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How to convert linq query to Nhibernate's Criteria?


I am tying to rewrite a module which interacts with NHibernate. The buisness logic becomes more sofisticated and we decided to change our linq queries to Nhibernate's Criteria. Here is the old code:

nhSession.Query<User>().Where(
    u => u.Roles.Contains(query.Role)
)

And the new code:

var criteria = nhSession.CreateCriteria<User>("user");
criteria.Add(/* contains? */);

And mapping:

<class name="User" table="users">
    <id name="Id" column="id">
        <generator class="hilo">
            <param name="table">hilo</param>
            <param name="column">user_id</param>
            <param name="max_lo">10</param>
        </generator>
    </id>

    <property name="Password" column="password" />

    <bag name="Roles" table="user_roles">
        <key column="user_id" />
        <element column="role" />
    </bag>
</class>

Where Roles is an enum.

How to make the query with Criteria behave like the Linq query?


Solution

  • var criteria = nhSession.CreateCriteria<User>("user");
    var roleCriteria = criteria.CreateCriteria("Roles","roles");
    roleCriteria.Add(Expression.Eq("role",Role.YourRole);