一步一步学Linq to sql（八）：继承与关系

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论坛表结构

 

       为了演示继承与关系，我们创建一个论坛数据库，在数据库中创建三个表：

1、  论坛版块分类表 dbo.Categories：

字段名	字段类型	可空	备注
CategoryID	int	not null	identity/主键
CategoryName	varchar(50)	not null

2、  论坛版块表 dbo.Boards：

字段名	字段类型	可空	备注
BoardID	int	not null	identity/主键
BoardName	varchar(50)	not null
BoardCategory	int	not null	对应论坛版块分类表的CategoryID

3、  论坛主题表 dbo.Topics：

字段名	字段类型	可空	备注
TopicID	int	not null	identity/主键
TopicTitle	varchar(50)	not null
TopicContent	varchar(max)	not null
ParentTopic	int	null	如果帖子是主题贴这个字段为null，否则就是所属主题id
TopicType	tinyint	not null	0 – 主题贴 1 – 回复帖

 

实体继承的定义

 

       Linq to sql支持实体的单表继承，也就是基类和派生类都存储在一个表中。对于论坛来说，帖子有两种，一种是主题贴，一种是回复帖。那么，我们就先定义帖子基类：

[Table(Name = "Topics")] public class Topic {     [Column(Name = "TopicID", DbType = "int identity", IsPrimaryKey = true, IsDbGenerated = true, CanBeNull = false)]     public int TopicID { get; set; }       [Column(Name = "TopicType", DbType = "tinyint", CanBeNull = false)]     public int TopicType { get; set; }       [Column(Name = "TopicTitle", DbType = "varchar(50)", CanBeNull = false)]     public string TopicTitle { get; set; }       [Column(Name = "TopicContent", DbType = "varchar(max)", CanBeNull = false)]     public string TopicContent { get; set; } }

       这些实体的定义大家应该很熟悉了。下面，我们再来定义两个实体继承帖子基类，分别是主题贴和回复贴：

public class NewTopic : Topic {     public NewTopic()     {         base.TopicType = 0;     } }   public class Reply : Topic {     public Reply()     {         base.TopicType = 1;     }       [Column(Name = "ParentTopic", DbType = "int", CanBeNull = false)]     public int ParentTopic { get; set; } }

       对于主题贴，在数据库中的TopicType就保存为0，而对于回复贴就保存为1。回复贴还有一个相关字段就是回复所属主题贴的TopicID。那么，我们怎么告知Linq to sql在TopicType为0的时候识别为NewTopic，而1则识别为Reply那？只需稍微修改一下前面的Topic实体定义：

[Table(Name = "Topics")] [InheritanceMapping(Code = 0, Type = typeof(NewTopic), IsDefault = true)] [InheritanceMapping(Code = 1, Type = typeof(Reply))] public class Topic {     [Column(Name = "TopicID", DbType = "int identity", IsPrimaryKey = true, IsDbGenerated = true, CanBeNull = false)]     public int TopicID { get; set; }       [Column(Name = "TopicType", DbType = "tinyint", CanBeNull = false, IsDiscriminator = true)]     public int TopicType { get; set; }       [Column(Name = "TopicTitle", DbType = "varchar(50)", CanBeNull = false)]     public string TopicTitle { get; set; }       [Column(Name = "TopicContent", DbType = "varchar(max)", CanBeNull = false)]     public string TopicContent { get; set; } }

       为类加了InheritanceMapping特性定义，0的时候类型就是NewTopic，1的时候就是Reply。并且为TopicType字段上的特性中加了IsDiscriminator = true，告知Linq to sql这个字段就是用于分类的字段。

 

实体继承的使用

 

       定义好继承的实体之后，我们就可以使用了。先是自定义一个DataContext吧：

public partial class BBSContext : DataContext {     public Table<BoardCategory> BoardCategories;     public Table<Board> Boards;     public Table<Topic> Topics;     public BBSContext(string connection) : base(connection) { } }

