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Accessing value by key in property dictionary

Im trying to access and display the value of a dictionary where the dictionary has no real name but is a property of a class.
Currently I have an enum "Roles" with three elements (fighter, rogue, and sorcerer), and:
public class Adventurer
{
public int ID { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public Roles Role { get; set; }
public List<Skill> Skills { get; set; }
public override string ToString()
{
return $"{ID}" + " - " + $"{Name}" + " - " + $"{Role}";
}
}
and:
public class Skill
{
public int ID { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public Dictionary<Roles, Skill> LinkedTo { get; set; }
}
and in another class I have:
private void CreateSkills()
{
Skill swordFighting = new Skill() { ID = 1, Name = "Sword fighting"};
Skill stealth = new Skill() { ID = 2, Name = "Stealth"};
Skill magic = new Skill() { ID = 3, Name = "Magic"};
swordFighting.LinkedTo = new Dictionary<Roles, Skill>
{
{ Roles.Fighter, swordFighting }
};
stealth.LinkedTo = new Dictionary<Roles, Skill>
{
{ Roles.Rogue, stealth }
};
magic.LinkedTo = new Dictionary<Roles, Skill>
{
{ Roles.Sorcerer, magic }
};
}
private void DisplaySkills(Adventurer adventurer)
{
adventurer.Skills = adventurer.Role.LinkedTo; // I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS...
lstAdventurer.ItemsSource = adventurer.Skills;
}
Is there some way of accessing the values (skills) of the adventurer by knowing only the role (fighter/rogue/sorcerer)?
Best,
Dedoj

Would you mean something like this?
for known Roles like Roles.Fighter:
adventurer.Skills = adventurer.Skills
.Select(s => s.LinkedTo.ContainsKey(Roles.Fighter) ? s.LinkedTo[Roles.Fighter] : null)
.Where(s => s != null).ToList();

How can I create set contain id record in first set equal id record in second set?

In database I have two tables:
public partial class PersonOne
{
public int id { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string surname { get; set; }
}
public partial class PersonTwo
{
public int id { get; set; }
public string firstname { get; set; }
public string lastname { get; set; }
}
I would like to fill my set:
public class PersonOnePersonTwo
{
public int PersonOneId { get; set; }
public int PersonTwoId { get; set; }
}
where PersonOne.name == PersonTwo.firstname && PersonOne.surname == PersonTwo.lastname but I have no idea how I can do that - because below code isn't efficient and is so slow:
List<PersonOne> personOneList = new List<PersonOne>();
List<PersonTwo> personTwoList = new List<PersonTwo>();
List<PersonOnePersonTwo> personOnePersonTwoList = new List<PersonOnePersonTwo>();
foreach (PersonOne personOne in personOneList)
{
foreach(PersonTwo personTwo in personTwoList.Where(x => x.firstname == personOne.name && x.lastname == personOne.surname).ToList())
{
personOnePersonTwoList.Add(new PersonOnePersonTwo
{
PersonOneId = personOne.id,
PersonTwoId = personTwo.id
});
}
};

Try this:
var result = personOneList.Join
(
personTwoList,
person1 => new { Key1 = person1.Name, Key2 = person1.Surname },
person2 => new { Key1 = person2.FirstName, Key2 = person2.LastName },
(person1, person2) => new PersonOnePersonTwo { PersonOneId = person1.Id, PersonTwoId = person2.Id }
).ToList();

I would go with:
var personOnePersonTwoList = new List<PersonOnePersonTwo>();
foreach (var personOne in personOneList)
{
personOnePersonTwoList = personTwoList.Where(x => x.firstname.Equals(personOne.name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) &&
x.lastname.Equals(personOne.surname, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
.Select(x => new PersonOnePersonTwo {PersonOneId = personOne.id, PersonTwoId = x.id}).ToList();
};
As a side note: it's more convinient to use Equals when comparing strings.

