Question

I’ve got problem with NHibernate v3.2.0, and following query:

class DocumentBase {}
class Requisition: DocumentBase {}
class Order: DocumentBase {}

Repository.GetAll<DocumentBase>()
    .Where(d => (d is Requisition) && ((Requisition)d).ProductItem != null)

Base query is designed to list all documents, but there is also possibility to filter this documents by type (and quasi-type, which is for example document without product). In code above there is only one condition, but predicate can be more complicated, for ex:

Repository.GetAll<DocumentBase>()
    .Where(d => 
        ((d is Requisition) && ((Requisition)d).ProductItem != null) ||
        (d is Order) ||
        [...]
    )

When executed I receive InvalidPathException with message Invalid path: 'd.ProductItem'.
Any ideas? Is it supported?

So far I managed to bypass this error with following query:

Repository.GetAll<DocumentBase>()
    .Where(d => 
        (d is Requisition) &&
        Repository.GetAll<Requisition>()
            .Any(r => r.Id == d.Id && r.ProductItem != null)
    )

But definitely it’s not the best choise in terms of performance.

Answer 1

As someone mentioned it is possible to extend Linq provider in NHibernate. Here is solution which worked for me:

public static class OzirNhExtensions
{
    // Cast method to use in query
    public static TTarget Cast<TTarget>(this Object source)
    {
        return ((TTarget)source);
    }
}

class CastHqlGeneratorForMethod : BaseHqlGeneratorForMethod
{
    public CastHqlGeneratorForMethod()
    {
        this.SupportedMethods = new MethodInfo[] {
            ReflectionHelper.GetMethodDefinition(
                () => OzirNhExtensions.Cast<Object>(null)
            )
        };
    }

    // In here simply skip cast expression 
    // (it works probably because I have every sub-entity 
    // in the same table that base entity)
    public override HqlTreeNode BuildHql(
        MethodInfo method, 
        Expression targetObject, 
        ReadOnlyCollection<Expression> arguments, 
        HqlTreeBuilder treeBuilder,
        IHqlExpressionVisitor visitor)
    {
        return visitor.Visit(arguments[0]).AsExpression();
    }
}

Example query:

Repository.GetAll<DocumentBase>()
    .Where(d => d.Cast<Requisition>().ProductItem != null && 
        d.Cast<Requisition>().ProductItem.Name == "Something"
    )