Question

I have the following function:

public void Test(IDataContext context)
{
        return (From c In context.Table<DalLinq.Claim>()
                Join cli In context.Table<DalLinq.ClaimLineItem>() On cli.ClaimId Equals c.ClaimId
                Join ri In context.Table<DalLinq.ReceiptItem>() On ri.ReceiptItemId Equals cli.ReceiptItemId
                Join r In context.Table<DalLinq.Receipt>() On r.ReceiptId Equals ri.ReceiptId
                Select c, cli, ri, r)
}

I had this before as a variable in a function but I need it in multiple places now so I am placing this in a function but I have no idea what my return type should be. In the example it shows void but that is because I don’t know what to put.

Given the following / working code in the return statement, what should this return type be?

Thanks!

EDIT

I need it as a non executed format so I can’t ToList it or create custom objects for it as it will be filtered by which ever class is calling this method.

Answer 1

Description

You can create a class that represents your methods result.

Sample

public class MyReturnClass 
{
    DalLinq.Claim Claim { get; set; }
    DalLinq.ClaimLineItem ClaimLineItem { get; set; }
    DalLinq.ReceiptItem ReceiptItem { get; set; }
    DalLinq.Receipt Receipt { get; set; }
}

public MyReturnClass Test(IDataContext context)
{
        return (From c In context.Table<DalLinq.Claim>()
                Join cli In context.Table<DalLinq.ClaimLineItem>() On cli.ClaimId Equals c.ClaimId
                Join ri In context.Table<DalLinq.ReceiptItem>() On ri.ReceiptItemId Equals cli.ReceiptItemId
                Join r In context.Table<DalLinq.Receipt>() On r.ReceiptId Equals ri.ReceiptId
                Select new MyReturnClass { Claim = c, ClaimLineItem = cli, ReceiptItem = ri, Receipt = r }).First();
}