Linq : Comparing 1 Child Collection to (Aggregated) ChildCollection(s)

I have a Linq question: (DotNet Framework 4.0)
I have the following classes:
public class Employee
{
public Guid? EmployeeUUID { get; set; }
public string SSN { get; set; }
}
public class JobTitle
{
public Guid? JobTitleSurrogateKey { get; set; }
public string JobTitleName { get; set; }
}
public class EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink
{
public EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink()
{
this.TheJobTitle = new JobTitle() { JobTitleSurrogateKey = Guid.NewGuid(), JobTitleName = "SomeJobTitle:" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N") };
}
public Guid LinkSurrogateKey { get; set; }
/* Related Objects */
public Employee TheEmployee { get; set; }
public JobTitle TheJobTitle { get; set; }
}
public class Organization
{
public Organization()
{
this.Links = new List<EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink>();
}
public int OrganizationSurrogateKey { get; set; }
public ICollection<EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink> Links { get; set; }
}
In my code below, I can compare 2 child-collections and get the results I need (in "matches1".
Here I am using the "SSN" string property to compare and find the overlaps. And the Console.Write for matches1 works as I expect.
What I don't know how to do is compare the first child collection (org10) to all the children in (allOtherOrgsExceptOrg10 (all the Organizations and all the Links of these Organizations )
The commented out code shows kinda what I'm trying to do, one of my many feeble attempts today.
But basically, match2 would be populated with all the SSN overlaps...but comparing org10 with allOtherOrgsExceptOrg10, all their "Links", and their Employee.SSN's.
org10 overlaps with org20 with "AAA", so match2 would contain "AAA". and org10 overlaps with org30 with "BBB" so match2 would contain "BBB".
Organization org10 = new Organization();
org10.OrganizationSurrogateKey = 10;
Employee e11 = new Employee() { SSN = "AAA", EmployeeUUID = new Guid("AAAAAAAA-AAAA-AAAA-AAAA-AAAAAAAAAAAA") };
EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink link11 = new EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink();
link11.TheEmployee = e11;
org10.Links.Add(link11);
Employee e12 = new Employee() { SSN = "BBB", EmployeeUUID = new Guid("BBBBBBBB-BBBB-BBBB-BBBB-BBBBBBBBBBBB") };
EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink link12 = new EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink();
link12.TheEmployee = e12;
org10.Links.Add(link12);
Organization org20 = new Organization();
org20.OrganizationSurrogateKey = 20;
Employee e21 = new Employee() { SSN = "AAA", EmployeeUUID = new Guid("AAAAAAAA-AAAA-AAAA-AAAA-AAAAAAAAAAAA") };
EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink link21 = new EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink();
link21.TheEmployee = e21;
org20.Links.Add(link21);
Employee e22 = new Employee() { SSN = "CCC", EmployeeUUID = new Guid("CCCCCCCC-CCCC-CCCC-CCCC-CCCCCCCCCCCC") };
EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink link22 = new EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink();
link22.TheEmployee = e22;
org20.Links.Add(link22);
Organization org30 = new Organization();
org30.OrganizationSurrogateKey = 30;
Employee e31 = new Employee() { SSN = "BBB", EmployeeUUID = new Guid("BBBBBBBB-BBBB-BBBB-BBBB-BBBBBBBBBBBB") };
EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink link31 = new EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink();
link31.TheEmployee = e31;
org30.Links.Add(link31);
Employee e32 = new Employee();
e32.SSN = "ZZZ";
EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink link32 = new EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink();
link32.TheEmployee = e32;
org30.Links.Add(link32);
IList<Organization> allOtherOrgsExceptOrg10 = new List<Organization>();
/* Note, I did not add org10 here */
allOtherOrgsExceptOrg10.Add(org20);
allOtherOrgsExceptOrg10.Add(org30);
IEnumerable<EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink> matches1 =
org10.Links.Where(org10Link => org20.Links.Any(org20Link => org20Link.TheEmployee.SSN.Equals(org10Link.TheEmployee.SSN, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)));
IEnumerable<EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink> matches2 = null;
//org10.Links.Where(org10Link => ( allOtherOrgs.Where ( anyOtherOrg => anyOtherOrg.Links.Any(dbSideChild => dbSideChild.TheEmployee.SSN == org10Link.TheEmployee.SSN)) );
if (null != matches1)
{
foreach (EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink link in matches1)
{
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("matches1, SSN = {0}", link.TheEmployee.SSN));
}
}
if (null != matches2)
{
foreach (EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink link in matches2)
{
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("matches2, SSN = {0}", link.TheEmployee.SSN));
}
}

