Invisionware.Collections

Core components for the Invisionware framework

Extensions

The following are the details o nthe extensions provided in this library

Dictionary

The follow extensions are supported on an IDictionary

var dct = new Dictionary<string, string>() { { "a", "a1" }, { "b", "b1" } };

RenameKey

Rename a specific key in the dictionary

dct.RenameKey("a", "key");
Console.WriteLine(dct.Keys); // Outputs key, b

IEnumerable

The follow extensions are supported on IEnumerable and IEnumerable

AnySafe

This extension mimics the Any() method with the addition of being safe to all on null objects. In the event that the collection is NULL it returns FALSE

IList<string> lst = null;

Console.WriteLine(lst.AnySafe()); // Outputs "False"

ForEach

Allows for executing a lambda expression on each object in a collection. Supports both standard and Async type methods

var lst = new[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 }l
var total = 0;

lst.ForEach( x => { total += x });
lst.ForEach(myCustomFunction);

AddRange

RemoveDuplicates

Allows for removing duplicate values in a collection effeciently

var lst = new[] { 1, 2, 1, 5, 2, 4, 6 }
var lstNew = lst.RemoveDuplicates();

ToObservableCollection

Converts a collection to an Observable Collection. Useful for data binding scenerios

List

RemoveRange

Removes a specific number of items from the list starting at the specified location

var lst = new[] { 1, 2, 1, 5, 2, 4, 6 }
var result = lst.RemoveRange(2, 2); // Removes "2, 1" from the list