Recursive/traversal search of items using EWS managed API in subfolders too

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I would like to know if there's a more efficient way of querying items than this (that works, though):



Imports Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices

Public Class ExchangeTools
Private Shared Function Items(
target_folder As Data.Folder,
Optional recurse As Boolean = False,
Optional querystring As String = Nothing
) As IEnumerable(Of Data.EmailMessage)
Dim retvar As IEnumerable(Of Data.EmailMessage)
Dim iview = New Data.ItemView(Integer.MaxValue)
If String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(querystring) Then
retvar = target_folder.FindItems(iview).OfType(Of Data.EmailMessage)
Else
retvar = target_folder.FindItems(querystring, iview).OfType(Of Data.EmailMessage)
End If
If recurse Then
Dim fview = New Data.FolderView(Integer.MaxValue)
retvar = retvar.Concat(
target_folder.FindFolders(fview).SelectMany(
Function(sf) Items(sf, True, querystring)))
End If
Return retvar
End Function
End Class






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    Imports Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices

    Public Class ExchangeTools
    Private Shared Function Items(
    target_folder As Data.Folder,
    Optional recurse As Boolean = False,
    Optional querystring As String = Nothing
    ) As IEnumerable(Of Data.EmailMessage)
    Dim retvar As IEnumerable(Of Data.EmailMessage)
    Dim iview = New Data.ItemView(Integer.MaxValue)
    If String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(querystring) Then
    retvar = target_folder.FindItems(iview).OfType(Of Data.EmailMessage)
    Else
    retvar = target_folder.FindItems(querystring, iview).OfType(Of Data.EmailMessage)
    End If
    If recurse Then
    Dim fview = New Data.FolderView(Integer.MaxValue)
    retvar = retvar.Concat(
    target_folder.FindFolders(fview).SelectMany(
    Function(sf) Items(sf, True, querystring)))
    End If
    Return retvar
    End Function
    End Class






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      Imports Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices

      Public Class ExchangeTools
      Private Shared Function Items(
      target_folder As Data.Folder,
      Optional recurse As Boolean = False,
      Optional querystring As String = Nothing
      ) As IEnumerable(Of Data.EmailMessage)
      Dim retvar As IEnumerable(Of Data.EmailMessage)
      Dim iview = New Data.ItemView(Integer.MaxValue)
      If String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(querystring) Then
      retvar = target_folder.FindItems(iview).OfType(Of Data.EmailMessage)
      Else
      retvar = target_folder.FindItems(querystring, iview).OfType(Of Data.EmailMessage)
      End If
      If recurse Then
      Dim fview = New Data.FolderView(Integer.MaxValue)
      retvar = retvar.Concat(
      target_folder.FindFolders(fview).SelectMany(
      Function(sf) Items(sf, True, querystring)))
      End If
      Return retvar
      End Function
      End Class






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      I would like to know if there's a more efficient way of querying items than this (that works, though):



      Imports Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices

      Public Class ExchangeTools
      Private Shared Function Items(
      target_folder As Data.Folder,
      Optional recurse As Boolean = False,
      Optional querystring As String = Nothing
      ) As IEnumerable(Of Data.EmailMessage)
      Dim retvar As IEnumerable(Of Data.EmailMessage)
      Dim iview = New Data.ItemView(Integer.MaxValue)
      If String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(querystring) Then
      retvar = target_folder.FindItems(iview).OfType(Of Data.EmailMessage)
      Else
      retvar = target_folder.FindItems(querystring, iview).OfType(Of Data.EmailMessage)
      End If
      If recurse Then
      Dim fview = New Data.FolderView(Integer.MaxValue)
      retvar = retvar.Concat(
      target_folder.FindFolders(fview).SelectMany(
      Function(sf) Items(sf, True, querystring)))
      End If
      Return retvar
      End Function
      End Class








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