       然后，我们来测试一下Linq to sql是否能根据TopicType识别派生类：

BBSContext ctx = new BBSContext("server=xxx;database=BBS;uid=xxx;pwd=xxx");         var query = from t in ctx.Topics select t;         foreach (Topic topic in query)         {             if (topic is NewTopic)             {                 NewTopic newtopic = topic as NewTopic;                 Response.Write("标题：" + newtopic.TopicTitle + " 类型：" + newtopic.TopicType + "<br/>");             }             else if (topic is Reply)             {                 Reply reply = topic as Reply;                 Response.Write("标题：" + reply.TopicTitle + " 类型：" + reply.TopicType + " 隶属主题：" + reply.ParentTopic + "<br/>");             }         }

       然后我们往Topics表中加一些数据，如下图：

 

       启动程序得到如下测试结果：

 

       当然，你也可以在查询句法中直接查询派生实体：

IEnumerable newtopiclist = (from t in ctx.Topics.OfType<NewTopic>() select t).ToList();         newtopics.DataSource = newtopiclist;         IEnumerable replylist = (from t in ctx.Topics.OfType<Reply>() select t).ToList();         replies.DataSource = replylist;         Page.DataBind();

       newtopic和replies是两个GridView控件，执行效果如下图：

 

       再来看看如何进行增删操作：

NewTopic nt = new NewTopic() { TopicTitle = "还是新主题", TopicContent = "还是新主题" };         Reply rpl = new Reply() { TopicTitle = "还是新回复", TopicContent = "还是新回复", ParentTopic = 4 };         ctx.Topics.Add(nt);         ctx.Topics.Add(rpl);         ctx.SubmitChanges();         rpl = ctx.Topics.OfType<Reply>().Single(reply => reply.TopicID == 8);         ctx.Topics.Remove(rpl);         ctx.SubmitChanges();

 

实体关系的定义

 

       比如我们的论坛分类表和论坛版块表之间就有关系，这种关系是1对多的关系。也就是说一个论坛分类可能有多个论坛版块，这是很常见的。定义实体关系的优势在于，我们无须显式作连接操作就能处理关系表的条件。

       首先来看看分类表的定义：

[Table(Name = "Categories")] public class BoardCategory {     [Column(Name = "CategoryID", DbType = "int identity", IsPrimaryKey = true, IsDbGenerated = true, CanBeNull = false)]     public int CategoryID { get; set; }       [Column(Name = "CategoryName", DbType = "varchar(50)", CanBeNull = false)]     public string CategoryName { get; set; }       private EntitySet<Board> _Boards;       [Association(OtherKey = "BoardCategory", Storage = "_Boards")]     public EntitySet<Board> Boards     {         get { return this._Boards; }         set { this._Boards.Assign(value); }     }       public BoardCategory()     {         this._Boards = new EntitySet<Board>();     } }

       CategoryID和CategoryName的映射没有什么不同，只是我们还增加了一个Boards属性，它返回的是Board实体集。通过特性，我们定义了关系外键为BoardCategory（Board表的一个字段）。然后来看看1对多，多端版块表的实体：

[Table(Name = "Boards")] public class Board {     [Column(Name = "BoardID", DbType = "int identity", IsPrimaryKey = true, IsDbGenerated = true, CanBeNull = false)]     public int BoardID { get; set; }       [Column(Name = "BoardName", DbType = "varchar(50)", CanBeNull = false)]     public string BoardName { get; set; }       [Column(Name = "BoardCategory", DbType = "int", CanBeNull = false)]     public int BoardCategory { get; set; }       private EntityRef<BoardCategory> _Category;       [Association(ThisKey = "BoardCategory", Storage = "_Category")]     public BoardCategory Category     {         get { return this._Category.Entity; }         set         {             this._Category.Entity = value;             value.Boards.Add(this);         } } }

       在这里我们需要关联分类，设置了Category属性使用BoardCategory字段和分类表关联。  

实体关系的使用

   
    好了，现在我们就可以在查询句法中直接关联表了（数据库中不一定要设置表的外键关系）：

Response.Write("-------------查询分类为1的版块-------------<br/>");         var query1 = from b in ctx.Boards where b.Category.CategoryID == 1 select b;         foreach (Board b in query1)             Response.Write(b.BoardID + " " + b.BoardName + "<br/>");         Response.Write("-------------查询版块大于2个的分类-------------<br/>");         var query2 = from c in ctx.BoardCategories where c.Boards.Count > 2 select c;         foreach (BoardCategory c in query2)             Response.Write(c.CategoryID + " " + c.CategoryName + " " + c.Boards.Count + "<br/>");

