Rupture is a not-so-simple library for extracting a value from an object (System.Object) variable, including unboxing or up-casting, null translation, unwrapping from a container, and type conversion.
Rupture is primarily intended to be used as the internal functionality for a class of extension methods that unbox or cast values from properties and method returns of type System.Object. It is designed to handle reference types, value types, and nullable value types with equal ease.
Install-Package MadReflection.Rupture- Unboxing - Converting a boxed value type back to the value type (e.g. Object -> Int32).
- Up-casting - Converting an object reference to more derived type information (e.g. Object -> String).
- Null translation - Changing null-like but non-null values to null (e.g. DBNull.Value -> null).
- Unwrapping - Accessing a value that's held in a container object (e.g. SqlInt32.Value -> Int32).
- Type conversion - Changing a value to an entirely different type (e.g. Decimal -> Int64).
Rupture performs either unboxing or up-casting depending on whether the expected type is of a value type or a reference type. All other operations are evaluated in the above sequence as enabled in the configuration.
For usage details and examples, please see the wiki.
As an author of an open-source library, I found naming a little challenging in this case. Whenever possible, I like to have a brand name for the library, something that sets it apart. I like "Rupture" because there were no NuGet packages matching that search term so it was completely unique.
On the other hand, the type name ValueExtractor did not sit well with me but it was the best I could do. The library is currently in the 0.x.x version range because I'm following SemVer rules, I haven't entirely settled on that type name, and if I changed something like that after going to 1.0.0, SemVer rules would require a full version jump just for that and I want to avoid that at this point. I would prefer to have that locked in before going to 1.0.0. I'm open to suggestions.
Disclaimer: There is an NPM package called "rupture" which is unrelated. I named my library without any knowledge of the other. Mine is not meant to replace, supplant, or otherwise compete with the other.