csharp-extensions

Because csharp needs some help.

Target Framworks

• DNX 5.0
• DNX 4.6
• .NET 4.6

Extensions

Object

Method	Description	Example
#Send	calls a property or method	obj.Send("MethodName")
#Send=	Sets a field or property	obj.Send("PropertyName=", value)
#RespondsTo	has property or method?	obj.RespondsTo("MethodName")
#IsA	checks class, superclass, and interfaces	obj.IsA("IEnumerable")
#CallableInfo	returns the Member's Info object	obj.CallableInfo("propertyOrFieldOrMethod")
#IsIterable	checks if the object can be iterated over	obj.IsIterable()
#GetInstanceFields	returns a list of fields for the instance	obj.GetInstanceFields()
#IsPrimitive	returns true if the object is a primitive type, string, or decimal	obj.IsPrimitive()
#IsSameTypeAs	compares the objects type to a passed in object	obj.IsSameTypeAs(otherObj)
#HasFieldMatching	checks instance fields if the passed in field matches name and type	obj.HasFieldMatching(otherField)

IEnumerable

Method	Description	Example
#FirstOrDefault	configurable default	list.FirstOrDefault(i => i.IsTrue, defaultValue)
#Flatten	recusively reduces nested lists to a single dimension	list.Flatten()
#AddRange	adds an at-runtime defined List<object> or List<dynamic> to a statically typed list	list.AddRange(otherList) as long as all lists have the item type
#Subset	returns a subset of the enumerable, given a start and end index	list.Subset(1, 4)
#Join	joins an enumerable of strings	list.Join("-")
#Zip	zips two IEnumerables together for easier looping over both simultaneously	list.Zip(otherList)

Type

Method	Description	Example
#GrepProperties	List of properties matching regex
#ImplementsType	Returns whether or not a type Implements an Interface	typeof(List<int>).ImplementsType(typeof(IEnumerable))
#HasGenericType	Returns whether or not a type has a given generic type	typeof(Dictionary<int, string>).HasGenericType(typeof(string))

string

Method	Description	Example
#Gsub	Replaces the matching pattern with the given text	"hello".Gsub("\A..l", "")

Additional Classes

There are no additional classes / data structures at this time.

Development Notes

Reference

Refresh Dependencies

Dependencies are defined in project.json

They can be installed/updated via dnu restore

Building

dnu build

Running Tests

dnx test

Packaging for Nuget

NuGet pack

Publish Nuget

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