Welcome to Hyperbee Expressions

Hyperbee.Expressions is a C# library that extends the capabilities of expression trees to handle asynchronous workflows and other language constructs.

Features

• Async Expressions

  • AwaitExpression: An expression that represents an await operation.
  • AsyncBlockExpression: An expression that represents an asynchronous code block.

• Using Expression

  • UsingExpression: An expression that automatically disposes IDisposable resources.

• Looping Expressions

  • WhileExpression: An expression that represents a while loop.
  • ForExpression: An expression that represents a for loop.
  • ForEachExpression: An expression that represents a foreach loop.

• Other Expressions

  • StringFormatExpression: An expression that creates a string using a supplied format string and parameters.
  • DebugExpression: An expression that helps when debugging expression trees.

Examples

Asynchronous Expressions

The following example demonstrates how to create an asynchronous expression tree.

When the expression tree is compiled, the AsyncBlockExpression will auto-generate a state machine that executes AwaitExpressions in the block asynchronously.

public class Example
{
    public async Task ExampleAsync()
    {
        // Create an async block that calls async methods and assigns their results

        var instance = Constant( this );
        var result1 = Variable( typeof(int), "result1" );
        var result2 = Variable( typeof(int), "result2" );

        var asyncBlock = BlockAsync(
            [result1, result2],
            Assign( result1, Await(
                Call( instance, nameof(FirstAsyncMethod), Type.EmptyTypes )
            ) ),
            Assign( result2, Await(
                Call( instance, nameof(SecondAsyncMethod), Type.EmptyTypes, result1 )
            ) )
        );

        // Compile and execute the async block
        var lambda = Lambda<Func<Task<int>>>( asyncBlock );
        var compiledLambda = lambda.Compile();
        var resultValue2 = await compiledLambda();

        Console.WriteLine( $"Second async method result: {resultValue2}" );
    }

    public static async Task<int> FirstAsyncMethod()
    {
        await Task.Delay( 1000 ); // Simulate async work
        return 42; // Example result
    }

    public static async Task<int> SecondAsyncMethod( int value )
    {
        await Task.Delay( 1000 ); // Simulate async work
        return value * 2; // Example result
    }
}

Using Expression

The following example demonstrates how to create a Using expression.

public class Example
{
    private class DisposableResource : IDisposable
    {
        public bool IsDisposed { get; private set; }
        public void Dispose() => IsDisposed = true;
    }

    public void ExampleUsing()
    {
        var resource = new TestDisposableResource();

        var disposableExpression = Expression.Constant( resource, typeof( TestDisposableResource ) );
        var bodyExpression = Expression.Empty(); // Actual body isn't important

        var usingExpression = ExpressionExtensions.Using( 
            disposableExpression, 
            bodyExpression 
        );

        var compiledLambda = Expression.Lambda<Action>( reducedExpression ).Compile();

        compiledLambda();

        Console.WriteLine( $"Resource was disposed {resource.IsDisposed}." );
    }
}

Credits

Special thanks to:

• Sergey Tepliakov - Dissecting the async methods in C#.
• Fast Expression Compiler for improved performance. ❤️
• Just The Docs for the documentation theme.

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for more details.