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[msh13792]

Hi
Please explain how i can use express mapper for this :
this function response me a list of data with hierarchical form

var data = GetTree(repository, null);

List<DTO.Comments.Read> GetTree(List<Results.Comment_Result> list, int? parent)
{
return list.Where(x => x.ParentId == parent).Select(x => new DTO.Comments.Read
{
Id = x.Id,
Author = x.Author,
CommentType = x.CommentType,
Content = x.Content,
DislikeCount = x.DislikeCount,
Email = x.Email,
IPAddress = x.IPAddress,
ParentId = x.ParentId,
LikeCount = x.LikeCount,
ProviderId = x.ProviderId,
ProviderType = x.ProviderType,
CreateDatetime = x.CreateDatetime,
Items = GetTree(list, x.Id)
}).ToList();
}

[JonPSmith]

Hi @msh13792,

You might find an article I wrote called Flattening Entity Framework relationships with ExpressMapper useful. Go to the section called Introducing ExpressMapper and I describe how you can handle hierarchical data using ExpressMapper.