CollectionShaperExpression Class

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query

Assembly:

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.dll

Package:

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v6.0.0

Caution

Use provider specific expressions for collection results.

An expression that represents creation of a collection in ShaperExpression.

This type is typically used by database providers (and other extensions). It is generally not used in application code.

[System.Obsolete("Use provider specific expressions for collection results.")]
public class CollectionShaperExpression : System.Linq.Expressions.Expression, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.IPrintableExpression

[<System.Obsolete("Use provider specific expressions for collection results.")>]
type CollectionShaperExpression = class
    inherit Expression
    interface IPrintableExpression

Public Class CollectionShaperExpression
Inherits Expression
Implements IPrintableExpression

Inheritance

Expression

CollectionShaperExpression

Attributes

ObsoleteAttribute

Implements

IPrintableExpression

Remarks

See Implementation of database providers and extensions and How EF Core queries work for more information.

Constructors

CollectionShaperExpression(Expression, Expression, INavigationBase, Type)

Creates a new instance of the CollectionShaperExpression class.

Properties

ElementType	The clr type of elements of the collection.
InnerShaper	The expression to create inner elements.
Navigation	The navigation if associated with the collection.
NodeType	Gets the node type of this Expression.
Projection	The expression to get value from query for this collection.
Type	Gets the static type of the expression that this Expression represents.

Methods

Update(Expression, Expression)	Creates a new expression that is like this one, but using the supplied children. If all of the children are the same, it will return this expression.
VisitChildren(ExpressionVisitor)	Reduces the node and then calls the visitor delegate on the reduced expression. The method throws an exception if the node is not reducible.

Explicit Interface Implementations

IPrintableExpression.Print(ExpressionPrinter)

Creates a printable string representation of the given expression using ExpressionPrinter.