I'd like to create an Expression<Func<TEntity, object>>
so as to later pass it to function as parameter.
If I use the following function for creating it...
public Expression<Func<TEntity, object>> GetInclude(string property)
{
ParameterExpression parameter = System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Parameter(typeof(TEntity));
System.Linq.Expressions.Expression ppty = System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Property(parameter, property);
LambdaExpression lambda = System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Lambda(ppty, parameter);
return (Expression<Func<TEntity, object>>)lambda;
}
... I get the error at runtime trying to return result, saying that the type cannot be converted into object. For example, if TEntity
is Purchases
and I want to get Purchases.Customers
by giving "Customers"
as the parameter.
On the other hand, If I do that function to become generic like...
public Expression<Func<TEntity, TDest>> GetInclude<TDest>(string property) where TDest: class, new()
{
ParameterExpression parameter = System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Parameter(typeof(TEntity));
System.Linq.Expressions.Expression ppty = System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Property(parameter, property);
LambdaExpression lambda = System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Lambda(ppty, parameter);
return (Expression<Func<TEntity, TDest>>)lambda;
}
... and calling it from Generic Method...
MethodInfo methodInfoInclude = EntityRepository.GetMethod("GetInclude");
object[] parametersToIncludeArray = new object[] { "Customers" }; //For testing
//Get the type of object to be obtained:
Assembly Data = Assembly.Load("Domain.Entities");
Type EntityTypeReferenced = Data.GetTypes()
.Where(t => t.IsClass && t.Namespace == "Domain.Entities" && t.Name == "Customers") //For testing
.ToList<Type>().First();
MethodInfo methodInfoGenericInclude = methodInfoInclude.MakeGenericMethod(EntityTypeReferenced);
object include = methodInfoGenericInclude.Invoke(EntityRepositoryInstance, parametersToIncludeArray);
... I have no error and I can get the include object. However, when I call to method that requires Expression<Func<TEntity, object>>
as a parameter:
object[] Includes = { include };
MethodInfo methodInfo = EntityRepository.GetMethod("GetElementsWithInclude");
object[] parametersToIncludeFunctionArray = new object[] { Includes };
object Data = methodInfo.Invoke(EntityRepositoryInstance, parametersToIncludeFunctionArray);
... with something like...
public List<TEntity> GetElementsWithInclude(Expression<Func<TEntity,object>>[] Includes)
{
return this.ApplyIncludes(this._Context.CreateDbSet<TEntity>(), Includes).AsEnumerable<TEntity>().ToList();
}
... I get the the error like object[]
cannot be converted into Expression<Func<TEntity,object>>[]
.
The aim is calling function to ApplyIncludes
like this, having created the expressions dynamically:
private IQueryable<TEntity> ApplyIncludes(IDbSet<TEntity> Entities, Expression<Func<TEntity, object>>[] Includes)
{
return Includes.Aggregate(Entities.AsQueryable<TEntity>(),
(Entity, Include) => Entity.Include(
((MemberExpression)Include.Body).Member.DeclaringType.Equals(typeof(TEntity)) ?
((MemberExpression)Include.Body).Member.Name :
Include.Body.ToString().Replace(Include.Parameters[0].Name + ".", "").Replace("FirstOrDefault().", "")
));
}
Any help with this, please???
Thank you so much.