query it using LINQ you have a couple of options.
You could create a Where() extension method that takes IEnumerable and a query and performs the query for you:
public static class IEnumerableExtensions
{
public static IEnumerable<T> Where<T>(this IEnumerable input, Func<T,bool> query)
{
return input.Cast<T>().Where(item => query(item));
}
}
assuming:
var settings = new SettingsPropertyValueCollection
{
new SettingsPropertyValue(new SettingsProperty("Email")
{
DefaultValue = "a#a.com",
PropertyType = typeof(string)
}),
new SettingsPropertyValue(new SettingsProperty("City")
{
DefaultValue = "Austin",
PropertyType = typeof(string)
}),
new SettingsPropertyValue(new SettingsProperty("State")
{
DefaultValue = "TX",
PropertyType = typeof(string)
})
};
usage would be:
var matches = settings.Where<SettingsPropertyValue>(x => x.Name == "City")
alternatively you could use the LINQ Cast<T> operator to query the settings:
var matches = settings.Cast<SettingsPropertyValue>()
.Where(x => x.Name == "City");
if you expect only one possible match then use FirstOrDefault() instead of Where()
var match = settings.Cast<SettingsPropertyValue>()
.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == "City");
It's been a while since the question was answered and many things have changed since then.
You could cast the SettingsPropertyValueCollection to a list (or other container) and query it right away.
So, this would be my solution nowadays:
SettingsPropertyValueCollection settings = Properties.Settings.Default.PropertyValues
settings.Cast<SettingsPropertyValue>().ToList().Where(p => p.Name == "myProperty");