ToQuery<T>(IEnumerable<T>) Method

Returns an EntityQuery which can be used to query for these entities.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
<ExtensionAttribute()>
Public Overloads Shared Function ToQuery(Of T As {Class, IEntity})( _
   ByVal entities As IEnumerable(Of T) _
) As EntityQuery(Of T)

'Usage
 
Dim entities As IEnumerable(Of T)
Dim value As EntityQuery(Of T)
 
value = EntityQueryExtensions.ToQuery(Of T)(entities)

[Extension()]
public static EntityQuery<T> ToQuery<T>( 
   IEnumerable<T> entities
)
where T: class, IEntity

Parameters

entities

Type Parameters

T

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	Thrown if the entity list passed is empty.

Example

var mgr = new DomainModelEntityManager();

var customers = mgr.Customers.Take(3).ToList();
var query = customers.ToQuery();

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

EntityQueryExtensions Class
EntityQueryExtensions Members
Overload List