IDataIncludeGetter.ToList() Method

.NET Standard 2.x

Creates an IList <TModel> object which contains the data from the IDataUnpacker object.

Namespace: SnapObjects.Data

Assembly: SnapObjects.Data.dll

Syntax

IList<TModel> ToList();

Returns

System.Collections.Generic.IList<TModel>

An IList <TModel> object containing the data from the IDataUnpacker object.

Examples

The following code example adds all of the data from IDataUnpacker to a list.

using Appeon.ApiDoc.Models.School;
using SnapObjects.Data;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Appeon.ApiDoc.IDataIncludeGetterExamples
{
    public class ToListExample
    {
        private readonly SchoolContext _context;

        public ToListExample(SchoolContext dataContext)
        {
            // Sets the data context.
            _context = dataContext;
        }

        public void Example()
        {
            var packer = new DataPacker();

            var mapper = new SqlModelMapper(_context);

            var items = mapper.Load<CourseInfo>(2).IncludeAll().ToList();

            // Adds the items object and the embedded data to packer.
            string key = "Models";
            packer.AddModels(key, items)
                .IncludeAll();

            var json = packer.GetTextString(DataFormat.Json);

            var dataUnPacker = new DataUnpacker(json, DataFormat.Json);

            // Gets the data from the Model object of dataUnPacker according 
            // to the key value, and converts to a list
            var list = dataUnPacker.GetModels<CourseInfo>(key).ToList();

            // Gets and shows the total number of records in the list
            Console.WriteLine("The count is: {0}",
                list.Count.ToString());

            /* This code example produces the following output:
            
            The count is: 3
            */
        }
    }
}

Example Refer To

Model Class: CourseInfo

Applies to

.NET Standard

2.x