My question is How can I merge object expressions like this one?
Func<T, object>
I created a test project on GitHub where I show what I have been trying.
I have a basic boolian expression combination like this here working
Expression<Func<Employee, bool>> filter1 = p => p.Name == "John Doe";
Expression<Func<Employee, bool>> filter2 = p => p.Address == "Address 123";
// Two boolean expressions combined
Expression<Func<Employee, bool>> filterCombined = filter1.And(filter2);
// Works as expected
filterCombined.Body.ToString().ShouldBe("((p.Name == \"John Doe\") And (p.Address == \"Address 123\"))");
BUT what I can't get working is to combine two object ones like here
Expression<Func<Employee, object>> filter1 = p => p.Info;
Expression<Func<Employee, object>> filter2 = p => p.Profile;
// Trying to combine two object expressions fails
Expression<Func<Employee, object>> filterCombined = ParameterToMemberExpressionRebinder.CombinePropertySelectorWithPredicate(filter1, filter2);
filterCombined.Body.ToString().ShouldBe("((p => p.Info And p => p.Profile))"); //Something like this anyway...
I have tried all kinds of things like vistor pattern, LinqKit etc. but I´m missing something.
My main reason for doing this all
This information isn't strictly needed for this question but might give some somebody some extra insight and me some different answers.
I need this for Entity Framework Include to load related data. But above that Automapper can't map the following so I'm trying to take all the params and combine them into one that Automapper can then handle.
public MyModelDTO GetById(int? id, params Expression<Func<MyModelDTO , object>>[] includeExpressions)
{
// here Automapper (with Automapper.Extension.ExpressionMapping)
// fails to do the mapping so I´m trying to combine them into one
Expression<Func<MyModel, object>> mappedExpression= MapToType<Expression<Func<MyModel, object>>>(includeExpressions);
// call the repository with EF expression
var myModel = MyRepoGetById(id,mappedExpression);
...map myModel back to dto
return myMappedDtoModel;
}
// The repository method
public MyModel MyRepoGetById(int id, params Expression<Func<MyModel, object>>[] includeExpressions)
{
if (includeExpressions.Any())
{
IQueryable<T> set = includeExpressions
.Aggregate<Expression<Func<T, object>>, IQueryable<T>>
(dbContext.Set<T>(), (current, expression) => current.Include(expression));
return await set.SingleOrDefaultAsync(s => s.Id == id);
}
return dbContext.Set<T>().Find(id);
}
that I want to use like this
var result = await service.GetById(id,x => x.ClassProperty, x => x.AnotherClassProperty);