private TSelect ApplySelectExpand <TSelect>(TSelect entity, ODataQuerySettings settings)
{
var result = default(TSelect);
SelectExpandClause processedClause = this.SelectExpand.ProcessLevels();
SelectExpandQueryOption newSelectExpand = new SelectExpandQueryOption(
this.SelectExpand.RawSelect,
this.SelectExpand.RawExpand,
this.SelectExpand.Context,
processedClause);
ODataSettings qsettings = this.Context.RequestContainer.GetRequiredService <ODataSettings>();
newSelectExpand.Validate(qsettings.ValidationSettings);
var type = typeof(TSelect);
if (type == typeof(IQueryable))
{
result = (TSelect)newSelectExpand.ApplyTo((IQueryable)entity, settings);
}
else if (type == typeof(object))
{
result = (TSelect)newSelectExpand.ApplyTo(entity, settings);
}
return(result);
}