Using Linq to map facebook profile to my user info

Question

After reading the LINQ book, I am thinking about rewriting the mapper class that I wrote in C # to use LINQ. I am wondering if anyone can give me a hand. Note: it is a bit confusing, but the user object is a local user and the user (lowercase) is an object created from XSD Facebook.

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public class FacebookMapper : IMapper
{
    public IEnumerable<User> MapFrom(IEnumerable<User> users)
    {
      var facebookUsers = GetFacebookUsers(users);
      return MergeUsers(users, facebookUsers);
    }

    public Facebook.user[] GetFacebookUsers(IEnumerable<User> users)
    {
      var uids = (from u in users
        where u.FacebookUid != null
        select u.FacebookUid.Value).ToList();

      // return facebook users for uids using WCF
    }

    public IEnumerable<User> MergeUsers(IEnumerable<User> users, Facebook.user[] facebookUsers)
    {
      foreach(var u in users)
      {
        var fbUser = facebookUsers.FirstOrDefault(f => f.uid == u.FacebookUid);
        if (fbUser != null)
          u.FacebookAvatar = fbUser.pic_sqare;
      }
      return users;
    }
}

My first two attempts hit the walls

Attempt 1

public IEnumerable<User> MapFrom(IEnumerable<User> users)
{
  // didn't have a way to check if u.FacebookUid == null
  return from u in users
    join f in GetFacebookUsers(users) on u.FacebookUid equals f.uid
    select AppendAvatar(u, f);
}

public void AppendAvatar(User u, Facebook.user f)
{
  if (f == null)
    return u;
  u.FacebookAvatar = f.pic_square;
  return u;
}

Attempt 2

public IEnumerable<User> MapFrom(IEnumerable<User> users)
{
  // had to get the user from the facebook service for each single user,
  // would rather use a single http request.
  return from u in users
    let f = GetFacebookUser(user.FacebookUid)
    select AppendAvatar(u, f);
}

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public User WithAvatar(Image avatar)
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    // Whatever you need to create a clone of this user
    User clone = new User(this.Name, this.Age, etc);
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// Adjust for however the user should actually be constructed.
private static readonly FacebookUser NullFacebookUser = new FacebookUser(null);

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private static readonly IEnumerable<FacebookUser> NullFacebookUsers =
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public IEnumerable<User> MapFrom(IEnumerable<User> users)
{
    var facebookUsers = GetFacebookUsers(users).Concat(NullFacebookUsers);
    return from user in users
           join facebookUser in facebookUsers on
                user.FacebookUid equals facebookUser.uid
           select user.WithAvatar(facebookUser.Avatar);
}

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public sealed class FacebookMapper : IMapper
{
    private static readonly IEnumerable<FacebookUser> NullFacebookUsers =
        Enumerable.Repeat(new FacebookUser(null), 1);

    public IEnumerable<User> MapFrom(IEnumerable<User> users)
    {
        var facebookUsers = GetFacebookUsers(users).Concat(NullFacebookUsers);
        return from user in users
               join facebookUser in facebookUsers on
                    user.FacebookUid equals facebookUser.uid
               select user.WithAvatar(facebookUser.pic_square);
    }

    private Facebook.user[] GetFacebookUsers(IEnumerable<User> users)
    {
        var uids = (from u in users
                    where u.FacebookUid != null
                    select u.FacebookUid.Value).ToList();

        // return facebook users for uids using WCF
    }
}

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public IEnumerable<User> MapFrom(IEnumerable<User> users)
{
    var facebookUsers = GetFacebookUsers(users);
    return from user in users
           join facebookUser in facebookUsers on
                user.FacebookUid equals facebookUser.uid
                into matchingUsers
           let firstMatch = matchingUsers.DefaultIfEmpty().First()
           select firstMatch == null ? user : user.WithAvatar(firstMatch.pic_square);
}

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// "Source" sequence is just our local users
from user in users
// Perform a group join - the "matchingUsers" range variable will
// now be a sequence of FacebookUsers with the right UID. This could be empty.
join facebookUser in facebookUsers on
     user.FacebookUid equals facebookUser.uid
     into matchingUsers
// Convert an empty sequence into a single null entry, and then take the first
// element - i.e. the first matching FacebookUser or null
let firstMatch = matchingUsers.DefaultIfEmpty().First()
// If we've not got a match, return the original user.
// Otherwise return a new copy with the appropriate avatar
select firstMatch == null ? user : user.WithAvatar(firstMatch.pic_square);

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public IEnumerable<User> MapFrom(IEnumerable<User> users)
{
    var facebookUsers = GetFacebookUsers(users);
    var uidDictionary = facebookUsers.ToDictionary(fb => fb.uid);

    foreach (var user in users)
    {
        FacebookUser fb;
        if (uidDictionary.TryGetValue(user.FacebookUid, out fb)
        {
            yield return user.WithAvatar(fb.pic_square);
        }
        else
        {
            yield return user;
        }
    }
}

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    private Facebook.user[] GetFacebookUsers(IEnumerable<User> users)
    {
        var uids = (from u in users
                    where u.FacebookUid != null
                    select u.FacebookUid.Value).Distinct().ToList();

        // return facebook users for uids using WCF
    }

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public sealed class FacebookMerger : IUserMerger
{
    public void MergeInformation(IEnumerable<User> users)
    {
        var facebookUsers = GetFacebookUsers(users);
        var uidDictionary = facebookUsers.ToDictionary(fb => fb.uid);

        foreach (var user in users)
        {
            FacebookUser fb;
            if (uidDictionary.TryGetValue(user.FacebookUid, out fb)
            {
                user.Avatar = fb.pic_square;
            }
        }
    }

    private Facebook.user[] GetFacebookUsers(IEnumerable<User> users)
    {
        var uids = (from u in users
                    where u.FacebookUid != null
                    select u.FacebookUid.Value).Distinct().ToList();

        // return facebook users for uids using WCF
    }
}

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Answer 2

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public class FacebookMapper : IMapper
{
    public IEnumerable<User> MapFacebookAvatars(IEnumerable<User> users)
    {
        var usersByID =
            users.Where(u => u.FacebookUid.HasValue)
                 .ToDictionary(u => u.FacebookUid.Value);

        var facebookUsersByID =
            GetFacebookUsers(usersByID.Keys).ToDictionary(f => f.uid);

        foreach(var id in usersByID.Keys.Intersect(facebookUsersByID.Keys))
            usersByID[id].FacebookAvatar = facebookUsersByID[id].pic_sqare;

        return users;
    }

    public Facebook.user[] GetFacebookUsers(IEnumerable<int> uids)
    {
       // return facebook users for uids using WCF
    }
}

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