matches2 =
allOtherOrgsExceptOrg10.SelectMany(x => x.Links)
.Where(x => org10.Links.Select(o => o.TheEmployee.SSN).Contains(x.TheEmployee.SSN));
You can use the SelectMany on the allOther collection to select all Links over all org's. Then check if any SSN is inside the org10 List.
See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.linq.enumerable.selectmany(v=vs.100).aspx

You can use SelectMany to flatten out the collection and then use it just like you have for matches1
IEnumerable<EmployeeToJobTitleMatchLink> matches2 =
org10.Links.Where(
org10Link =>
allOtherOrgsExceptOrg10.SelectMany(allOtherOrgs => allOtherOrgs.Links).Any(
anyOtherLink =>
anyOtherLink.TheEmployee.SSN.Equals(org10Link.TheEmployee.SSN, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)));
The SelectMany will make it seem like one IEnumerable instead of and IEnumerable of an IEnumerable.

Linq At least one object must implement IComparable

I am trying to order a List of Entities that contains another list of Entities. I have implemented IComparable for all entities and still get the exception. All of the examples I have seen address the issue where you have one list and you order by a given field in that list but not where you have a list of lists. This issue is happening for Linq to Objects per below and also for Linq to Entities. What am I missing?
[TestClass]
public class OrderBy
{
[TestMethod]
public void OrderByTest()
{
var hobbies = new Collection<Hobby> { new Hobby { HobbyId = 1, Name = "Eating" }, new Hobby() { HobbyId = 2, Name = "Breathing" } };
var p1 = new Person
{
PersonId = 1,
Name = "A",
PersonHobbies = new Collection<PersonHobby> { new PersonHobby() { PersonHobbyId = 1}}
};
var p2 = new Person
{
PersonId = 2,
Name = "Z",
PersonHobbies = new Collection<PersonHobby> { new PersonHobby() { PersonHobbyId = 2 }}
};
var people = new List<Person> { p1, p2 };
var pplEnumerable = people.AsEnumerable();
pplEnumerable = pplEnumerable.OrderByDescending(r => r.PersonHobbies.OrderByDescending(p => p.Hobby.Name));
foreach (var person in pplEnumerable)
{
Console.WriteLine(person.Name);
}
}
public class Person : IComparable
{
public int PersonId { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<PersonHobby> PersonHobbies { get; set; }
public int CompareTo(object obj)
{
if (obj == null) return 1;
var otherPerson = obj as Person;
return PersonId.CompareTo(otherPerson.PersonId);
}
}
public class PersonHobby : IComparable
{
public int PersonHobbyId { get; set; }
public int HobbyId { get; set; }
public virtual Person Person{ get; set; }
public int PersonId { get; set; }
public virtual Hobby Hobby { get; set; }
public int CompareTo(object obj)
{
if (obj == null) return 1;
var otherPersonHobby = obj as PersonHobby;
return PersonHobbyId.CompareTo(otherPersonHobby.PersonHobbyId);
}
}
public class Hobby : IComparable
{
public int HobbyId { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public int CompareTo(object obj)
{
if (obj == null) return 1;
var otherHobby = obj as Hobby;
return HobbyId.CompareTo(otherHobby.HobbyId);
}
}
}

You cannot apply ordering to lists by default. You need to write up a custom class (sort of EquatableList etc.) or use LINQ Except & Intersect operators to compare lists.
But based on your comment, if you're looking for the LINQ equivalent of:
select * from Person p join PersonHobby ph
on ph.PersonId = p.PersonId join Hobby h
on h.HobbyId = ph.HobbyId order by h.Name
then that can be achieved as:
var query = people.SelectMany(p => p.PersonHobbies)
.Join(hobbies, ph => ph.HobbyId, h => h.HobbyId,
(ph, h) => new
{
Person = ph.Person, PersonHobby = ph, Hobby = h
})
.OrderBy(r => r.Hobby.Name);
basically we join person, person hobbies and hobby on the keys, and project all columns and sort it by the hobby.name field, as mentioned in your SQL.

