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NewArrayExpression Class

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Represents creating a new array and possibly initializing the elements of the new array.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Linq.Expressions.Expression
    System.Linq.Expressions.NewArrayExpression

Namespace:  System.Linq.Expressions
Assembly:  System.Core (in System.Core.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class NewArrayExpression _
    Inherits Expression

public class NewArrayExpression : Expression

The NewArrayExpression type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property 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.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Expressions Gets the bounds of the array if the value of the NodeType property is NewArrayBounds, or the values to initialize the elements of the new array if the value of the NodeType property is NewArrayInit.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone NodeType Gets the node type of this Expression. (Inherited from Expression.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Type Gets the static type of the expression that this Expression represents. (Overrides Expression.Type.)

In Silverlight for Windows Phone Windows Phone OS 7.1, this member is inherited from Expression.Type.

In XNA Framework Windows Phone OS 7.0, this member is inherited from Expression.Type.

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Methods

  Name Description
Protected method Accept Dispatches to the specific visit method for this node type. For example, MethodCallExpression calls the VisitMethodCall. (Overrides Expression.Accept(ExpressionVisitor).)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method 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.)
Public method 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.)
Public method 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.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ToString Returns a textual representation of the Expression. (Inherited from Expression.)
Public method 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.
Protected method 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.)

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Remarks

The following table shows the different factory methods that you can use to create a NewArrayExpression depending on the NodeType you require.

NodeType

Factory Methods

NewArrayBounds

NewArrayBounds

NewArrayInit

NewArrayInit

Examples

The following example creates a NewArrayExpression object that represents creating and initializing a one-dimensional array of strings.

Dim trees As New System.Collections.Generic.List(Of System.Linq.Expressions.Expression) _
        (New System.Linq.Expressions.Expression() _
         {System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Constant("oak"), _
          System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Constant("fir"), _
          System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Constant("spruce"), _
          System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Constant("alder")})

' Create an expression tree that represents creating and  
' initializing a one-dimensional array of type string.
Dim newArrayExpression As System.Linq.Expressions.NewArrayExpression = _
    System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.NewArrayInit(Type.GetType("System.String"), trees)

' Output the string representation of the Expression.
outputBlock.Text &= newArrayExpression.ToString() & vbCrLf

' This code produces the following output:
'
' new [] {"oak", "fir", "spruce", "alder"}

List<System.Linq.Expressions.Expression> trees =
    new List<System.Linq.Expressions.Expression>()
           { System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Constant("oak"),
             System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Constant("fir"),
             System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Constant("spruce"),
             System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Constant("alder") };

// Create an expression tree that represents creating and  
// initializing a one-dimensional array of type string.
System.Linq.Expressions.NewArrayExpression newArrayExpression =
    System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.NewArrayInit(typeof(string), trees);

// Output the string representation of the Expression.
outputBlock.Text += newArrayExpression.ToString() + "\n";

// This code produces the following output:
//
// new [] {"oak", "fir", "spruce", "alder"}

The next example creates a NewArrayExpression object that represents creating a two-dimensional array of strings.

' Create an expression tree that represents creating a string
' array with rank 2 and bounds (3,2).
Dim newArrayExpression As System.Linq.Expressions.NewArrayExpression = _
    System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.NewArrayBounds( _
            Type.GetType("System.String"), _
            System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Constant(3), _
            System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Constant(2))

' Output the string representation of the Expression.
outputBlock.Text &= newArrayExpression.ToString() & vbCrLf

' This code produces the following output:
'
' new System.String[,](3, 2)

// Create an expression tree that represents creating a 
// two-dimensional array of type string with bounds [3,2].
System.Linq.Expressions.NewArrayExpression newArrayExpression =
    System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.NewArrayBounds(
            typeof(string),
            System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Constant(3),
            System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Constant(2));

// Output the string representation of the Expression.
outputBlock.Text += newArrayExpression.ToString() + "\n";

// This code produces the following output:
//
// new System.String[,](3, 2)

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.