Chapter 11Language Integrated Query
WHAT’S IN THIS CHAPTER?
- Traditional queries across objects using List
- Extension methods
- LINQ query operators
- Parallel LINQ
- Expression trees
WROX.COM CODE DOWNLOADS FOR THIS CHAPTER
The wrox.com code downloads for this chapter are found at www.wrox.com/go/procsharp on the Download Code tab. The code for this chapter is divided into the following major examples:
- LINQ Intro
- Enumerable Sample
- Parallel LINQ
- Expression Trees
LINQ OVERVIEW
LINQ (Language Integrated Query) integrates query syntax inside the C# programming language, making it possible to access different data sources with the same syntax. LINQ accomplishes this by offering an abstraction layer.
This chapter describes the core principles of LINQ and the language extensions for C# that make the C# LINQ Query possible.
This chapter starts with a simple LINQ query before diving into the full potential of LINQ. The C# language offers integrated query language that is converted to method calls. This section shows you what the conversion looks like so you can use all the possibilities of LINQ.
Lists and Entities
The LINQ queries in this chapter are performed on a collection containing Formula-1 champions from 1950 to 2011. This data needs to be prepared with entity ...
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