Uppercase a List of object with LINQ

I have the code below. I'd like to convert all items in this list to uppercase.
Is there a way to do this in Linq ?
public class Person
{
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public int Age { get; set; }
}
public class MyClass
{
List<Person> myList = new List<Person>{
new Person { FirstName = "Aaa", LastName = "BBB", Age = 2 },
new Person{ FirstName = "Deé", LastName = "ève", Age = 3 }
};
}
Update
I don't want to loop or go field by field. Is there a way by reflection to uppercase the value for each property?

Why would you like to use LINQ?
Use List<T>.ForEach:
myList.ForEach(z =>
{
z.FirstName = z.FirstName.ToUpper();
z.LastName = z.LastName.ToUpper();
});
EDIT: no idea why you want to do this by reflection (I wouldn't do this personally...), but here's some code that'll uppercase all properties that return a string. Do note that it's far from being perfect, but it's a base for you in case you really want to use reflection...:
public class Person
{
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public int Age { get; set; }
}
public static class MyHelper
{
public static void UppercaseClassFields<T>(T theInstance)
{
if (theInstance == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException();
}
foreach (var property in theInstance.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance))
{
var theValue = property.GetValue(theInstance, null);
if (theValue is string)
{
property.SetValue(theInstance, ((string)theValue).ToUpper(), null);
}
}
}
public static void UppercaseClassFields<T>(IEnumerable<T> theInstance)
{
if (theInstance == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException();
}
foreach (var theItem in theInstance)
{
UppercaseClassFields(theItem);
}
}
}
public class Program
{
private static void Main(string[] args)
{
List<Person> myList = new List<Person>{
new Person { FirstName = "Aaa", LastName = "BBB", Age = 2 },
new Person{ FirstName = "Deé", LastName = "ève", Age = 3 }
};
MyHelper.UppercaseClassFields<Person>(myList);
Console.ReadLine();
}
}

LINQ does not provide any facilities to update underlying data. Using LINQ, you can create a new list from an existing one:
// I would say this is overkill since creates a new object instances and
// does ToList()
var updatedItems = myList.Select(p => new Person
{
FirstName = p.FirstName.ToUpper(),
LastName = p.LastName.ToUpper(),
Age = p.Age
})
.ToList();
If using LINQ is not principal, I would suggest using a foreach loop.
UPDATE:
Why you need such solution? Only one way of doing this in generic manner - reflection.

the Easiest approach will be to use ConvertAll:
myList = myList.ConvertAll(d => d.ToUpper());
Not too much different than ForEach loops the original list whereas ConvertAll creates a new one which you need to reassign.
var people = new List<Person> {
new Person { FirstName = "Aaa", LastName = "BBB", Age = 2 },
new Person{ FirstName = "Deé", LastName = "ève", Age = 3 }
};
people = people.ConvertAll(m => new Person
{
FirstName = m.FirstName?.ToUpper(),
LastName = m.LastName?.ToUpper(),
Age = m.Age
});
to answer your update
I don't want to loop or go field by field. Is there a way by
reflection to uppercase the value for each property?
if you don't want to loop or go field by field.
you could use property on the class to give you the Uppercase like so
public class Person
{
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public int Age { get; set; }
public string FirstNameUpperCase => FirstName.ToUpper();
public string LastNameUpperCase => LastName.ToUpper();
}
or you could use back field like so
public class Person
{
private string _firstName;
public string FirstName {
get => _firstName.ToUpper();
set => _firstName = value;
}
private string _lastName;
public string LastName {
get => _lastName.ToUpper();
set => _lastName = value;
}
public int Age { get; set; }
}

You can only really use linq to provide a list of new objects
var upperList = myList.Select(p=> new Person {
FirstName = (p.FirstName == null) ? null : p.FirstName.ToUpper(),
LastName = (p.LastName == null) ? null : p.LastName.ToUpper(),
Age = p.Age
}).ToList();

p.lastname.ToString().ToUpper().Contains(TextString)