I'm seeking for a way to negate an expression used to filter IQueryable
sequences.
So, I've got something like:
Expression<Func<T, bool>> expression = (x => true);
Now I wish to create the expression which would result in yielding (x => false)
- so I basically want to negate the expression
.
The working method I've found myself works like this:
var negatedExpression =
Expression.Lambd开发者_JAVA百科a<Func<T, bool>> (Expression.Not(expression.Body),
expression.Parameters[0])));
But I'm almost sure there is a better way - could you help me? (something like Not(expression)
, probably).
An easy extension method:
public static Expression<Func<T, bool>> Not<T>(this Expression<Func<T, bool>> one)
{
var candidateExpr = one.Parameters[0];
var body = Expression.Not(one.Body);
return Expression.Lambda<Func<T, bool>>(body, candidateExpr);
}
Usage:
Expression<Func<int, bool>> condition = x => x > 5;
var source = Enumerable.Range(1, 10);
var result1 = source.Where(condition.Compile()); //6,7,8,9,10
var result2 = source.Where(condition.Not().Compile()); //1,2,3,4,5
Posting for future reference.
Danny Chen's answer can be made more generic:
public static Expression<TFunc> Not<TFunc>(this Expression<TFunc> baseExpr)
{
var param = baseExpr.Parameters;
var body = Expression.Not(baseExpr.Body);
var newExpr = Expression.Lambda<TFunc>(body, param);
return newExpr;
}
This version can receive an Expression with any number of input parameters. It only adds a little useability, however, since the Expression would most likely be passed to a function like IEnumerable.Where
anyway.
What about this?
Expression<Func<bool>> expr = () => true;
Expression<Func<bool>> negated = () => !expr.Compile()();
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