Class Extensions

A collection of extension methods for common operations on collections and objects.

Inheritance

object

Extensions

Inherited Members

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.ToString()

Namespace: Innovt.Core.Collections

Assembly: Innovt.Core.dll

Syntax

public static class Extensions

Remarks

This static class provides extension methods to simplify common operations on collections, such as checking for null or empty, adding items, and merging dictionaries.

Methods

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AddFluent<T>(IList<T>, T)

Initialize the collection if is null, so you don't have to check it

Declaration

public static IList<T> AddFluent<T>(this IList<T> list, T value) where T : class

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IList<T>	list
T	value

Returns

Type	Description
IList<T>

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T

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AddFluent<TKey, TValue>(Dictionary<TKey, TValue>, TKey, TValue)

Adds a key-value pair to the dictionary and initializes it if it is null.

Declaration

public static Dictionary<TKey, TValue> AddFluent<TKey, TValue>(this Dictionary<TKey, TValue> dictionary, TKey key, TValue value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Dictionary<TKey, TValue>	dictionary	The Dictionary<TKey, TValue> to add to.
TKey	key	The key to add to the dictionary.
TValue	value	The value to add to the dictionary.

Returns

Type	Description
Dictionary<TKey, TValue>

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TKey	The type of keys in the dictionary.
TValue	The type of values in the dictionary.

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HasItems<T>(ICollection<T>)

Returns if the collection has more items

Declaration

public static bool HasItems<T>(this ICollection<T> collection)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ICollection<T>	collection

Returns

Type	Description
bool	`true` if the collection has more items; otherwise, `false`.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T

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IsNotNullOrEmpty<T>(ICollection<T>)

Checks if an ICollection<T> is not null and not empty.

Declaration

public static bool IsNotNullOrEmpty<T>(this ICollection<T> collection)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ICollection<T>	collection	The ICollection<T> to check.

Returns

Type	Description
bool	`true` if the collection is not null and not empty; otherwise, `false`.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of elements in the collection.

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IsNotNullOrEmpty<T>(IEnumerable<T>)

Checks if an IEnumerable<T> is not null and not empty.

Declaration

public static bool IsNotNullOrEmpty<T>(this IEnumerable<T> enumerable)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IEnumerable<T>	enumerable	The IEnumerable<T> to check.

Returns

Type	Description
bool	`true` if the enumerable is not null and not empty; otherwise, `false`.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of elements in the enumerable.

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IsNullOrEmpty<T>(ICollection<T>)

Checks if an ICollection<T> is null or empty.

Declaration

public static bool IsNullOrEmpty<T>(this ICollection<T> collection)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ICollection<T>	collection	The ICollection<T> to check.

Returns

Type	Description
bool	`true` if the collection is null or empty; otherwise, `false`.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of elements in the collection.

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IsNullOrEmpty<T>(IEnumerable<T>)

Checks if an IEnumerable<T> is null or empty.

Declaration

public static bool IsNullOrEmpty<T>(this IEnumerable<T> enumerable)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IEnumerable<T>	enumerable	The IEnumerable<T> to check.

Returns

Type	Description
bool	`true` if the enumerable is null or empty; otherwise, `false`.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of elements in the enumerable.

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IsNullOrEmpty<T>(IList<T>)

Checks if an IList<T> is null or empty.

Declaration

public static bool IsNullOrEmpty<T>(this IList<T> list)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IList<T>	list	The IList<T> to check.

Returns

Type	Description
bool	`true` if the list is null or empty; otherwise, `false`.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of elements in the list.

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MapToPagedCollection<T, T2>(IPagedCollection<T>)

Using a simple mapper to map an page collection of objects to another page collection of objects

Declaration

public static PagedCollection<T2> MapToPagedCollection<T, T2>(this IPagedCollection<T> pageCollection) where T : class where T2 : class

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IPagedCollection<T>	pageCollection

Returns

Type	Description
PagedCollection<T2>

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T
T2

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Merge<TKey, TValue>(Dictionary<TKey, TValue>, Dictionary<TKey, TValue>)

Merges two dictionaries, adding values from the second dictionary to the first.

Declaration

public static Dictionary<TKey, TValue> Merge<TKey, TValue>(this Dictionary<TKey, TValue> dictionary, Dictionary<TKey, TValue> dictionarySecond)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Dictionary<TKey, TValue>	dictionary	The target Dictionary<TKey, TValue> to merge into.
Dictionary<TKey, TValue>	dictionarySecond	The source dictionary to merge from.

Returns

Type	Description
Dictionary<TKey, TValue>	The updated dictionary after merging.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TKey	The type of keys in the dictionaries.
TValue	The type of values in the dictionaries.