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The Pain of Implementing LINQ Providers.

The article discusses the use of LINQ (Language Integrated Query), a method of integrating data queries into computer programming language. It is noted that the premise of LINQ is very useful, but there are some difficulties associated with its implementation. These are addressed from the perspectiv...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 54; no. 8; pp. 55 - 62
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Aug2011
Subjects:
Querying (Computer science)
Computer programming
Programming languages
Database searching
Query languages (Computer science)
Database management
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article discusses the use of LINQ (Language Integrated Query), a method of integrating data queries into computer programming language. It is noted that the premise of LINQ is very useful, but there are some difficulties associated with its implementation. These are addressed from the perspective of implementers and consumers. The article focuses on the example of building a LINQ provider for a NoSQL data store. It is recommended that each supported operation included be defined in a conventional way, and that a limited LINQ implementation is easier to manage.