Validation result

Error

Parameters

Info

Checks if ISpecification<T> is satisfied by ANY element in candidate collection.

Any for empty collections are always invalid (return false).
Candidate must implement IEnumerable<> interface.
Note that, string is also a collection, and can be used with this Specification.

Usage

var spec = Specification.Any<int[], int>(
    Specification.LessThanOrEqual(0));

spec.IsSatisfiedBy(new int[] {100, 200, 0});  // true
spec.IsSatisfiedBy(new int[] {100, 200, 300});    // false
spec.IsSatisfiedBy(new int[0]);  // false
spec.IsSatisfiedBy(null);   // false

As property

var customerSpec = Specification.Any<Customer, char>(c => c.Comments,
    Specification.Equal('0'));

customerSpec.IsSatisfiedBy(new Customer { Comments = "VIP" });  // false
customerSpec.IsSatisfiedBy(new Customer { Comments = "0" });    // true
customerSpec.IsSatisfiedBy(new Customer { Comments = "" });  // false
customerSpec.IsSatisfiedBy(new Customer { Comments = null });   // false

EF 6 support

In Linq to entities compare collections with null generates NotSupportedException.
To prevent this, use linqToEntities constructor flag or global Specification.LinqToEntities flag.

using (var context = new EfDbContext())
{
    var anyItemsSpec = Specification.Any<Customer, Item>(c => c.Items,
        Specification.Empty<Item, int>(i => i.ItemId));
    // var customers = context.Customers.Where(anyItemsSpec.GetExpression()).ToList();   // Exception!

    Specification.LinqToEntities = true;
    var anyItemsSpecFixed = Specification.Any<Customer, Item>(c => c.Items,
        Specification.Empty<Item, int>(i => i.ItemId));
    var customers = context.Customers.Where(anyItemsSpecFixed.GetExpression()).ToList();   // Works!
}