[c#] How to perform Join between multiple tables in LINQ lambda

I am trying to perform a Join between multiple tables in LINQ. I have the following classes:

Product {Id, ProdName, ProdQty}

Category {Id, CatName}

ProductCategory{ProdId, CatId} //association table

And I use the following code (where product, category and productcategory are instances of the above classes):

var query = product.Join(productcategory, p => p.Id, pc => pc.ProdID, (p, pc) => new {product = p, productcategory = pc})
                   .Join(category, ppc => ppc.productcategory.CatId, c => c.Id, (ppc, c) => new { productproductcategory = ppc, category = c});

With this code I obtain an object from the following class:

QueryClass { productproductcategory, category}

Where producproductcategory is of type:

ProductProductCategoryClass {product, productcategory}

I do not understand where the joined "table" is, I was expecting a single class that contains all the properties from the involved classes.

My aim is to populate another object with some properties resulting from the query:

CategorizedProducts catProducts = query.Select(m => new { m.ProdId = ???, m.CatId = ???, //other assignments });

how can I achieve this goal?

it has been a while but my answer may help someone:

if you already defined the relation properly you can use this:

        var res = query.Products.Select(m => new
        {
            productID = product.Id,
            categoryID = m.ProductCategory.Select(s => s.Category.ID).ToList(),
        }).ToList();

take look at this sample code from my project

public static IList<Letter> GetDepartmentLettersLinq(int departmentId)
{
    IEnumerable<Letter> allDepartmentLetters =
        from allLetter in LetterService.GetAllLetters()
        join allUser in UserService.GetAllUsers() on allLetter.EmployeeID equals allUser.ID into usersGroup
        from user in usersGroup.DefaultIfEmpty()// here is the tricky part
        join allDepartment in DepartmentService.GetAllDepartments() on user.DepartmentID equals allDepartment.ID
        where allDepartment.ID == departmentId
        select allLetter;

    return allDepartmentLetters.ToArray();
}

in this code I joined 3 tables and I spited join condition from where clause

note: the Services classes are just warped(encapsulate) the database operations

What you've seen is what you get - and it's exactly what you asked for, here:

(ppc, c) => new { productproductcategory = ppc, category = c}

That's a lambda expression returning an anonymous type with those two properties.

In your CategorizedProducts, you just need to go via those properties:

CategorizedProducts catProducts = query.Select(
      m => new { 
             ProdId = m.productproductcategory.product.Id, 
             CatId = m.category.CatId, 
             // other assignments 
           });

 public ActionResult Index()
    {
        List<CustomerOrder_Result> obj = new List<CustomerOrder_Result>();

       var  orderlist = (from a in db.OrderMasters
                         join b in db.Customers on a.CustomerId equals b.Id
                         join c in db.CustomerAddresses on b.Id equals c.CustomerId
                         where a.Status == "Pending"
                         select new
                         {
                             Customername = b.Customername,
                             Phone = b.Phone,
                             OrderId = a.OrderId,
                             OrderDate = a.OrderDate,
                             NoOfItems = a.NoOfItems,
                             Order_amt = a.Order_amt,
                             dis_amt = a.Dis_amt,
                             net_amt = a.Net_amt,
                             status=a.Status,  
                             address = c.address,
                             City = c.City,
                             State = c.State,
                             Pin = c.Pin

                         }) ;
       foreach (var item in orderlist)
       {

           CustomerOrder_Result clr = new CustomerOrder_Result();
           clr.Customername=item.Customername;
           clr.Phone = item.Phone;
           clr.OrderId = item.OrderId;
           clr.OrderDate = item.OrderDate;
           clr.NoOfItems = item.NoOfItems;
           clr.Order_amt = item.Order_amt;
           clr.net_amt = item.net_amt;
           clr.address = item.address;
           clr.City = item.City;
           clr.State = item.State;
           clr.Pin = item.Pin;
           clr.status = item.status;

           obj.Add(clr);



       }

var query = from a in d.tbl_Usuarios
                    from b in d.tblComidaPreferidas
                    from c in d.tblLugarNacimientoes
                    select new
                    {
                        _nombre = a.Nombre,
                        _comida = b.ComidaPreferida,
                        _lNacimiento = c.Ciudad
                    };
        foreach (var i in query)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"{i._nombre } le gusta {i._comida} y nació en {i._lNacimiento}");
        }