LINQ

XAP GigaSpaces eXtreme Application Platform. Provides a powerful solution for data processing, launching, and running digital services.NET includes a custom LINQ provider, which enables developers to take advantage of their existing .NET skills to query the space without learning a new language. To enable the provider add the following using statement:

using GigaSpaces.Core.Linq; 

This brings the Query<T> extension method into scope, which is the entry point for writing LINQ queries. For example:

var query = from p in spaceProxy.Query<Person>() 
            where p.Name == "Smith" 
            select p; 

foreach (var person in query) 
{ 
    // ...
} 

Another option is to convert the LINQ query to a space query, which can be used with any of the space proxy query operations. For example:

var query = from p in spaceProxy.Query<Person>() 
            where p.Name == "Smith" 
            select p; 
var result = spaceProxy.Take<Person>(query.ToSpaceQuery()); 

And finally, you can create an ExpressionQuery with a predicate expression:

var result = spaceProxy.Take<Person>(new ExpressionQuery<Person>(p => p.Name == "Smith")); 

Indexing

It is highly recommended to use indexes on relevant properties to increase performance. For more information see Indexing.

Supported LINQ operators

The following LINQ operators are supported:

• Any - Returns true if there are any entries matching the query in the space, false otherwise.
• Count - Returns int Count of entries.
• LongCount - Same as Count, but returns long instead of int.
• Single - Returns the only matching entry from the space. Throws an exception if there are no matching entries or more than one match.
• SingleOrDefault - Returns the only matching entry from the space, or null if there are no matching entries. Throws an exception if there is more than one match.
• OrderBy/OrderByDescending/ThenBy/ThenByDescending - Specifies the order of the results.
• Select - Specifies if the entire entry is returned or a subset of its properties (see Projection).
• Where - Specifies the criteria used for querying the space (see predicates)

Predicates

The GigaSpaces LINQ provider supports various operators, as explained below. For the following code samples, assume the following classes are defined:

public class Person 
{ 
    public String Name {get; set;} 
    public int NumOfChildren {get; set;} 
    public ICollection<String> Aliases {get; set;} 
    [SpaceProperty(StorageType = StorageType.Document)] 
    public Address HomeAddress {get; set;} 
    [SpaceProperty(StorageType = StorageType.Document)] 
    public IDictionary<String, Address> Addresses {get; set;} 
    [SpaceProperty(StorageType = StorageType.Document)] 
    public Car[] Cars {get; set;} 
} 

public class Address 
{ 
    public String City {get; set;} 
    public String Street {get; set;} 
} 

public class Car 
{ 
    public String Color {get; set;} 
    public String Manufacturer {get; set;} 
} 

Equality Operators

Use the standard == and != operators for equals/not equals conditions, respectively. For example, to query for entries whose Name is "Smith":

var query = from p in spaceProxy.Query<Person>() 
            where p.Name == "Smith" 
            select p; 

Comparison Operators

Use the standard >, >=, <, and <= for comparisons, respectively. For example, to query for entries whose NumOfChildren is greater than 2:

var query = from p in spaceProxy.Query<Person>() 
            where p.NumOfChildren > 2 
            select p; 

Conditional Operators

Use the standard && and || for conditional and/or expressions, respectively. For example, to query for entries whose Name is "Smith" and NumOfChildren is greater than 2:

var query = from p in spaceProxy.Query<Person>() 
            where p.Name == "Smith" && p.NumOfChildren > 2 
            select p; 

Nested Paths

Nested paths can be traversed and queried using the dot (.) notation. For example, to query for entries whose HomeAddress's Street equals Main:

var query = from p in spaceProxy.Query<Person>() 
            where p.HomeAddress.Street == "Main" 
            select p; 

Dictionary entries can be traversed as well. For example, to query for entries whose Addresses contains a Home key which maps to an Address whose Street equals Main:

var query = from p in spaceProxy.Query<Person>() 
            where p.Addresses["Home"].Street == "Main"
            select p; 

Sub-strings

The System.String methods Contains(String), StartsWith(String) and EndsWith(String) can be used to match sub-strings of a member. For example, to query for entries whose Name ends with "Smith":

var query = from p in spaceProxy.Query<Person>() 
            where p.Name.EndsWith("Smith") 
            select p; 

Collection Membership

The Enumerable.Contains(T value) extension method can be used to check if any of the collection match a specific value. For example, to query for entries whose Aliases contains "Smith":

var query = from p in spaceProxy.Query<Person>() 
            where p.Aliases.Contains("Smith") 
            select p; 

In addition, the Enumerable.Any(Func(T, bool)) extension method can be used to check if any of the collection items match a specific predicate. For example, to query for entries whose Cars contains a red honda:

var query = from p in spaceProxy.Query<Person>() 
            where p.Cars.Any(c => c.Color == "Red" && c.Manufacturer == "Honda") 
            select p; 

Another option is to test if the member is part of a collection, (aka IN clause in traditional SQL). For example, to query for entries whose Name is one of the items of a given array:

var query = from p in spaceProxy.Query<Person>() 
            where new String[] {"Smith", "Doe"}.Contains(p.Name) 
            select p; 

Projection

Projection is useful when only a subset of an entry's properties are required - instead of returning the entire entry, the query can declare which properties should be returned. This information is passed down all the way to the server which executes the query and yields the results, so that only the relevant properties are transmitted back, which reduces network traffic and improves performance.

For example, to query for entries whose Name ends with "Smith" and return only their Name:

var query = from p in spaceProxy.Query<Person>() 
            where p.Name.EndsWith("Smith") 
            select p.Name; 

To return both the Name and HomeAddress:

var query = from p in spaceProxy.Query<Person>() 
            where p.Name.EndsWith("Smith") 
            select new {p.Name, p.HomeAddress};

In this case the result will be an anonymous class with 2 properties. Since anonymous types are only useful within the scope of the method in which they're defined, you may prefer using ExpressionQuery with projections instead:

var query = new ExpressionQuery<Person>(p => p.Name.EndsWith("Smith"));
query.Projections = new List<String> {"Id", "HomeAddress"};

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Batch results

Consider the following query:

var query = from p in spaceProxy.Query<Person>() select p; 
foreach (var person in query) 
{ 
    // ... 
} 

The default implementation is to execute a ReadMultiple under the hood, which retrieves all the matching entries at once, then enumerates them one by one. However, if the size of the result is large, two potential problems can occur:

• All the entries must be fetched before processing starts, i.e. the last entry must be loaded before the first entry is iterated.
• The size of the result might be too large for the client's memory, in which case the application will fail with an out of memory exception.

The solution to both problem is the same - batching. For example, the previous example can be modified as such:

var query = (from p in spaceProxy.Query<Person>() select p).Batch(100); 
foreach (var person in query) 
{ 
    // ... 
} 

The Batch() extension method instructs the provider to retrieve the results in batches not exceeding 100 entries each. This both protects the memory usage and allows processing to start before all entries are retrieved.

Aggregation

GigaSpaces lets you perform aggregations across the Space Where GigaSpaces data is stored. It is the logical cache that holds data objects in memory and might also hold them in layered in tiering. Data is hosted from multiple SoRs, consolidated as a unified data model.. There is no need to retrieve the entire data set from the Space to the client side , iterate the result set and perform the aggregation. The Aggregators allow you to perform the entire aggregation activity at the Space side avoiding any data retrieval back to the client side. Only the result of each aggregation activity performed with each partition is returned back to the client side where all the results are reduced and returned to the client application.