Questions tagged [extension-methods]
Methods that extend a given type, adding functionality to any instance of that type, even if the type in question is defined in a separate assembly. For example, a "Disemvowel" extension method could be written to add disemvoweling functionality to any "String" object.
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Naming a method that gets the next enum value or starts from the beginning if the given value is the last
I'm struggling to find a proper name for a specific method (in code named NameOfExtension), and would also like some feedback about its implementation.
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Substring extension method with a method of removal
I consistently have code where I need to pull individual chunks of substrings out of a larger string; while I won't get into details, it's easy to replicate in a proof of concept:
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Extension method to get the Sunday date from current date based on weekOffset
I want to write an extension method for getting Sunday Date based on weekOffset and current date. For example if weekOffset value is 1 that means next week sunday date and if weekOffset is 2 that ...
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Extending method chaining IEnumerable with Add..If
I'm trying to write an extension (method chaining) for playing around a bit.
What I made work is an extension to add an item to the list (what is pretty easy):
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Use proxy for jQuery-like DOM extensions
I have cleared all my scripting from the use of JQuery, but sometimes I miss a few handy extensions. Now I'm playing with the idea to "extend" ...
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DistinctCount extension method
Here I go again. I have been finding a fairly common pattern in business logic code. And that pattern looks like this: ...
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Pass class property as parameter to extension method
I have the following class structure:
MyAttribute.cs
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Programmatically getting the GUID of an application
Intrigued by the events chronicled here (also here and here), I saw the inherent utility in having a program-specific GUID available. The SO answers that were correct seemed a bit tightly-coupled and ...
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Extension method: Task<T>.CoalesceAwait
There has been ongoing concern about the question of awaiting a task that could possibly be null, as when using null-coalescing operators. Consider the following:
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Extension method for getting custom Principal Claim
I'm writing extension methods to shorten the code required to get custom Claims from an IPrincipal. I have two general forms for ...
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Solving Fizz Buzz using LINQ in C#
The Fizz Buzz challenge is well-known and should not need any explanations, right?
I recently got a bit bored and came up with a solution for Fizz Buzz using LINQ and even asynchronous code and a lot ...
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String Format object extension
I wrote an extension to create a string-representation by an object:
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Dotty 0.19 (Scala 3) features: contextual abstractions
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I tried to write some as general and as feasible as possible code where entities are able to communicate with other entities of the same type or of different types, allowing for the recipient ...
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Removing duplicate Unicode characters
Motivation
I came across an interesting question on SO: determine-if-string-has-all-unique-characters and thought about providing an extension method to enable duplicate removal given some kind of ...
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Convenient way to make an UIImageView ExpressibleByStringLiteral
I want to reduce boiler-plate code and write like this when developing in iOS:
let imgView: UIImageView = "share_fareware_text_bg"
Here is implementation code:
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LINQ Extension methods MinBy and MaxBy
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I present a LINQ method ArgBy that returns the item of a sequence that corresponds to the predicate specified. Two additional methods ...
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Generic Extension Method To Count Descendants
I've created a extension method to count every available descendant starting from a single, given key.
The data is a flat list, there's is no hierarchical structure. (Well, not entirely true. There ...
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LINQ for generating all possible permutations
Permutate() is supposed to generate all possible permutations of the source sequence:
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LINQ for extracting N bottom items (async streams)
source.Bottom(n, x => x) should be the same as well known LINQ source.OrderBy(x => x).Take(n) but is more memory/run-time ...
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Distinguish between different types of log items in a dictionary by their key
My logging adapter is using a dictionary for storing data that is passed from middleware to middleware.
It is a one-liner:
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Insert new middleware at the "right" location
I need to have my logger middlewares (nodes of a linked-list) in the right order so that they complement each other and work as desired.
Any known middleware can be inserted anytime but the first and ...
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Toggle any application feature ON or OFF - follow-up (v2)
This is the second version of my FeatureToggle service (see previous question). It still has the same purpose which is to help control whether a feature is ...
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ExactlyOne extension method
I often find in codebases something on the order of if (sprockets.Count() > 0) which is easily replaced with LINQ's ...
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Extensible tree header context menu
I have a Qt tree view which has a custom tree header. The tree has a so called mode, by default there are two. During each of the modes a different tree is shown. The mode switcher is presented as a ...
