Since I am very lazy programmer I always think about shortening things a little bit.
Instead of writing…
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Web appWeb = siteContext.Web;
siteContext.Load(appWeb);
siteContext.ExecuteQuery();
… its worth having a look on the signature of the Load
method:
public void Load<T>(T clientObject, params Expression<Func<T, object>>[] retrievals) where T : ClientObject;
It turns out that I can save one line of code every time by declaring an extension method like…
public static void LoadAndExecute<T>(
this Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext me,
T clientObject,
params System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<Func<T, object>>[] retrievals)
where T : Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientObject
{
me.Load(clientObject, retrievals);
me.ExecuteQuery();
}
which simplifies the above code to:
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Web appWeb = siteContext.Web;
siteContext.LoadAndExecute(appWeb);
One line saved…