Enhanced DynamicQuery?

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Enhanced DynamicQuery?

I've recently started using the DynamicQuery API, and it quickly became apparent that it has numerous limitations. I've found at least one improvement online: support for enum arguments, but it's pretty clear that this API is not actively maintained (if at all).

In case I'm wrong and there is somebody maintaining an improved version - please post a link!

Alternatively, a separate, active project with similar goals would also be of interest.

(Clarification: I'm looking to parse strings at runtime.)

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I've seen PredicateBuilder before mentioned (here on Stackoverflow) as an alternative. I've not used it though, but it might be useful to you.

RichardOD 2009-07-12 18:22:47

PredicateBuilder is very cool, and it's very C# 3.0-ish.

Robert Harvey 2009-07-12 18:25:48

As far as I can tell, it's not an alternative - it doesn't parse strings. It can probably be used to do more things with DynamicQuery though.

romkyns 2009-07-12 18:38:14

I guess it depends what you want to do. I included as an answer as it does create dynamic queries- and is very useful when you wish to build or statements. Perhaps you should update your question to state that you don't wish to utilize compile time checking?

RichardOD 2009-07-12 18:46:05

Compile-time checking and runtime parsing are not mutually exclusive.

JoshJordan 2009-07-12 20:13:06

@Josh you are absolutely right. I was going to point this out but I decided not to bother.

RichardOD 2009-07-12 20:34:00

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In the end we just implemented some of the features we missed by editing the source code. Added support for passing in a static class as an "external" (DynamicQuery's terminology), support for calling methods on this static class, and type inference if any such methods are generic.

I suspect there isn't much demand for this, so I didn't bother making it available anywhere. Let me know if you think otherwise.

Edit: due to a request, DynamicQuery Enhanced is now available on BitBucket. Expect to be underwhelmed; take a look at this Info and this list of tweaks.

romkyns 2009-10-03 17:35:01

I think otherwise.

Richard Hein 2010-03-28 03:56:44

@[Richard Hein] - alright, it's now on BitBucket at http://bitbucket.org/dynamicquery/dynamicqueryenhanced/ (full list of tweaks at http://bitbucket.org/dynamicquery/dynamicqueryenhanced/wiki/Tweaks ). Expect to be underwhelmed though :) It's old and has not been maintained up-to-date with more recent "official" releases of DynamicQuery.

romkyns 2010-03-29 18:14:33

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