I'm having issues trying to get the value of an object out of the Expression Tree without using .Compile()
The object is quite simple.
var userModel = new UserModel { Email = "John@Doe.com"};
The method giving me issues looks like this.
private void VisitMemberAccess(MemberExpression expression, MemberExpression left)
{
var key = left != null ? left.Member.Name : expression.Member.Name;
if (expression.Expression.NodeType.ToString() == "Parameter")
{
// add the string key
_strings.Add(string.Format("[{0}]", key));
}
else
{
// add the string parameter
_strings.Add(string.Format("@{0}", key));
// Potential NullReferenceException
var val = (expression.Member as FieldInfo).GetValue((expression.Expression as ConstantExpression).Value);
// add parameter value
Parameters.Add("@" + key, val);
}
}
The tests I'm running are quite simple
[Test] // PASS
public void ShouldVisitExpressionByGuidObject ()
{
// Setup
var id = new Guid( "CCAF57D9-88A4-4DCD-87C7-DB875E0D4E66" );
const string expectedString = "[Id] = @Id";
var expectedParameters = new Dictionary<string, object> { { "@Id", id } };
// Execute
var actualExpression = TestExpression<UserModel>( u => u.Id == id );
var actualParameters = actualExpression.Parameters;
var actualString = actualExpression.WhereExpression;
// Test
Assert.AreEqual( expectedString, actualString );
CollectionAssert.AreEquivalent( expectedParameters, actualParameters );
}
[Test] // FAIL [System.NullReferenceException : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
public void ShouldVisitExpressionByStringObject ()
{
// Setup
var expectedUser = new UserModel {Email = "john@doe.com"};
const string expectedString = "[Email] = @Email";
var expectedParameters = new Dictionary<string, object> { { "@Email", expectedUser.Email } };
// Execute
var actualExpression = TestExpression<UserModel>( u => u.Email == expectedUser.Email );
var actualParameters = actualExpression.Parameters;
var actualString = actualExpression.WhereExpression;
// Assert
Assert.AreEqual( expectedString, actualString );
CollectionAssert.AreEquivalent( expectedParameters, actualParameters );
}
I should note that changing
var val = (expression.Member as FieldInfo).GetValue((expression.Expression as ConstantExpression).Value);
to
var val = Expression.Lambda( expression ).Compile().DynamicInvoke().ToString();
will allow the test to pass, however this code needs to run on iOS, and therefore can't use .Compile()
TLDR;
Reflection is ok to use as long as you're not using Emit
or Compile
. In the question, the value is being extracted for FieldInfo
, but it is not being extracted for PropertyInfo
. Make sure you can get BOTH.
if ((expression.Member as PropertyInfo) != null)
{
// get the value from the PROPERTY
}
else if ((expression.Member as FieldInfo) != null)
{
// get the value from the FIELD
}
else
{
throw new InvalidMemberException();
}
Long-winded version
So the comments pointed me in the right direction. I struggled slightly with getting the PropertyInfo, but in the end, here's what I came up with.
private void VisitMemberAccess(MemberExpression expression, MemberExpression left)
{
// To preserve Case between key/value pairs, we always want to use the LEFT side of the expression.
// therefore, if left is null, then expression is actually left.
// Doing this ensures that our `key` matches between parameter names and database fields
var key = left != null ? left.Member.Name : expression.Member.Name;
// If the NodeType is a `Parameter`, we want to add the key as a DB Field name to our string collection
// Otherwise, we want to add the key as a DB Parameter to our string collection
if (expression.Expression.NodeType.ToString() == "Parameter")
{
_strings.Add(string.Format("[{0}]", key));
}
else
{
_strings.Add(string.Format("@{0}", key));
// If the key is being added as a DB Parameter, then we have to also add the Parameter key/value pair to the collection
// Because we're working off of Model Objects that should only contain Properties or Fields,
// there should only be two options. PropertyInfo or FieldInfo... let's extract the VALUE accordingly
var value = new object();
if ((expression.Member as PropertyInfo) != null)
{
var exp = (MemberExpression) expression.Expression;
var constant = (ConstantExpression) exp.Expression;
var fieldInfoValue = ((FieldInfo) exp.Member).GetValue(constant.Value);
value = ((PropertyInfo) expression.Member).GetValue(fieldInfoValue, null);
}
else if ((expression.Member as FieldInfo) != null)
{
var fieldInfo = expression.Member as FieldInfo;
var constantExpression = expression.Expression as ConstantExpression;
if (fieldInfo != null & constantExpression != null)
{
value = fieldInfo.GetValue(constantExpression.Value);
}
}
else
{
throw new InvalidMemberException();
}
// Add the Parameter Key/Value pair.
Parameters.Add("@" + key, value);
}
}
Essentially, if the Member.NodeType
is a Parameter
, then I'm going to use it as a SQL Field. [FieldName]
Otherwise, I'm using it as a SQL Parameter @FieldName
... backwards I know.
If the Member.NodeType
is NOT a Parameter, then I check to see if it's either a Model Field
or a Model Property
. From there, I get the appropriate value, and add the Key/Value pair to a Dictionary to be used as SQL Parameters.
The end result is that I build a string that looks something like
SELECT * FROM TableName WHERE
[FieldName] = @FieldName
Then the parameters are passed
var parameters = new Dictionary<string, object> Parameters;
parameters.Add("@FieldName", "The value of the field");