       在数据库中加一些测试数据，如下图：

 

       运行程序后得到下图的结果：

 

       我想定义实体关系的方便我不需要再用语言形容了吧。执行上述的程序会导致下面SQL的执行：

SELECT [t0].[BoardID], [t0].[BoardName], [t0].[BoardCategory] FROM [Boards] AS [t0] INNER JOIN [Categories] AS [t1] ON [t1].[CategoryID] = [t0].[BoardCategory] WHERE [t1].[CategoryID] = @p0 -- @p0: Input Int32 (Size = 0; Prec = 0; Scale = 0) [1]   SELECT [t0].[CategoryID], [t0].[CategoryName] FROM [Categories] AS [t0] WHERE ((     SELECT COUNT(*)     FROM [Boards] AS [t1]     WHERE [t1].[BoardCategory] = [t0].[CategoryID]     )) > @p0 -- @p0: Input Int32 (Size = 0; Prec = 0; Scale = 0) [2]   SELECT [t0].[BoardID], [t0].[BoardName], [t0].[BoardCategory] FROM [Boards] AS [t0] WHERE [t0].[BoardCategory] = @p0 -- @p0: Input Int32 (Size = 0; Prec = 0; Scale = 0) [1]

        可以看到，第二个查询并没有做外连接，还记得DataLoadOptions吗？我们可以要求Linq to sql在读取版块分类信息的时候也把版块信息一起加载：    今天就讲到这里。大家可以自己尝试为帖子表也定义实体的关系，因为，是不是可以直接通过帖子获取帖子下的回复，或者直接通过回复得到所属帖子那？

DataLoadOptions options = new DataLoadOptions();         options.LoadWith<BoardCategory>(c => c.Boards);         ctx.LoadOptions = options;         Response.Write("-------------查询版块大于2个的分类-------------<br/>");         var query2 = from c in ctx.BoardCategories where c.Boards.Count > 2 select c;         foreach (BoardCategory c in query2)             Response.Write(c.CategoryID + " " + c.CategoryName + " " + c.Boards.Count + "<br/>");

查询经过改造后会得到下面的SQL：

SELECT [t0].[CategoryID], [t0].[CategoryName], [t1].[BoardID], [t1].[BoardName], [t1].[BoardCategory], (     SELECT COUNT(*)     FROM [Boards] AS [t3]     WHERE [t3].[BoardCategory] = [t0].[CategoryID]     ) AS [count] FROM [Categories] AS [t0] LEFT OUTER JOIN [Boards] AS [t1] ON [t1].[BoardCategory] = [t0].[CategoryID] WHERE ((     SELECT COUNT(*)     FROM [Boards] AS [t2]     WHERE [t2].[BoardCategory] = [t0].[CategoryID]     )) > @p0 ORDER BY [t0].[CategoryID], [t1].[BoardID] -- @p0: Input Int32 (Size = 0; Prec = 0; Scale = 0) [2]

         在添加分类的时候，如果这个分类下还有新的版块，那么提交新增分类的时候版块也会新增：

BoardCategory dbcat = new BoardCategory() { CategoryName = "Database" };         Board oracle = new Board() { BoardName = "Oracle", Category = dbcat};         ctx.BoardCategories.Add(dbcat);         ctx.SubmitChanges();

       上述代码导致下面的SQL被执行：

INSERT INTO [Categories]([CategoryName]) VALUES (@p0)   SELECT [t0].[CategoryID] FROM [Categories] AS [t0] WHERE [t0].[CategoryID] = (SCOPE_IDENTITY())   -- @p0: Input AnsiString (Size = 8; Prec = 0; Scale = 0) [Database]   INSERT INTO [Boards]([BoardName], [BoardCategory]) VALUES (@p0, @p1)   SELECT [t0].[BoardID] FROM [Boards] AS [t0] WHERE [t0].[BoardID] = (SCOPE_IDENTITY())   -- @p0: Input AnsiString (Size = 6; Prec = 0; Scale = 0) [Oracle] -- @p1: Input Int32 (Size = 0; Prec = 0; Scale = 0) [23]