Queryable.AsQueryable Method (System.Linq) (original) (raw)

Source:

Queryable.cs

Source:

Queryable.cs

Source:

Queryable.cs

public:
generic <typename TElement>
[System::Runtime::CompilerServices::Extension]
 static System::Linq::IQueryable<TElement> ^ AsQueryable(System::Collections::Generic::IEnumerable<TElement> ^ source);

public static System.Linq.IQueryable<TElement> AsQueryable<TElement>(this System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<TElement> source);

static member AsQueryable : seq<'Element> -> System.Linq.IQueryable<'Element>

<Extension()>
Public Function AsQueryable(Of TElement) (source As IEnumerable(Of TElement)) As IQueryable(Of TElement)

Type Parameters

TElement

The type of the elements of source.

Parameters

Returns

An IQueryable that represents the input sequence.

Exceptions

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use AsQueryable(IEnumerable) to convert an IEnumerable to an IQueryable.

List<int> grades = new List<int> { 78, 92, 100, 37, 81 };

// Convert the List to an IQueryable<int>.
IQueryable<int> iqueryable = grades.AsQueryable();

// Get the Expression property of the IQueryable object.
System.Linq.Expressions.Expression expressionTree =
    iqueryable.Expression;

Console.WriteLine("The NodeType of the expression tree is: "
    + expressionTree.NodeType.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("The Type of the expression tree is: "
    + expressionTree.Type.Name);

/*
    This code produces the following output:

    The NodeType of the expression tree is: Constant
    The Type of the expression tree is: EnumerableQuery`1
*/

Dim grades As New List(Of Integer)(New Integer() {78, 92, 100, 37, 81})

' Convert the List to an IQueryable<int>.
Dim iqueryable As IQueryable(Of Integer) = grades.AsQueryable()

' Get the Expression property of the IQueryable object.
Dim expressionTree As System.Linq.Expressions.Expression = _
    iqueryable.Expression

MsgBox("The NodeType of the expression tree is: " _
    & expressionTree.NodeType.ToString())
MsgBox("The Type of the expression tree is: " _
    & expressionTree.Type.Name)

' This code produces the following output:
'
' The NodeType of the expression tree is: Constant
' The Type of the expression tree is: EnumerableQuery`1

Remarks

If the type of source implements IQueryable, AsQueryable(IEnumerable) returns it directly. Otherwise, it returns an IQueryable that executes queries by calling the equivalent query operator methods in Enumerable instead of those in Queryable.

Applies to