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Grouping into more groups in one iteration
I had a need to group the same dataset in several groups. So instead of repeatedly query the dataset, I made an extension that could do it once. The caveat is, that the result is materialized in ...
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Reducing using/foreach/using nesting with a helper extension
Problem statement
There are sometimes foreach scenarios that require deep nesting due to multiple disposable objects involved that look like this:
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SkipLast of an IEnumerable<T> - Linq Extension
As my answer to this question, I came up with this solution:
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Simple object validator with a new API
Quite some time ago I have created the Simple object validator (see also self-answer). The more I used it the more I thougt its API could be better so I have heavily refactored it and would like to ...
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Fetch and print all properties of an object graph as string
Below I have setup an extension method that takes any object, cycles through its properties, and prints each out to a Console window in the format Name: Value.
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Build WHERE clause for search conditions [closed]
Here is a set of classes that are used to build where clause for SQL Server and Oracle for different field types e.g. text, <...
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Enumerate all members and types with specific attributes
I have a use-case where I need to retrieve all members with specific attributes in the class and interface hierarchy - I usually need the first match and apply its rules to child members. The built-in ...
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string.To2DCharArray extension method implementation
I would like to ask a code review for the class below.
I am asking this because VS showed a quite low Maintainability Index of 54 and I am wondering if it is good code.
I know I could have extracted ...
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Configure multiple application features by common criteria
My FeatureSerivce provides only basic APIs, so it is good in dealing with single features. Like I can configure only one feauture at a time:
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Creating keys/names from interfaces to avoid strings
There are many APIs that require some kind of a string key/name. I usually try to avoid using raw strings and prefer to use ...
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How to divide a large method into 2 smaller methods [closed]
I have created a method that is responsible for the creation and the saving of memes. This is a huge mistake because now I need to use 1 of those functionalities (creating) for a different purpose. I ...
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Formatting a price in Swift using an extension vs. a class
I have a price as a Double, which I should format it as a String.
Should I use an extension instead of classical class to ...
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Extension "With" for immutable types
(My code is basically a rewrite of https://github.com/ababik/Remute so much of the credit goes there)
The idea is to use lambda expression to provide a general With...
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Refactorizing overloads with the same scope but different calls [closed]
Well I have 3 methods that are overloads, but in it's scope has the same scope except one method call.
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Generic extension to transform a flat nested list to hierarchy list
I have a collection of items in my database with a ParentId property. I'm reading the categories as a flat structure and I would like to convert it to a hierarchy list by populating the ParentCategory ...
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Immutable type updater using a special constructor
I wanted to update some properties of my UriString but since this type is immutable, it wouldn't work. Actually, I just wanted to update the Path property but I don'...
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Squeezing decorators into functional extensions
When you try to use several decorators it can get ugly pretty quickly and you'll end up with:
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Custom implementation of the linq Zip operator for different length lists
Based on my answer I have my implementation of linq Zip operator which operates on different length lists, and loops shortest list.
My implementation:
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Determining if there is data left after fetching a page of data
I just faced a problem where I needed to know if extra data was present in a given collection after a Take operation took place. Specifically, this is related to ...
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Converting a String to USD
I'm working on a clientside iOS app for my school that involves students purchasing things, and I wrote a String extension for formatting a ...
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Writing a generic casting extension-method
I'm writing a C# extension-method that converts any object to a type. E.g. the method shall convert a string with value "y" to a ...
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Generic TryParse extension method for the standard value types
I often need to update properties using the out parameter of the standard TryParse methods. However, use of a property as ...
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Parsing small data into tuples
I'd like to make parsing small samples of data more efficient (from the developer point of view). This means, instead of writing the parsing logic each time from scratch when I encounter something as ...
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Split string with adding separator to substring
I wrote my Split() extension, it's main goal is to save delimiters and add them to splitted strings.
For example:
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Utilities for Various Builtins #2
This is the final iteration of an iterative review. The previous iteration can be found here: Utilities for various builtins #1
This code solves the following issue:
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Utilities for various builtins #1
This is an iterative review. The next iteration is located here: Utilities for Various Builtins #2
This code puts several builtins (And a few non-builtins) into the base classes.
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