Is there any way to create an instance of an object with object initializer with an Expression Tree? I mean create an Expression Tree to build this lambda:
// my class
public class MyObject {
public bool DisplayValue { get; set; }
}
// my lambda:
var lambda = (Func<bool, MyObject>)
(displayValue => new MyObject { DisplayValue = displayValue });
How can I create this lambda with an Expression Tree?
UPDATE:
I tryed myself and write following code:
public static Func<bool, dynamic> Creator;
static void BuildLambda() {
var expectedType = typeof(MyObject);
var displayValueParam = Expression.Parameter(typeof(bool), "displayValue");
var ctor = Expression.New(expectedType);
var local = Expression.Parameter(expectedType, "obj");
var displayValueProperty = Expression.Property(ctor, "DisplayValue");
var returnTarget = Expression.Label(expectedType);
var returnExpression = Expression.Return(returnTarget,local, expectedType);
var returnLabel = Expression.Label(returnTarget, Expression.Default(expectedType));
var block = Expression.Block(
new[] { local },
Expression.Assign(local, ctor),
Expression.Assign(displayValueProperty, displayValueParam),
Expression.Return(Expression.Label(expectedType), local, expectedType),
returnExpression,
returnLabel
);
Creator =
Expression.Lambda<Func<bool, dynamic>>(block, displayValueParam)
.Compile();
}
But it throws the following error:
Cannot jump to undefined label ''.
Can everybody help me please?
To represent object initializers in an Expression, you should use Expression.MemberInit()
:
Expression<Func<bool, MyObject>> BuildLambda() {
var createdType = typeof(MyObject);
var displayValueParam = Expression.Parameter(typeof(bool), "displayValue");
var ctor = Expression.New(createdType);
var displayValueProperty = createdType.GetProperty("DisplayValue");
var displayValueAssignment = Expression.Bind(
displayValueProperty, displayValueParam);
var memberInit = Expression.MemberInit(ctor, displayValueAssignment);
return
Expression.Lambda<Func<bool, MyObject>>(memberInit, displayValueParam);
}
To verify this actually does what you want, you can call ToString()
on the created expression. In this case, the output is as expected:
displayValue => new MyObject() {DisplayValue = displayValue}