.NET LINQ Call Method with Out Parameters Within Query and use Out Values

Question

Hi All

I have a list of objects, which has a method that has a couple of out parameters. How do i call this method on each object, get the out parameter values and use them later on in the query, perhaps for checking in a where clause?

Is this possible and if so can someone please demonostrate through sample code.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Maybe you should use a for each loop and then use your query?

(Actually, it's hard to say what to do best in this situation without knowing your code)

Answer 2

Here is one way of accessing the values of out parameters in your LINQ query. I dont think that you can use the out-values from say a where in a later select: list.Where(...).Select(...)

List<MyClass> list; // Initialize

Func<MyClass, bool> fun = f =>
{
    int a, b;
    f.MyMethod(out a, out b);
    return a == b;
};
list.Where(fun);

Where MyClass is implemented something like this;

public class MyClass
{
    public void MyMethod(out int a, out int b)
    {
        // Implementation
    }
}

Answer 3

This uses Tuple<T1,T2> from .NET 4.0, but can be adapted for earlier versions:

//e.g., your method with out parameters
void YourMethod<T1,T2,T3>(T1 input, out T2 x, out T3 y) { /* assigns x & y */ }

//helper method for dealing with out params
Tuple<T2,T3> GetTupleOfTwoOutValues<T1,T2,T3>(T1 input)
{ 
   T2 a;
   T3 b;
   YourMethod(input, out a, out b);
   return Tuple.Create(a,b);
}

IEnumerable<Tuple<T2,T3>> LinqQuery<T1,T2,T3>(IEnumerable<T1> src, T2 comparisonObject)  
{
   return src.Select(GetTupleOfTwoOutValues)
             .Where(tuple => tuple.Item1 == comparisonObject);
}