Linq Select list of dynamic properties to another object?
I have a list of properties that will be dynamic and may change frequently on every request.
var dynamicFields = new List<string>{ "UserName", "UserEmail" };
I have another list of classes that contains all dynamicFields and other fields.
var staticFields = new List<StaticFields>
{
new StaticFields {UserName = "Chandra", UserDepartment = "IT", UserCity = "Bangalore", UserEmail = "abc@gmail.com"},
new StaticFields {UserName = "Sekar", UserDepartment = "CSE", UserCity = "Bangalore", UserEmail = "xyz@gmail.com"},
new StaticFields {UserName = "Dilip", UserDepartment = "IT", UserCity = "Bangalore", UserEmail = "cba@gmail.com"}
};
public class StaticFields
{
public string UserName {get; set;}
public string UserDepartment {get; set;}
public string UserCity {get; set;}
public string UserEmail {get; set;}
//etc..
}
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I have to select only the fields in the dynamicFields list.
So how can I achieve this in C # using for for loops or using LINQ?
Edit:
The assignment is used to display only selected columns on the display. I am using SP to fetch all data from DB. This is legacy code from db, so I don't have access to DB stored procedures.
I have tried below code in JS.
var i;
var properties = [
'UserName',
'UserEmail'
];
for (i = 0; i < properties.length; i += 1) {
document.writeln(properties[i] + ': ' + another_object[properties[i]]);
}
I need to convert this code to C #
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You can use dynamic LINQ with the appropriate extensions:
public static T GetValue<T>(this DynamicClass dynamicObject, string propName)
{
if (dynamicObject == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("dynamicObject");
}
var type = dynamicObject.GetType();
var props = type.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public
| BindingFlags.Instance
| BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy);
var prop = props.FirstOrDefault(property => property.Name == propName);
if (prop == null)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("Specified property doesn't exist.");
}
return (T)prop.GetValue(dynamicObject, null);
}
public static string ToDynamicSelector(this IList<string> propNames)
{
if (!propNames.Any())
throw new ArgumentException("You need supply at least one property");
return string.Format("new({0})", string.Join(",", propNames));
}
Then you can use it like this:
using System.Linq.Dynamic;
...
var result = staticFields.AsQueryable().Select(dynamicFields.ToDynamicSelector())
.Cast<DynamicClass>();
foreach (var item in result)
{
Console.WriteLine(item.GetValue<string>(list[0]); // outputs all user names
}
Notes:
- Dynamic LINQ supports EF, so you can fetch data directly from DB
- You can serialize
result
to JSON without issue -DynamicClass
generated with properties.
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