How To: Joining three lists using Linq to objects - linq

Question

Problem is with the addresses not being outputted
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
namespace LinqToObjects
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var customers = Customer.GetAllCustomers();
var addresses = Address.GetAllAddresses();
var addressRelations = AddressRelation.GetAllAddressRelations();
var results = customers
.Join(addressRelations,
c => c.CustomerID,
ar => ar.CustomerID,
(c, ar) => new
{
CustomerName = c.FirstName + " " + c.LastName,
CustomerID = c.CustomerID,
AddressRelID = ar.AddressID
});
var resultsJoined = results
.GroupJoin(addresses,
ar => ar.AddressRelID,
a => a.AddressID,
(ar, a) => new
{
CustomerName = ar.CustomerName,
AddressLine = addresses.Select(b => b.StreetAddress).FirstOrDefault()
});
foreach(var item in resultsJoined)
{
Console.WriteLine(item.CustomerName);
Console.WriteLine(item.AddressLine);
Console.WriteLine("-----------------");
}
}
}
public class AddressRelation
{
public int AddressRelationID { get; set; }
public int CustomerID { get; set; }
public int AddressID { get; set; }
public AddressRelation(int id, int customerId, int addressId)
{
AddressRelationID = id; CustomerID = customerId; AddressID = addressId;
}
public static List<AddressRelation> GetAllAddressRelations()
{
var AllAddressRelations = new List<AddressRelation>();//simulate data returned from db
var addressRelation1 = new AddressRelation(1, 1, 1);
var addressRelation2 = new AddressRelation(2, 3, 3);
var addressRelation3 = new AddressRelation(3, 2, 2);
AllAddressRelations.Add(addressRelation1);
AllAddressRelations.Add(addressRelation2);
AllAddressRelations.Add(addressRelation3);
return AllAddressRelations;
}
}
public class Address
{
public int AddressID { get; set; }
public string StreetAddress { get; set; }
public Address(int id, string streetAddress)
{
AddressID = id; StreetAddress = streetAddress;
}
public static List<Address> GetAllAddresses()
{
var AllAddresses = new List<Address>();
Address customer1Address = new Address(1, "Elm St");
Address customer2Address = new Address(2, "Willow Way");
Address customer3Address = new Address(3, "Linq Ln");
AllAddresses.Add(customer1Address);
AllAddresses.Add(customer2Address);
AllAddresses.Add(customer3Address);
return AllAddresses;
}
}
public class Customer
{
public int CustomerID { get; set; }
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public Customer(int id,string firstName, string lastName)
{
CustomerID = id; FirstName = firstName; LastName = lastName;
}
public static List<Customer> GetAllCustomers()
{
var AllCustomers = new List<Customer>();
var customer1 = new Customer(1, "James", "T");
var customer2 = new Customer(2, "Donnie", "H");
var customer3 = new Customer(3, "Sarah", "H");
AllCustomers.Add(customer1);
AllCustomers.Add(customer2);
AllCustomers.Add(customer3);
return AllCustomers;
}
}
}

Answer 1

The query isn't very expressive. If I was going to join three lists using LinqToObjects, I'd do this:
var query =
from c in customers
join xr in addressRelations on c.CustomerId equals xr.CustomerId
join a in addresses on xr.AddressId equals a.AddressId
select new {Customer = c, Address = a};
Looks like another mistake. I bet that AddressRelId is the key to the AddressRelation table, and not what you want use to connect to the Address table.
.GroupJoin(addresses,
ar => ar.Address**Rel**ID,
a => a.AddressID,
In response to comment:
var query = customers
.Join(addressRelations,
c => c.CustomerId,
xr => xr.CustomerId,
(c, xr) => new {c, xr})
.Join(addresses,
x => x.xr.AddressId,
a => a.AddressId,
(x, a) => new {c = x.c, xr = x.xr, a = a})
.Select(x => new {Customer = x.c, Address = x.a});

Answer 2

It's returning the first customer address because you've told it to:
AddressLine = addresses.Select(b => b.AddressLine1).FirstOrDefault()
Here, addresses is all addresses. I suspect you just want:
AddressLine = a.Select(b => b.AddressLine1).FirstOrDefault()