How to user year() and month() functions in NH Criteria API

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I need to use year() and month() functions in Criteria API to be able to express a business filter constrain. Expressions like 

cri.Add(Expression.Ge("year(Duration.DateFrom)", Year.Value));
cri.Add(Expression.Le("year(Duration.DateTo)", Year.Value));

obviously do not work – is there any solution how to achieve this?

I know it's entirely possible in HQL, but I need to construct the query using criteria API because there're some additional processes processing the query adding sorting, paging etc..

sample HQL solution which I'd like to rewrite to Criteria API:

var ym = year * 100 + month;
var hql = ...(:ym between 100 * year(f.Duration.DateFrom) + month(f.Duration.DateFrom) and 100 * year(f.Duration.DateTo) + month(f.Duration.DateTo)";

Best Answer

It's possible to achieve this using Projections.SQLFunction. Working solution:

ISQLFunction sqlAdd = new VarArgsSQLFunction("(", "+", ")");
ISQLFunction sqlMultiply = new VarArgsSQLFunction("(", "*", ")");

var ym = Year.Value * 100 + Month.Value;
var dateFromMonthProj = Projections.SqlFunction("month", NHibernateUtil.Int32, Projections.Property("PurchaseDuration.DateFrom"));
var dateFromYearProj = Projections.SqlFunction("year", NHibernateUtil.Int32, Projections.Property("PurchaseDuration.DateFrom"));
var dateToMonthProj = Projections.SqlFunction("month", NHibernateUtil.Int32, Projections.Property("PurchaseDuration.DateTo"));
var dateToYearProj = Projections.SqlFunction("year", NHibernateUtil.Int32, Projections.Property("PurchaseDuration.DateTo"));
var calculatedYMFrom = Projections.SqlFunction(sqlAdd, NHibernateUtil.Int32, Projections.SqlFunction(sqlMultiply, NHibernateUtil.Int32, dateFromYearProj, Projections.Constant(100)), dateFromMonthProj);
var calculatedYMTo = Projections.SqlFunction(sqlAdd, NHibernateUtil.Int32, Projections.SqlFunction(sqlMultiply, NHibernateUtil.Int32, dateToYearProj, Projections.Constant(100)), dateToMonthProj);
cri.Add(Restrictions.Le(calculatedYMFrom, ym));
cri.Add(Restrictions.Ge(calculatedYMTo, ym));
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