试想如果能写成下面的样子,是不是更简单优雅:
InBlock.gifvar p1 = products.Distinct(p => p.ID);
InBlock.gifvar p2 = products.Distinct(p => p.Name);

使用一个简单的 lambda 作为参数,也符合 Linq 一贯的风格。
可通过 扩展方法 实现:

Distinct 扩展方法

首先,创建一个通用比较的类,实现 IEqualityComparer<T> 接口:
InBlock.gif using System;
InBlock.gif using System.Collections.Generic;
InBlock.gif using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
InBlock.gif using System.Linq;
InBlock.gif public class CommonEqualityComparer<T, V> : IEqualityComparer<T>
InBlock.gif{
InBlock.gif         private Func<T, V> keySelector;
InBlock.gif         public CommonEqualityComparer(Func<T, V> keySelector)
InBlock.gif        {
InBlock.gif                 this.keySelector = keySelector;
InBlock.gif        }
InBlock.gif         public bool Equals(T x, T y)
InBlock.gif        {
InBlock.gif                 return EqualityComparer<V>.Default.Equals(keySelector(x), keySelector(y));
InBlock.gif        }
InBlock.gif         public int GetHashCode(T obj)
InBlock.gif        {
InBlock.gif                 return EqualityComparer<V>.Default.GetHashCode(keySelector(obj));
InBlock.gif        }
InBlock.gif}

第 17 行,用到了  EqualityComparer<T> 类,本文最后有 简要说明
借助上面这个类,Distinct  扩展方法就很好写了:
InBlock.gif public static class DistinctExtensions
InBlock.gif{
InBlock.gif         public static IEnumerable<T> Distinct<T, V>( this IEnumerable<T> source, Func<T, V> keySelector)
InBlock.gif        {
InBlock.gif                 return source.Distinct( new CommonEqualityComparer<T, V>(keySelector));
InBlock.gif        }
InBlock.gif}

呵呵,简单吧!

Distinct 使用示例

根据 ID :
InBlock.gifvar data1 = new Person[] {
InBlock.gif         new Person{ ID = 1, Name = "鹤冲天"},
InBlock.gif         new Person{ ID = 1, Name = "ldp"}
InBlock.gif};
InBlock.gifvar ps1 = data1
InBlock.gif        .Distinct(p => p.ID)
InBlock.gif        .ToArray();

根据 Name:
InBlock.gifvar data2 = new Person[] {
InBlock.gif         new Person{ ID = 1, Name = "鹤冲天"},
InBlock.gif         new Person{ ID = 2, Name = "鹤冲天"}
InBlock.gif};
InBlock.gifvar ps2 = data2
InBlock.gif        .Distinct(p => p.Name)
InBlock.gif        .ToArray();

看了回复后,我做了些改进,推荐使用下面的方式

改进

回复中有朋友提到“不区分大小写地排除重复的字符串”,也不难实现,只需要把上面的代码改进下就 OK:
CommonEqualityComparer<T, V> 类:
InBlock.gif using System;
InBlock.gif using System.Collections.Generic;
InBlock.gif using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
InBlock.gif using System.Linq;
InBlock.gif public class CommonEqualityComparer<T, V> : IEqualityComparer<T>
InBlock.gif{
InBlock.gif         private Func<T, V> keySelector;
InBlock.gif         private IEqualityComparer<V> comparer;
InBlock.gif         public CommonEqualityComparer(Func<T, V> keySelector, IEqualityComparer<V> comparer)
InBlock.gif        {
InBlock.gif                 this.keySelector = keySelector;
InBlock.gif                 this.comparer = comparer;
InBlock.gif        }
InBlock.gif         public CommonEqualityComparer(Func<T, V> keySelector)
InBlock.gif                : this(keySelector, EqualityComparer<V>.Default)
InBlock.gif        {    }
InBlock.gif         public bool Equals(T x, T y)
InBlock.gif        {
InBlock.gif                 return comparer.Equals(keySelector(x), keySelector(y));
InBlock.gif        }
InBlock.gif         public int GetHashCode(T obj)
InBlock.gif        {
InBlock.gif                 return comparer.GetHashCode(keySelector(obj));
InBlock.gif        }
InBlock.gif}

Distinct  扩展方法
InBlock.gif public static class DistinctExtensions
InBlock.gif{
InBlock.gif         public static IEnumerable<T> Distinct<T, V>( this IEnumerable<T> source, Func<T, V> keySelector)
InBlock.gif        {
InBlock.gif                 return source.Distinct( new CommonEqualityComparer<T, V>(keySelector));
InBlock.gif        }
InBlock.gif         public static IEnumerable<T> Distinct<T, V>( this IEnumerable<T> source, Func<T, V> keySelector, IEqualityComparer<V> comparer)
InBlock.gif        {
InBlock.gif                 return source.Distinct( new CommonEqualityComparer<T, V>(keySelector, comparer));
InBlock.gif        }
InBlock.gif}

借助可选参数,这两个扩展方法也可以合成一个:
InBlock.gif public static IEnumerable<T> Distinct<T, V>( this IEnumerable<T> source, Func<T, V> keySelector,
InBlock.gif
        IEqualityComparer<V> comparer = EqualityComparer<V>.Default)
InBlock.gif{
InBlock.gif         return source.Distinct( new CommonEqualityComparer<T, V>(keySelector, comparer));
InBlock.gif}

(同样,CommonEqualityComparer<T, V>类的两个构造函数也可以合二为一)

使用示例:

InBlock.gifvar data3 = new Person[] {
InBlock.gif         new Person{ ID = 1, Name = "LDP"},
InBlock.gif         new Person{ ID = 2, Name = "ldp"}
InBlock.gif};
InBlock.gifvar ps3 = data3
InBlock.gif        .Distinct(p => p.Name, StringComparer.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)
InBlock.gif        .ToArray();

EqualityComparer<T> 类 简要说明

EqualityComparer<T>为  IEqualityComparer<T> 泛型接口的实现提供基类,它在 .net 4 中有五个重要的子类,见下图: p_w_picpath
这五个子类分别用不同类型数据的相等性比较,从类名我们可以略知一二。
这五个子类都是内部类(internal),不能直接访问,EqualityComparer<T> 类提供一个简单的属性 Default。EqualityComparer<T> 会根据传入的 T 的类型,加载不同的子类,并会予以缓存提高性能。


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