ExpressionExtensionMethodsToValueTValue Method (ExpressionDefinition)

Placeholder method which is used in a Select(lambda func) projection inside the lambda to specify the type of the result of the passed in expression.

Namespace: SD.LLBLGen.Pro.QuerySpec
Assembly: SD.LLBLGen.Pro.ORMSupportClasses (in SD.LLBLGen.Pro.ORMSupportClasses.dll) Version: 5.8.0.0 (5.8.21.0111)

Syntax

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public static TValue ToValue<TValue>(
	this ExpressionDefinition expression
)

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function ToValue(Of TValue) ( 
	expression As ExpressionDefinition
) As TValue

Parameters

expression: Type: SD.LLBLGen.Pro.QuerySpecExpressionDefinition
The expression.

Type Parameters

TValue: The type of the value.

Return Value

Type: TValue

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type ExpressionDefinition. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Remarks

As this is a placeholder, it does nothing. It's replaced with a ProjectionRow indexer in a compiled lambda for the Select method

Reference

ExpressionExtensionMethods Class

ToValue Overload