ForEach can also be Chained, just put back to the pileline after the action. remain fluent
Employees.ForEach(e=>e.Act_A)
.ForEach(e=>e.Act_B)
.ForEach(e=>e.Act_C);
Orders //just for demo
.ForEach(o=> o.EmailBuyer() )
.ForEach(o=> o.ProcessBilling() )
.ForEach(o=> o.ProcessShipping());
//conditional
Employees
.ForEach(e=> { if(e.Salary<1000) e.Raise(0.10);})
.ForEach(e=> { if(e.Age >70 ) e.Retire();});
An Eager version of implementation.
public static IEnumerable<T> ForEach<T>(this IEnumerable<T> enu, Action<T> action)
{
foreach (T item in enu) action(item);
return enu; // make action Chainable/Fluent
}
Edit: a Lazy version is using yield return, like this.
public static IEnumerable<T> ForEachLazy<T>(this IEnumerable<T> enu, Action<T> action)
{
foreach (var item in enu)
{
action(item);
yield return item;
}
}
The Lazy version NEEDs to be materialized, ToList() for example, otherwise, nothing happens. see below great comments from ToolmakerSteve.
IQueryable<Product> query = Products.Where(...);
query.ForEachLazy(t => t.Price = t.Price + 1.00)
.ToList(); //without this line, below SubmitChanges() does nothing.
SubmitChanges();
I keep both ForEach() and ForEachLazy() in my library.