How can QueryOver be used to filter for a specific class?

Question

I am currently dynamically constructing queries like so:

QueryOver q = QueryOver.Of();

if (foo != null) q = q.Where(b => b.         


        

Answer 1

The general QueryOver, asking for a subtype, would look like this:

Base alias = null;

var query = session.QueryOver(() => alias);

// this statement would be converted to check of the discriminator
query.Where(o => o is Derived);

var list = query.List();

But this would result in a statement, expecting that discirminator is "MyNamespace.Derived". If this si not the case, we can use this approach:

Base alias = null;

var query = session.QueryOver(() => alias);

// here we can compare whatever value, we've used as discriminator
query.Where(Restrictions.Eq("alias.class", "Derived"));

var list = query.List();

Here we are using the feature of NHibernate: ".class" which does return the value of discriminator

More details could be found here:

• 17.1.4.1. Alias and property references