Different implementations of LINQ

Question

Explain different implementations of the LINQ?

Answer 1

The various implementations of the LINQ are as follows:

1. LINQ to Objects – It refers to the use of the LINQ queries through any IEnumerable or IEnumerable(T) collection directly, without the use of the intermediate LINQ provider or API, like LINQ to SQL or LINQ to XML.

2. LINQ to SQL – It refers to the component of the .NET Framework 3.5 which provides run-time infrastructure to handle the relational data as objects.

3. LINQ to XML – It provides the in-memory XML programming interface.

4. LINQ to DataSet – It refers to the component which makes it easier and faster to query over data cached in the DataSet object.