internal IQueryProvider FindProvider(Expression expression, object[] args) { Expression root = this.FindProviderInExpression(expression) as ConstantExpression; if (root == null && args != null && args.Length > 0) { Expression replaced = ExpressionReplacer.ReplaceAll( expression, this.query.Parameters.ToArray(), args.Select((a, i) => Expression.Constant(a, this.query.Parameters[i].Type)).ToArray() ); root = this.FindProviderInExpression(replaced); } if (root != null) { ConstantExpression cex = root as ConstantExpression; if (cex == null) { cex = PartialEvaluator.Eval(root) as ConstantExpression; } if (cex != null) { IQueryProvider provider = cex.Value as IQueryProvider; if (provider == null) { IQueryable query = cex.Value as IQueryable; if (query != null) { provider = query.Provider; } } return(provider); } } return(null); }