I want to create a dynamic filter for my repositories using linq expressions, I have other filters but i don't know how to make the next one using expressions: (the condition was taked from here)
var result = _studentRepotory.GetAll().Where(s =>
SqlFunctions.StringConvert((double)s.Id).Contains("91")).ToList();
I have a method that receives the value of a property, the propertyName and the filter operator type (enum):
public static class Helper {
public static Expression<Func<T, bool>> GetExpression<T>(object value, string propertyName, FilterOperatorType FilterType)
{
var parameter = Expression.Parameter(typeof(T));
var property = ExpressionUtils.GetPropertyChild(parameter, propertyName);
var constValue = Expression.Constant(value);
BinaryExpression expresion = null;
switch (FilterType)
{
case FilterOperatorType.Equal:
expresion = Expression.Equal(property, constValue);
break;
case FilterOperatorType.Greater:
expresion = Expression.GreaterThan(property, constValue);
break;
case FilterOperatorType.Less:
expresion = Expression.LessThan(property, constValue);
break;
case FilterOperatorType.GreaterOrEqual:
expresion = Expression.GreaterThanOrEqual(property, constValue);
break;
case FilterOperatorType.LessOrEqual:
expresion = Expression.LessThanOrEqual(property, constValue);
break;
}
var lambda = Expression.Lambda<Func<T, bool>>(expresion, parameter);
return lambda;
}
}
So, I want to add a new opertator type Contains that will evaluate if an integer contains some digits, in the first block of code I do it, but I want to do it with linq expressions using generics.
At the end I wil have:
Expression<Func<Student, bool>> where = Helper.GetExpression<Student>("91", "Id", FilterOperatorType.Contains);
var result = _studentRepotory.GetAll().Where(where).ToList();
The query should return all the students when the Id contains the digits 91.
Please help me, and tell me if you understand.
I'm at 2:00 am and still working on this, the brain works better at that time hehehe, here is the solution for create the expression:
object value = "91";
var parameter = Expression.Parameter(typeof(Student));
var property = ExpressionUtils.GetPropertyChild(parameter, "Id");
var constValue = Expression.Constant(value);
var expressionConvert = Expression.Convert(property, typeof(double?));
var methodStringConvert = typeof(SqlFunctions).GetMethod("StringConvert",
BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static, null,
CallingConventions.Any,
new Type[] { typeof(double?) },
null);
var methodContains = typeof(string).GetMethod("Contains",
BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance,
null, CallingConventions.Any,
new Type[] { typeof(String) }, null);
var expresionStringConvert = Expression.Call(methodStringConvert, expressionConvert);
var expresionContains = Expression.Call(expresionStringConvert, methodContains, constValue);
var lambdaContains = Expression.Lambda<Func<Student, bool>>(expresionContains, parameter);
Now you can use lambdaContains in the Where method of the studentRepository