DbExpressionBuilder.OfTypeOnly Method (DbExpression, TypeUsage)

 

Creates a new DbOfTypeExpression that produces a set consisting of the elements of the given input set that are of exactly the specified type.

Namespace:   System.Data.Entity.Core.Common.CommandTrees.ExpressionBuilder
Assembly:  EntityFramework (in EntityFramework.dll)

public static DbOfTypeExpression OfTypeOnly(
	this DbExpression argument,
	TypeUsage type
)

Parameters

argument
Type: System.Data.Entity.Core.Common.CommandTrees.DbExpression

An DbExpression that specifies the input set.

type
Type: System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.TypeUsage

Type metadata for the type that elements of the input set must match exactly to be included in the resulting set.

Return Value

Type: System.Data.Entity.Core.Common.CommandTrees.DbOfTypeExpression

A new DbOfTypeExpression with the specified set argument and type, and an ExpressionKind ofOfTypeOnly.

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

argument or type is null.

ArgumentException

argument does not have a collection result type, or type is not a type in the same type hierarchy as the element type of the collection result type of argument.

DbOfTypeExpression requires that argument has a collection result type with a polymorphic element type, and that type is a type from the same type hierarchy as that element type.