Get the parameter value from a Linq Expression

Question

I have the following class

public class MyClass
{
    public bool Delete(Product product)
    {
        // some code.
    }
}

Now I have a

Answer 1

Here is an example of creation of a delegate using a lambda. The object instance is encapsulated into the delegate using a C# feature called closure.

MyClass instance = new MyClass();
    //This following line cannot be changed to var declaration 
    //since C# can't infer the type.
Func<Product, bool> deleteDelegate = p => instance.Delete(p);
Product product = new Product();
bool deleted = deleteDelegate(product);

Alternatively you are trying to create a Helper that automagically Currys.

public class Helper<T>
    where T : new()
{
    public TResult Execute<TResult>(Func<T, TResult> methodLambda)
    {
        var instance = new T();
        return methodLamda(instance);
    }
}

public void Main()
{
    var helper = new Helper<MyClass>();
    var product = new Product();
    helper.Execute(x => x.Delete(product));
}

However I have to say this problem looks suspiciously like the creation of a Helper class to handle the lifetime of a WCF proxy....You know...just say...in which case this ISN'T how I would approach this...simply because this approach leaks WCF specific code into your domain.

Answer 2

You can compile the argument expression and then invoke it to calculate the value:

var values = new List<object>();
foreach(var arg in body.Arguments)
{
    var value = Expression.Lambda(argument).Compile().DynamicInvoke();
    values.Add(value);
}
this.ArgValues = values.ToArray();

Answer 3

This method works pretty well. It returns the argument types and values for an Expression>

    private static KeyValuePair<Type, object>[] ResolveArgs<T>(Expression<Func<T, object>> expression)
    {
        var body = (System.Linq.Expressions.MethodCallExpression)expression.Body;
        var values = new List<KeyValuePair<Type, object>>();

        foreach (var argument in body.Arguments)
        {
            var exp = ResolveMemberExpression(argument);
            var type = argument.Type;

            var value = GetValue(exp);

            values.Add(new KeyValuePair<Type, object>(type, value));
        }

        return values.ToArray();
    }

    public static MemberExpression ResolveMemberExpression(Expression expression)
    {

        if (expression is MemberExpression)
        {
            return (MemberExpression)expression;
        }
        else if (expression is UnaryExpression)
        {
            // if casting is involved, Expression is not x => x.FieldName but x => Convert(x.Fieldname)
            return (MemberExpression)((UnaryExpression)expression).Operand;
        }
        else
        {
            throw new NotSupportedException(expression.ToString());
        }
    }

    private static object GetValue(MemberExpression exp)
    {
        // expression is ConstantExpression or FieldExpression
        if (exp.Expression is ConstantExpression)
        {
            return (((ConstantExpression)exp.Expression).Value)
                    .GetType()
                    .GetField(exp.Member.Name)
                    .GetValue(((ConstantExpression)exp.Expression).Value);    
        }
        else if (exp.Expression is MemberExpression)
        {
            return GetValue((MemberExpression)exp.Expression);
        }
        else
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }
    }