LINQ To TypeScript

• Implementation of LINQ for TypeScript
• Targets TypeScript 4.7.X and ES 2022

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  Getting Started

  npm i linq-to-typescript

  

tsconfig.json

"compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es2022",
    "lib": [
      "es2022"
    ]
}

• The strict TS option is recommended.

Using the Library

With Wrappers

// 0. Import Module
import { from } from "linq-to-typescript"

// To Use With Wrappers
const evenNumbers = from([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]).where((x) => x % 2 === 0).toArray()

Without Wrappers

// 0. Import Module
import { initializeLinq, IEnumerable } from "linq-to-typescript"
// 1. Declare that the JS types implement the IEnumerable interface
declare global {
    interface Array<T> extends IEnumerable<T> { }
    interface Uint8Array extends IEnumerable<number> { }
    interface Uint8ClampedArray extends IEnumerable<number> { }
    interface Uint16Array extends IEnumerable<number> { }
    interface Uint32Array extends IEnumerable<number> { }
    interface Int8Array extends IEnumerable<number> { }
    interface Int16Array extends IEnumerable<number> { }
    interface Int32Array extends IEnumerable<number> { }
    interface Float32Array extends IEnumerable<number> { }
    interface Float64Array extends IEnumerable<number> { }
    interface Map<K, V> extends IEnumerable<[K, V]> { }
    interface Set<T> extends IEnumerable<T> { }
    interface String extends IEnumerable<string> { }
}
// 2. Bind Linq Functions to Array, Map, etc
initializeLinq()
// 3. Use without a wrapper type
const evenNumbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9].where((x) => x % 2 === 0).toArray()

Examples

Please refer to the examples folder

ES6 Modules (ESM)

To use library with ES6 modules make sure that you specify "type": "module" in package.json

API

TypeDoc API Surface Documentation

LinqToTypeScript implements the functionality of the IEnumerable interface

• IEnumerable, IAsyncEnumerable, and IParallelEnumerable interfaces are based on,
• IEnumerable<T> Interface
• Some changes made due to conflics with existing method names
• Some changes made due to limitations of JavaScript

IEnumerable

• Inspired by LINQ API Surface
• Has Async methods that return Promise or IAsyncEnumerable
• Implements Iterable<T>
• Use from to wrap your arrays

IAsyncEnumerable

• Inspired by LINQ API Surface
• Has Async methods that return Promise or IAsyncEnumerable
• For asynchronous iteration
• Implements AsyncIterable<T> interface
• Use fromAsync to wrap your AsyncIterable type

IParallelEnumerable

• Inspired by LINQ API Surface
• Has Async methods that return Promise or IParallelEnumerable
• For asynchronous iteration in parallel (where possible)
• Implements AsyncIterable<T> interface
• Use fromParallel to create a parallel enumeration

Shared Instance Methods

* Async methods take an async function

Static Methods

Index Methods

Exception Types

Design

Binding new APIs to Array Types

JavaScript doesn't have extension methods like in C#, therefore we extend the class itself with new methods. Call initializeLinq to bind library functions to default Array methods,

The following collections support IEnumerable,

• Array
• Map
• Set
• String
• Int8Array
• Int16Array
• Int32Array
• Uint8Array
• Uint8ClampedArray
• Uint16Array
• Uint32Array
• Float32Array
• Float64Array

Using Wrappers

NOTE: Wrappers are safer as they won't interfere with other libraries.

// To Create an IEnumerable<T>
import { from } from "linq-to-typescript"
from(iterableIteratorOrArray)

// To Create an IAsyncEnumerable<T>
import { fromAsync } from "linq-to-typescript"
fromAsync(asyncIterableIteratorOrPromiseArray)

// To Create an IParallelEnumerable<T>
// You have to specify the parallel generator function type
import { fromParallel, ParallelGeneratorType } from "linq-to-typescript"
fromParallel(ParallelGeneratorType.PromiseToArray, asyncFuncThatReturnsAnArray)

Issues and Questions

Q1: How does this compare to other LINQ libraries?

Other libraries tend to use eager evaluation and work with arrays instead of iterables.

Q2: Can I use your code?

With attribution; the code is licensed under MIT.

Q3: Why should I use this instead of lodash or something similar?

The whole library is written in TypeScript first and avoids typechecking done by TypeScript Language Service.

Lazy evaluation. Not much happens until you iterate over the enumerable or conver it to an Array, Map, etc.

Q4: Is IE11 supported?

No.

Q5: Can I contribute?

Please do!