# Class NpgsqlArrayMethodTranslator

Namespace
  Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Query.ExpressionTranslators.Internal

Assembly
  Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.dll

Translates method and property calls on arrays/lists into their corresponding PostgreSQL operations.

    public class NpgsqlArrayMethodTranslator : IMethodCallTranslator

Inheritance
  object
  NpgsqlArrayMethodTranslator

Implements
  IMethodCallTranslator

Inherited Members
  object.Equals(object)
  object.Equals(object, object)
  object.GetHashCode()
  object.GetType()
  object.MemberwiseClone()
  object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)
  object.ToString()

## Remarks

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-array.html

## Constructors

### NpgsqlArrayMethodTranslator(NpgsqlSqlExpressionFactory, NpgsqlJsonPocoTranslator)

This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.

    public NpgsqlArrayMethodTranslator(NpgsqlSqlExpressionFactory sqlExpressionFactory, NpgsqlJsonPocoTranslator jsonPocoTranslator)

#### Parameters

`sqlExpressionFactory` NpgsqlSqlExpressionFactory
`jsonPocoTranslator` NpgsqlJsonPocoTranslator

## Methods

### Translate(SqlExpression?, MethodInfo, IReadOnlyList<SqlExpression>, IDiagnosticsLogger<Query>)

This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.

    public virtual SqlExpression? Translate(SqlExpression? instance, MethodInfo method, IReadOnlyList<SqlExpression> arguments, IDiagnosticsLogger<DbLoggerCategory.Query> logger)

#### Parameters

`instance` SqlExpression
`method` MethodInfo
`arguments` IReadOnlyList<SqlExpression>
`logger` IDiagnosticsLogger<DbLoggerCategory.Query>

#### Returns

SqlExpression