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Tuesday 21 January 2014

Hierarchical Parent-Child Structure in LINQ

C#
public class Department
{
    public int DeptID { get; set; }
    public string DeptName { get; set; }
    public List<Employee> employee { get; set; }
}
public class Employee
{
    public int EmpID { get; set; }
    public int DeptID { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public int AgeInYrs { get; set; }
}
VB.NET (10.0)
Public Class Department
      Public Property DeptID() As Integer
      Public Property DeptName() As String
      Public Property employee() As List(Of Employee)
End Class
Public Class Employee
      Public Property EmpID() As Integer
      Public Property DeptID() As Integer
      Public Property Name() As String
      Public Property AgeInYrs() As Integer
End Class
Sample Data
List<Department> lists = new List<Department>()
{
    new Department()
    {
        DeptID = 1, DeptName = "Marketing", employee = new List<Employee>
        {
            new Employee() { EmpID = 9, DeptID = 1, Name = "Jack Nolas", AgeInYrs = 28 },
            new Employee() { EmpID = 5, DeptID = 1, Name = "Mark Pine" , AgeInYrs = 42 },
            new Employee() { EmpID = 3, DeptID = 1, Name = "Sandra Simte" , AgeInYrs = 38 },
            new Employee() { EmpID = 8, DeptID = 1, Name = "Larry Lo" , AgeInYrs = 31 }
        }
    },
    new Department()
    {
        DeptID = 2, DeptName = "Sales", employee = new List<Employee>
        {
            new Employee() { EmpID = 1, DeptID = 2, Name = "Sudhir Panj" , AgeInYrs = 28 },
            new Employee() { EmpID = 7, DeptID = 2, Name = "Kathy Karlo" , AgeInYrs = 43 },
            new Employee() { EmpID = 4, DeptID = 2, Name = "Dinesh Kumar" , AgeInYrs = 34 }
        }
    },
    new Department()
    {
        DeptID = 3, DeptName = "HR", employee = new List<Employee>
        {
            new Employee() { EmpID = 2, DeptID = 3, Name = "Kaff Joe" , AgeInYrs = 25 },
            new Employee() { EmpID = 6, DeptID = 3, Name = "Su Lie" , AgeInYrs = 52 },
            new Employee() { EmpID = 10, DeptID = 3, Name = "Malcolm Birt" , AgeInYrs = 41 }
        }
    }
};
Here are some common Operations on a Hierarchical Parent-Child List. Please use this Converter Tool to convert the code to VB.NET
1. List Employees in Each Department
var empInDept = lists
    .Select(emp => new
    {
        Department = emp.DeptName,
        Employee = emp.employee.Select(e => e.Name)
    });
ObjectDumper.Write(empInDept, 1);
Employee_Each_Department
2. Print the Average Age of Employees in each Department
var avgAgePerDept = lists
                .Select(emp => new
                {
                    Department = emp.DeptName,
                    AverageAge = emp.employee.Average(avg => (double)avg.AgeInYrs)
                });
ObjectDumper.Write(avgAgePerDept, 1);
Average_Age
3. List only those Employees in each Department with Age > 30
var empGt30 = lists
    .Select(emp => new
    {
        Department = emp.DeptName,
        Emp = emp.employee.Where(em => em.AgeInYrs > 30)
        .Select(e => new
        {
            EmployeeName = e.Name,
            Age = e.AgeInYrs
        })
    });
ObjectDumper.Write(empGt30, 1);
Below_30
4. Count the number of Employees in each Department
var cntEmpPerDept = lists
                .Select(emp => new
                {
                    Department = emp.DeptName,
                    NoOfEmployees = emp.employee.Count()
                });
ObjectDumper.Write(cntEmpPerDept, 1);
CountInEachDepartment
5. Sort and List Employees in each Department
var ordered = lists
   .Select(emp => new
   {
       Department = emp.DeptName,
       Employee = emp.employee.OrderBy(e => e.Name)
       .Select(c => new
                {
                    Name = c.Name
                })
   });
ObjectDumper.Write(ordered, 1);
SortBy

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