LINQ Join & Group Join & Left Join 实现与区别

LINQ Join & Group Join & Left Join 实现与区别

LINQ 查询表达式join 关键字用法:

我在这里先创建的实验用例:

01 class Customer
02 {
03     public int CustomerId { get; set; }
04     public string Name { get; set; }
05     public int Age { get; set; }
06 }
07  
08 class Product
09 {
10     public int ProductId { get; set; }
11     public string Name { get; set; }
12     public string Origin { get; set; }
13 }
14  
15 class Order
16 {
17     public int OrderId { get; set; }
18     public int CustomerId { get; set; }
19     public List<Product> Products { get; set; }
20 }
21 static List<Customer> customers;
22 static List<Product> products;
23 static List<Order> orders;
24 public static void CreateEntities()
25 {
26     customers = new List<Customer>{
27         new Customer(){ CustomerId = 1, Name = "CA", Age=13},
28         new Customer(){ CustomerId = 2, Name = "CB", Age=13},
29         new Customer(){ CustomerId = 3, Name = "CC", Age=13},
30         new Customer(){ CustomerId = 4, Name = "CD", Age=13}
31     };
32  
33     products = new List<Product>{
34         new Product(){ ProductId = 1, Name = "PA", Origin="P1" },
35         new Product(){ ProductId = 2, Name = "PB", Origin="P2" },
36         new Product(){ ProductId = 3, Name = "PC", Origin="P1" },
37         new Product(){ ProductId = 4, Name = "PD", Origin="P3" }
38     };
39  
40     orders = new List<Order>{
41         new Order(){ OrderId = 1 , CustomerId =1,
42             Products = new List<Product>{
43                 new Product(){ ProductId = 2, Name = "PB", Origin="P2" },
44                 new Product(){ ProductId = 3, Name = "PC", Origin="P1" }
45             }},
46         new Order(){ OrderId = 2 , CustomerId =1,
47             Products = new List<Product>{
48                 new Product(){ ProductId = 3, Name = "PC", Origin="P1" },
49                 new Product(){ ProductId = 4, Name = "PD", Origin="P3" }
50             }},
51         new Order(){ OrderId = 3 , CustomerId =3,
52             Products = new List<Product>{
53                 new Product(){ ProductId = 4, Name = "PD", Origin="P3" }
54             }},
55         new Order(){ OrderId = 4 , CustomerId =2,
56             Products = new List<Product>{
57                 new Product(){ ProductId = 1, Name = "PA", Origin="P1" },
58                 new Product(){ ProductId = 4, Name = "PD", Origin="P3" }
59             }}
60     };
61 }

我们在做SQL查询的时候经常会用到Inner Join,Left Join,笛卡尔积等等,连接方式的概念方面我想也不用给予太多解释,

我们今天的重点是让大家熟悉LINQ是如何使用Join来实现常用的表连接的。

我们用以下例子来熟悉 Join 关键字的用法。

1.Inner Join:

1 CreateEntities();
2 var query = from c in customers
3             join o in orders on c.CustomerId equals o.CustomerId
4             where o.OrderId == 2
5             select c;
6 foreach (var customer in query)
7 {
8     Console.WriteLine("Id:{0}, Name:{1}", customer.CustomerId, customer.Name);
9 }

 运行结果:

  Id:1, Name:CA   

 上面这个是常见的内连接的例子,和SQL语法也很相似,但有以下几点要注意:

 (1).连接条件: c.CustomerId equals o.CustomerId 只能使用 equals 不能用 =,==,等于 等表示。

以为LINQ的设计者认为 几乎所有的连接条件都是 = 条件不会出现 >,<,!= 等情况因此使用了个关键字来描述表连接条件。

 (2).条件顺序:c.CustomerId equals o.CustomerId ,range variable: c 和b之前的顺序不能颠倒。

 

2.Group Join:

也许大家对Group Join的概念不太了解,没关系让我们通过例子来认识它:

01 CreateEntities();
02 var query = from c in customers
03             join o in orders on c.CustomerId equals o.CustomerId into os
04             select new { c, os };
05 foreach (var item in query)
06 {
07     Console.WriteLine("Customer Id:{0}, Name:{1}", item.c.CustomerId, item.c.Name);
08     foreach (var o in item.os)
09     {
10         Console.WriteLine("--Order Id:{0}", o.OrderId);
11     }
12 }


结果:

Customer Id:1, Name:CA
--Order Id:1
--Order Id:2
Customer Id:2, Name:CB
--Order Id:4
Customer Id:3, Name:CC
--Order Id:3
Customer Id:4, Name:CD
Press any key to continue . . .

以上查询返回的结果:和Group By 返回的结果非常的相似:一个KEY对象对应一个集合。

要实现Group Join我们要引入一个关键字:into

但使用时要注意一下几点:

 (1).使用into 关键字后 join 后面的 range variable:o 在后面的表达式块中就失去了作用域。

 (2).range variable:os 通常情况下都是IEnumerable<T>类型的。

  

3.Left Join:

 Left Join 我们在SQL里经常用到,让我们来看看LINQ里怎么实现它:

01 CreateEntities();
02 var query = from c in customers
03             join o in orders on c.CustomerId equals o.CustomerId into os
04             from o2 in os.DefaultIfEmpty(
05                 new Order { OrderId = 0, CustomerId = 0, Products = new List<Product>() })
06             select new { c, o2 };
07 foreach (var item in query)
08 {
09     Console.WriteLine("Customer Id:{0}, Name:{1}--Order Id:{0}",
10         item.c.CustomerId, item.o2.OrderId);
11 }

结果:

Customer Id:1, Name:1--Order Id:1
Customer Id:1, Name:2--Order Id:1
Customer Id:2, Name:4--Order Id:2
Customer Id:3, Name:3--Order Id:3
Customer Id:4, Name:0--Order Id:4
Press any key to continue . . . 

我们可以看到Left Outer Join 的语法进一步的复杂化了,结果也有细微的不同。

  (1).从语法上:

from o2 in os.DefaultIfEmpty(
                new Order { OrderId = 0, CustomerId = 0, Products = new List<Product>() })

主要区别在于以上者1句语句。查询方法DefaultIfEmpty 用于定义当查询记录为空时,预定义默认值。再从其集合中取出子元素。

(2).从结果上:

我们在遍历查询结果时可以发现Left Join相似于Inner Join结果都是“平面”的,然而Group Join返回的结果具有层次性。

 

题外:

由于C#是面向对象的,往往会通过对象与对象间的外系来实现数据间关系。有时表达2个之间的关系也可以不使用Join关键字,

因此Join关键字其实在实际LINQ查询表达式中用的不是很多。


posted @ 2011-05-20 13:57  Kingdom_0  阅读(3353)  评论(0编辑  收藏  举报