LoopExpression Class
.NET Framework 4.5
Represents an infinite loop. It can be exited with "break".
Namespace: System.Linq.Expressions
Assembly: System.Core (in System.Core.dll)
The LoopExpression type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() ![]() | Body | Gets the Expression that is the body of the loop. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | BreakLabel | Gets the LabelTarget that is used by the loop body as a break statement target. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | CanReduce | Indicates that the node can be reduced to a simpler node. If this returns true, Reduce() can be called to produce the reduced form. (Inherited from Expression.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ContinueLabel | Gets the LabelTarget that is used by the loop body as a continue statement target. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | NodeType | Returns the node type of this expression. Extension nodes should return Extension when overriding this method. (Overrides Expression.NodeType.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | Type | Gets the static type of the expression that this Expression represents. (Overrides Expression.Type.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() ![]() | Accept | Dispatches to the specific visit method for this node type. For example, MethodCallExpression calls the VisitMethodCall. (Inherited from Expression.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | Reduce | Reduces this node to a simpler expression. If CanReduce returns true, this should return a valid expression. This method can return another node which itself must be reduced. (Inherited from Expression.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ReduceAndCheck | Reduces this node to a simpler expression. If CanReduce returns true, this should return a valid expression. This method can return another node which itself must be reduced. (Inherited from Expression.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ReduceExtensions | Reduces the expression to a known node type (that is not an Extension node) or just returns the expression if it is already a known type. (Inherited from Expression.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ToString | Returns a textual representation of the Expression. (Inherited from Expression.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | Update | Creates a new expression that is like this one, but using the supplied children. If all of the children are the same, it will return this expression. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | VisitChildren | Reduces the node and then calls the visitor delegate on the reduced expression. The method throws an exception if the node is not reducible. (Inherited from Expression.) |
The following example demonstrates how to create a block expression that contains a LoopExpression object by using the Loop method.
// Add the following directive to the file: // using System.Linq.Expressions; // Creating a parameter expression. ParameterExpression value = Expression.Parameter(typeof(int), "value"); // Creating an expression to hold a local variable. ParameterExpression result = Expression.Parameter(typeof(int), "result"); // Creating a label to jump to from a loop. LabelTarget label = Expression.Label(typeof(int)); // Creating a method body. BlockExpression block = Expression.Block( new[] { result }, Expression.Assign(result, Expression.Constant(1)), Expression.Loop( Expression.IfThenElse( Expression.GreaterThan(value, Expression.Constant(1)), Expression.MultiplyAssign(result, Expression.PostDecrementAssign(value)), Expression.Break(label, result) ), label ) ); // Compile and run an expression tree. int factorial = Expression.Lambda<Func<int, int>>(block, value).Compile()(5); Console.WriteLine(factorial); // This code example produces the following output: // // 120
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