Question

I have a list of objects, called Attributes, that, essentially, i need to do the following in C#

<pseudocode>
if (list.Contains(Attribute where getName() == "owner"))
{
   do stuff
}
</pseudocode>

the problem I’m having is the nested bracket bit of the if – “Attribute where getName() == “owner”. This is my code – it doesn’t work, obviously, but most of the if should be right, it’s just getting that i need to do the bit in forward slashes and i don’t know how.

if (attributes.Contains(Attribute /where/ attribute.getName() == "Owner"))
    {
        string value = attr.getValue();
        value = value.Replace(domain, "");
        user = value;
        UserExists(value);
    }

I’m probably being dense, but I had to restart 3 days development to change everything to using Attribute objects, so my brain is rather destroyed. Sorry.

Answer 1

If you are using a version of .NET that supports LINQ (3.5 or higher), try

if(attributes.Any(attribute=>attribute.getName()=="Owner"))
{
    do stuff
}

This has the nice advantage of being fairly readable by whoever has to maintain this code.