Inheriting the Linq to SQL Class and Passing the Result of a Linq Query

Question

I am writing an application in which we will need to extend the base object to several different things (for example, an employee, a car, etc.). The design is such that there is an Entity table and a second table with specific type values, for example, an employee will have an identification number, but the vehicle will have a registration number.

I inherited from a class object generated in the data context, but I had problems with casting in my repository. What is the right way to do this?

public class cAccountEmployee : cAccountEntity
{
    public string id_number
    {
        get
        {
            try
            {
                return this.cAccountEntityValues.Single(e => e.type == 1).value;
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                return "";
            }
        }

        set
        {
            try
            {
                this.cAccountEntityValues.Single(e => e.type == 1).value = value;
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                this.cAccountEntityValues.Add(new cAccountEntityValue()
                                            {
                                                accountentity_id = this.id,
                                                cAccountEntity = this,
                                                type = 1,
                                                value = value
                                            });
            }
        }
    }

}

Then in my repository (nothing is inherited)

public IEnumerable<cAccountEmployee> All(int accountholder_id)
    {
        return db.cAccountEntities.Where(e => e.accountholder_id == accountholder_id).OrderBy(a => a.name).Cast<cAccountEmployee>();
    }

    public cAccountEmployee Single(int id)
    {
        return db.cAccountEntities.Single(a => a.id == id) as cAccountEmployee;
    }

, null. , ? Linq Employee, db, ?

Answer 1

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:

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public IEnumerable<Employee> All(int accountholder_id)
{
    return db.Employees.Where(e => e.accountholder_id == accountholder_id)
        .OrderBy(a => a.name);
}

public Employee Single(int id)
{
    return db.Employees.Single(a => a.id == id);
}

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Answer 2

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public class cAccountEmployee
{
    private cAccountEntity entity;

    public int id
    {
        get
        {
            return this.entity.id;
        }
        set
        {
            this.entity.id = value;
        }
    }

    public string name
    {
        get
        {
            return this.entity.name;
        }
        set
        {
            this.entity.name = value;
        }
    }

    public int accountholder_id
    {
        get
        {
            return this.entity.accountholder_id;
        }
        set
        {
            this.entity.accountholder_id = value;
        }
    }

    public System.Data.Linq.EntitySet<cAccountEntityValue> cAccountEntityValues
    {
        get
        {
            return this.entity.cAccountEntityValues;
        }
    }

    public cAccountHolder cAccountHolder
    {
        get
        {
            return this.entity.cAccountHolder;
        }
    }

    public cAccountEmployee()
    {
        this.entity = new cAccountEntity();
    }

    public cAccountEmployee(cAccountEntity entity)
    {
        this.entity = entity;
    }

    public string id_number
    {
        get
        {
            try
            {
                return this.entity.cAccountEntityValues.Single(e => e.type == 1).value;
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                return "";
            }
        }

        set
        {
            try
            {
                this.entity.cAccountEntityValues.Single(e => e.type == 1).value = value;
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                this.entity.cAccountEntityValues.Add(new cAccountEntityValue()
                                            {
                                                accountentity_id = this.id,
                                                cAccountEntity = this.entity,
                                                type = 1,
                                                value = value
                                            });
            }
        }
    }
}

//In the repository
public cAccountEmployee Single(int id)
    {
        return new cAccountEmployee(db.cAccountEntities.Single(a => a.id == id));
    }

Answer 3

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public class Zebra : Animal { }

public class Zoo
{
    public void ShowZebraCast()
    {
        Animal a = new Animal();
        Zebra z = (Zebra)a;
    }
}

System.InvalidCastException: "Animal", "Zebra".

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public partial class Animal { }
public class Zebra : Animal { }
//in another file
public partial class Animal{
  public Zebra ToZebra(){
    return new Zebra() { //set Zebra properties here.
    };
  }
}


public class Zoo
{
    public void ShowZebraConvert()
    {
        Animal a = new Animal();
        Zebra z = a.ToZebra();
    }
}