works well :)

PoweredSoft.DynamicLinq/Constants.cs

@@ -59,12 +59,6 @@ namespace PoweredSoft.DynamicLinq
         Flatten
     }
 
-    public enum SelectNullHandling
-    {
-        LeaveAsIs,
-        Handle
-    }
-
     internal static class Constants
     {
         internal static readonly MethodInfo GroupByMethod = typeof(Queryable).GetMethods().First(t => t.Name == "GroupBy");

PoweredSoft.DynamicLinq/ExpressionPathPart.cs

@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Linq.Expressions;
-
-namespace PoweredSoft.DynamicLinq.Helpers
-{
-    public class ExpressionPathPart
-    {
-        public Expression ParentExpression { get; set; }
-        public ParameterExpression ParameterExpression { get; set; }
-        public Expression PartExpression { get; set; }
-
-        public bool IsNullable() => TypeHelpers.IsNullable(PartExpression.Type);
-   
-        public bool IsGenericEnumerable() => QueryableHelpers.IsGenericEnumerable(PartExpression);
-        public Type GenericEnumerableType() => PartExpression.Type.GenericTypeArguments.First();
-        public bool IsCallingMethod() => PartExpression is MethodCallExpression;
-        public Type GetToListType() => IsGenericEnumerable() ? GenericEnumerableType() : PartExpression.Type;
-        public bool IsParentGenericEnumerable() => QueryableHelpers.IsGenericEnumerable(ParentExpression);
-
-        public static List<ExpressionPathPart> Split(ParameterExpression param, string path)
-        {
-            var ret = new List<ExpressionPathPart>();
-
-            var parts = path.Split('.').ToList();
-            Expression parent = param;
-            parts.ForEach(part =>
-            {
-                var p = new ExpressionPathPart();
-                p.PartExpression = Expression.PropertyOrField(parent, part);
-                p.ParentExpression = parent;
-                p.ParameterExpression = param;
-                ret.Add(p);
-
-                if (p.IsGenericEnumerable())
-                {
-                    param = Expression.Parameter(p.GenericEnumerableType());
-                    parent = param;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    parent = p.PartExpression;
-                }
-            });
-
-            return ret;
-        }
-
-        public LambdaExpression GetLambdaExpression()
-        {
-            var lambda = Expression.Lambda(PartExpression, ParameterExpression);
-            return lambda;
-        }
-
-        public Type ParentGenericEnumerableType() => ParentExpression.Type.GenericTypeArguments.First();
-
-    }
-}

PoweredSoft.DynamicLinq/Helpers/QueryableHelpers.cs

@@ -302,13 +302,17 @@ namespace PoweredSoft.DynamicLinq.Helpers
         /// <param name="param">Expression.Parameter(typeOfClassOrInterface)</param>
         /// <param name="path">the path you wish to resolve example Contact.Profile.FirstName</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        public static Expression ResolvePathForExpression(ParameterExpression param, string path)
+        public static Expression ResolvePathForExpression(ParameterExpression param, string path, bool throwIfHasEnumerable = true)
         {
-            var parts = ExpressionPathPart.Split(param, path);
+            var expressionParser = new ExpressionParser(param, path);
-            if (parts.Any(t => t.IsGenericEnumerable()))
+            expressionParser.Parse();
-                throw new Exception("this method does not support collection handling");
 
-            return parts.Last().PartExpression;
+            if (throwIfHasEnumerable && expressionParser.Pieces.Any(t2 => t2.IsGenericEnumerable))
+                throw new Exception("Path contains an enumerable, and this feature does not support it.");
+
+            var expressionResolver = new PathExpressionResolver(expressionParser);
+            expressionResolver.Resolve();
+            return expressionResolver.GetResultBodyExpression();
         }
 
         public static ConstantExpression GetConstantSameAsLeftOperator(Expression member, object value)

PoweredSoft.DynamicLinq/Parser/ExpressionParser.cs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace PoweredSoft.DynamicLinq.Parser
         public ParameterExpression Parameter { get; protected set; }
         public string Path { get; set; }
         public List<ExpressionParserPiece> Pieces { get; set; } = new List<ExpressionParserPiece>();
+        public bool IsParsed => Pieces?.Count > 0;
 
         public ExpressionParser(Type type, string path) : this(Expression.Parameter(type), path)
         {

PoweredSoft.DynamicLinq/Parser/ExpressionParserPieceGroup.cs

@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ namespace PoweredSoft.DynamicLinq.Parser
 
 #if DEBUG
         public override string ToString() => $"{Parameter?.ToString()} is {Parameter?.Type} | {(Pieces == null ? "" : string.Join(" -> ", Pieces.Select(t2 => t2.ToString())))}";
-
-        public object CompileSimpleExpress(SelectNullHandling nullHandling)
-        {
-            throw new NotImplementedException();
-        }
 #endif
     }
 }

PoweredSoft.DynamicLinq/Resolver/PathExpressionResolver.cs

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ namespace PoweredSoft.DynamicLinq.Resolver
             Result = null;
 
             // parse the expression.
-            Parser.Parse();
+            if (!Parser.IsParsed)
+                Parser.Parse();
 
             // group the piece by common parameters
             var groups = Parser.GroupBySharedParameters();
@@ -170,5 +171,13 @@ namespace PoweredSoft.DynamicLinq.Resolver
 
             return parentExpression;
         }
+
+        public Expression GetResultBodyExpression()
+        {
+            if (Result == null)
+                return Result;
+
+            return ((LambdaExpression)Result).Body;
+        }
     }
 }