Linq中连接主要有组连接、内连接、左外连接、交叉连接四种。各个用法如下。
注：本文内容主要来自《Linq实战》，本例中用到的对象请见文章底部。
1、 组连接
组连接是与分组查询是一样的。即根据分组得到结果。 如下例,根据publisther分组得到结果。
使用组连接的查询语句如下：
//使用组连接
var GroupQuery = from publisher in SampleData.Publishers
join book in SampleData.Books
on publisher equals book.Publisher into publisherBooks
select new
{
PublisherName = publisher.Name,
Books = publisherBooks
};
与上边等同的GroupBy语句如下：
//使用Group
var QueryByGroup = from book in SampleData.Books
group book by book.Publisher into grouping
select new
{
PublisherName = grouping.Key.Name,
Books = grouping
};
2、内连接
按照关系数据库的说法，“内部联接”产生一个结果集，对于该结果集内第一个集合中的每个元素，只要在第二个集合中存在一个匹配元素，该元素就会出现一次。 如果第一个集合中的某个元素没有匹配元素，则它不会出现在结果集内。
内连接与SqL中inner join一样，即找出两个序列的交集。如下例找出book中的Publisher存在于SampleData.Publishers的资料。
内连接查询语句如下：
//join查询语句
var joinQuery = from publisher in SampleData.Publishers
join book in SampleData.Books
on publisher equals book.Publisher
select new
{
PublisherName = publisher.Name,
BookName = book.Title
};
与上边等同的查询操作符语句如下：
//join操作符语句
SampleData.Publishers.Join(
SampleData.Books, //join 对象
publisher => publisher, //外部的key
book => book.Publisher, //内部的key
(publisher, book) => new //结果
{
PublisherName = publisher.Name,
BookName = book.Title
});
3、左外连接
左外连接与SqL中left join一样。如下例找出根据publisher中找出SampleData.Publishers中所有资料和book中存在于publisher的资料。
左外连接查询语句如下：
//left join, 为空时用default
var leftJoinQuerybyDefault = from publisher in SampleData.Publishers
join book in SampleData.Books
on publisher equals book.Publisher into publisherBooks
from book in publisherBooks.DefaultIfEmpty()
select new
{
PublisherName = publisher.Name,
BookName = (book == default(Book)) ? "no book" : book.Title
};
注：上例中使用了DefaultIfEmpty操作符，它能够为实序列提供一个默认的元素。DefaultIfEmpty使用了泛型中的default关键字。default关键字对于引用类型将返回null,而对于值类型则返回0。对于结构体类型，则会根据其成员类型将它们相应地初始化为null(引用类型)或0(值类型)。
我们可以不使用default关键字，但在要DefaultIfEmpty中给定当空时的默认对象值。语句如下：
//left join, 为空时使用默认对象
var leftJoinQuery = from publisher in SampleData.Publishers
join book in SampleData.Books
on publisher equals book.Publisher into publisherBooks
from book in publisherBooks.DefaultIfEmpty(
new Book {
Title = "" } //设置为空时的默认值
)
select new
{
PublisherName = publisher.Name,
BookName = book.Title
};
4、交叉连接
交叉连接与SqL中Cross join一样。如下例中找出SampleData.Publishers与SampleData.Books的交叉连接。
交叉连接查询语句：
var crossJoinQuery = from publisher in SampleData.Publishers
from book in SampleData.Books
select new
{
PublisherName = publisher.Name,
BookName = book.Title
};
查询操作符语句：
//不使用查询表达式
SampleData.Publishers.SelectMany(publisher => SampleData.Books.Select(
book => new
{
PublisherName = publisher.Name,
BookName = book.Title
}
));
本像用到的对象：
static public class SampleData
{
static public Publisher[] Publishers =
{
new Publisher {
Name="FunBooks"},
new Publisher {
Name="Joe Publishing"},
new Publisher {
Name="I Publisher"}
};
static public Author[] Authors =
{
new Author {
FirstName="Johnny", LastName="Good"},
new Author {
FirstName="Graziella", LastName="Simplegame"},
new Author {
FirstName="Octavio", LastName="Prince"},
new Author {
FirstName="Jeremy", LastName="Legrand"}
};
static public Subject[] Subjects =
{
new Subject {
Name="Software development"},
new Subject {
Name="Novel"},
new Subject {
Name="Science fiction"}
};
static public Book[] Books =
{
new Book {
Title="Funny Stories",
Publisher=Publishers[0],
Authors=new[]{
Authors[0], Authors[1]},
PageCount=101,
Price=25.55M,
PublicationDate=new DateTime(2004, 11, 10),
Isbn="0-000-77777-2",
Subject=Subjects[0]
},
new Book {
Title="LINQ rules",
Publisher=Publishers[1],
Authors=new[]{
Authors[2]},
PageCount=300,
Price=12M,
PublicationDate=new DateTime(2007, 9, 2),
Isbn="0-111-77777-2",
Subject=Subjects[0]
},
new Book {
Title="C# on Rails",
Publisher=Publishers[1],
Authors=new[]{
Authors[2]},
PageCount=256,
Price=35.5M,
PublicationDate=new DateTime(2007, 4, 1),
Isbn="0-222-77777-2",
Subject=Subjects[0]
},
new Book {
Title="All your base are belong to us",
Publisher=Publishers[1],
Authors=new[]{
Authors[3]},
PageCount=1205,
Price=35.5M,
PublicationDate=new DateTime(2006, 5, 5),
Isbn="0-333-77777-2",
Subject=Subjects[2]
},
new Book {
Title="Bonjour mon Amour",
Publisher=Publishers[0],
Authors=new[]{
Authors[1], Authors[0]},
PageCount=50,
Price=29M,
PublicationDate=new DateTime(1973, 2, 18),
Isbn="2-444-77777-2",
Subject=Subjects[1]
}
};
}