CodeLiturgy.Dashboard/BlueWest.Api/Context/Templates/GetManyTemplate.csx

/// <summary>
/// Gets {propertyName}.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dbContext">The database context.</param>
/// <param name="skip">How many {propertyName} to skip.</param>
/// <param name="take">How many {propertyName} to take. (Default = 50)</param>
/// <param name="orderDir">Optional Order direction</param>
/// <param name="where">Optional where predicate.</param>
/// <param name="orderBy">Optional order by predicate.</param>
/// <returns>A bool if the result is successful and has at least 1 occurrence of {propertyName}. </returns>
public static (bool, {returnTypeFullName}[]) Get{propertyName}(this {contextFullName} dbContext, int skip = 0, int take = 50, int orderDir = 1,
            Expression <Func<{returnTypeFullName}, bool> > where = null,
            Expression <Func<{returnTypeFullName}, object> > orderBy = null)
{
    var query =  dbContext
                 .{propertyName}
                 .Select(x => new {returnTypeFullName}(x));

    // limit take by 200 records
    if (take > 200) take = 200;
    query.Skip(skip).Take(take);

    if (where != null) query.Where(where);
    if(orderBy != null) 
    {
        if (orderDir == 1) query.OrderBy(orderBy);
        else query.OrderByDescending(orderBy);
    }
    return (query.Any(), query.ToArray());
}