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Start your free trialAlex Hedley
16,381 PointsLoad Artists for ComicBook
In program.cs there is a method
private static void ListComicBook(int comicBookId)
This loads the comicbook then loops the Artists:
ComicBook comicBook = Repository.GetComicBook(comicBookId);
foreach (ComicBookArtist artist in comicBook.Artists)
{
ConsoleHelper.OutputLine("{0} - {1}", artist.Artist.Name, artist.Role.Name);
}
If we wanted to add a Repository method to return a List of Artists can this be done in Linq?
public IEnumerable<Artist> GetArtistsForComicBook(int comicBookId)
We have
return context.ComicBooks
.Include(cb => cb.Artists)
.Where(cb => cb.Id == comicBookId)
.SingleOrDefault();
Can you make a Select to just return the cb.Artists.Artist List Since cb.Artists is a ComicBookArtist and I actually want a List of Artist
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,122 PointsI believe you can do this with a one-liner.
You don't need LINQ just to get a list:
return Repository.GetComicBook(comicBookId).Artists.ToList();
Alex Hedley
16,381 PointsAlex Hedley
16,381 PointsI'm getting the following error at first go, but I'll look into it
Steven Parker
231,122 PointsSteven Parker
231,122 PointsYou could cast the result, or just define the method to return a list: