Continuing the previous post about differences between IEnumerable<T> and IQueryable<T> I would like to describe differences between Func<T> and Expression<Func<T>>, basic features of lambda expressions and expression trees and possible impact on Entity Framework.
What is Func<T>
Func<T> is just a predefined generic delegate which encapsulates a method that accepts no parameters and returns a value of type T. It's declared like:
public delegate T Func<out T>();
Its value can be assigned to a named method or to an anonymous method through delegate syntax or through lambda expression syntax. All the following assignments are correct and return the same result:
