PeanutButter.Utils.ExpressionUtil Class Reference

Utility class to assist with dealing with expressions. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static string	GetMemberPathFor< TSource > (Expression< Func< TSource, object > > expression)
	Calculates the member path of an Expression and returns it as a dotted string.
static Type	GetPropertyTypeFor< TSource > (Expression< Func< TSource, object > > expression)
	Gets the type of the property referred to by an expression.
static string	GetFullPropertyPathNameFrom (MemberExpression expression)
	Calculates the member path of an Expression and returns it as a dotted string.

Detailed Description

Utility class to assist with dealing with expressions.

Member Function Documentation

GetFullPropertyPathNameFrom()

string PeanutButter.Utils.ExpressionUtil.GetFullPropertyPathNameFrom ( MemberExpression expression )

static

Calculates the member path of an Expression and returns it as a dotted string.

Parameters

expression

Subject Expression to operate on

Returns

(Dotted) string representing the path in the expression

• for example, the expression o => o.Foo.Bar will return "Foo.Bar"

GetMemberPathFor< TSource >()

string PeanutButter.Utils.ExpressionUtil.GetMemberPathFor< TSource > ( Expression< Func< TSource, object > > expression )

static

Calculates the member path of an Expression and returns it as a dotted string.

Parameters

expression

Subject Expression to operate on

Template Parameters

TSource

Type of the source object for the expression

Returns

(Dotted) string representing the path in the expression

• for example, the expression o => o.Foo.Bar will return "Foo.Bar"

Exceptions

Exception

Exceptions are thrown when the Expression cannot be grokked. The Exception message will explain why.

GetPropertyTypeFor< TSource >()

Type PeanutButter.Utils.ExpressionUtil.GetPropertyTypeFor< TSource > ( Expression< Func< TSource, object > > expression )

static

Gets the type of the property referred to by an expression.

Parameters

expression

Subject expression to operate on

Template Parameters

TSource

Type of the source object of the expression

Returns

The type of the property referred to in the expression. For example, o => o.Name would probably return string

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• source/Utils/PeanutButter.Utils/ExpressionUtil.cs