将LINQ表达式谓词从一种类型更改为另一种类型

时间:2013-01-21 11:05:36

标签: linq entity-framework

我有两个不相关的课程。一个是作为API公开的,另一个是由第三方API在内部使用。

实体从我们的API公开,而EntityProvider来自第三方组装。

class Entity
{
  public A { get; set; }
}

class EntityProvider
{
  public A { get; set; }
}

我们API的消费者将提供Expression <Func<Entity, bool>>形式的谓词,我需要将其修改为Expression <Func<EntityProvider, bool>>,以便我可以将其传递给内部第三方程序集。 请帮助进行此转换。

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:3)

由于.NET中的表达式是不可变的,因此唯一的方法是重建整个表达式。要做到这一点,通常需要继承ExpressionVisitor类。根据您必须转换的表达式的复杂性,这可能非常复杂。

这是一个使用简单表达式的访问者的简单示例(例如x =&gt; x.Someproperty == somevalue)。这只是一个让你入门的例子,它没有完成或测试(例如它不会处理表达式中的方法调用)

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
//Type from which to convert
public class A
{
    public int Property1 { get; set; }
    public int Property2 { get; set; }
}

//Type to which we want the Expression converted
public class B
{
    public int Property1 { get; set; }
    public int Property2 { get; set; }
}

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        //the expression we want to convert expresion
        Expression<Func<A, bool>> expA = x => x.Property1 == 6 && x.Property2 == 3;

        var visitor = new ParameterTypeVisitor<A,B>(expA);
        var expB = visitor.Convert();
        var b = new B() { Property1 = 6, Property2 = 3 };

        //try the converted expression
        var result = expB.Compile().Invoke(b);

    }
}    

public class ParameterTypeVisitor<TFrom,TTo> : ExpressionVisitor
{

    private Dictionary<string, ParameterExpression> convertedParameters;
    private Expression<Func<TFrom, bool>> expression;

    public ParameterTypeVisitor(Expression<Func<TFrom,bool>> expresionToConvert )
    {
        //for each parameter in the original expression creates a new parameter with the same name but with changed type 
        convertedParameters = expresionToConvert.Parameters
            .ToDictionary(
                x => x.Name,
                x => Expression.Parameter(typeof (TTo), x.Name)
            );

        expression = expresionToConvert;
    }

    public Expression<Func<TTo,bool>> Convert()
    {
        return (Expression<Func<TTo, bool>>)Visit(expression);
    }

    //handles Properties and Fields accessors 
    protected override Expression VisitMember(MemberExpression node)
    {
        //we want to replace only the nodes of type TFrom
        //so we can handle expressions of the form x=> x.Property.SubProperty
        //in the expression x=> x.Property1 == 6 && x.Property2 == 3
        //this replaces         ^^^^^^^^^^^         ^^^^^^^^^^^            
        if (node.Member.DeclaringType == typeof(TFrom))
        {
            //gets the memberinfo from type TTo that matches the member of type TFrom
            var memeberInfo = typeof (TTo).GetMember(node.Member.Name).First();

            //this will actually call the VisitParameter method in this class
            var newExp = Visit(node.Expression);
            return Expression.MakeMemberAccess(newExp, memeberInfo);
        }
        else 
        {
            return base.VisitMember(node);
        }
    }

    // this will be called where ever we have a reference to a parameter in the expression
    // for ex. in the expression x=> x.Property1 == 6 && x.Property2 == 3
    // this will be called twice     ^                   ^
    protected override Expression VisitParameter(ParameterExpression node)
    {            
        var newParameter = convertedParameters[node.Name];
        return newParameter;
    }

    //this will be the first Visit method to be called
    //since we're converting LamdaExpressions
    protected override Expression VisitLambda<T>(Expression<T> node)
    {
        //visit the body of the lambda, this will Traverse the ExpressionTree 
        //and recursively replace parts of the expression we for which we have matching Visit methods 
        var newExp = Visit(node.Body);

        //this will create the new expression            
        return Expression.Lambda(newExp,convertedParameters.Select(x=>x.Value));
    }        
}