Cleaner way to do a null check in C#? [duplicate]

Answer 1

In a generic way, you may use an expression tree and check with an extension method:

if (!person.IsNull(p => p.contact.address.city))
{
    //Nothing is null
}

Full code:

public class IsNullVisitor : ExpressionVisitor
{
    public bool IsNull { get; private set; }
    public object CurrentObject { get; set; }

    protected override Expression VisitMember(MemberExpression node)
    {
        base.VisitMember(node);
        if (CheckNull())
        {
            return node;
        }

        var member = (PropertyInfo)node.Member;
        CurrentObject = member.GetValue(CurrentObject,null);
        CheckNull();
        return node;
    }

    private bool CheckNull()
    {
        if (CurrentObject == null)
        {
            IsNull = true;
        }
        return IsNull;
    }
}

public static class Helper
{
    public static bool IsNull(this T root,Expression> getter)
    {
        var visitor = new IsNullVisitor();
        visitor.CurrentObject = root;
        visitor.Visit(getter);
        return visitor.IsNull;
    }
}

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Person nullPerson = null;
        var isNull_0 = nullPerson.IsNull(p => p.contact.address.city);
        var isNull_1 = new Person().IsNull(p => p.contact.address.city);
        var isNull_2 = new Person { contact = new Contact() }.IsNull(p => p.contact.address.city);
        var isNull_3 =  new Person { contact = new Contact { address = new Address() } }.IsNull(p => p.contact.address.city);
        var notnull = new Person { contact = new Contact { address = new Address { city = "LONDON" } } }.IsNull(p => p.contact.address.city);
    }
}