I'm using LinqKit PredicateBuilder (http://www.albahari.com/nutshell/predicatebuilder.aspx) for a method that do searching. This is how the relationships are built (Entity Framework 4 CPT 5 POCO):
public class MusicSheet
{
[Key]
public int ID { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Key { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Author> Authors { get; set; }
}
public class Author
{
[Key]
public int ID { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Bio { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<MusicSheet> MusicSheets { get; set; }
}
I need to be able to build a predicate that checks for MusicSheet
(the Title
contains a specific search term) as well as the Name
or Bio
of the Author who might also contain that search term. Here is what I currently have:
var predicate = PredicateBuilder.False<MusicSheet>();
foreach (var term in terms)
{
string keyword = term;
predicate = predicate
.Or(s => s.Title.Contains(keyword));
// TODO Check for Author Name & Bio
}
Any suggestions? Thank you very much.
Have you tried this: