Dangl.Common

This library contains common, shared functionality.

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Compatibility

This project targets netstandard2.0, netstandard1.3 and net45. Due to .Net 4.5.2 being the currently latest supported version by Microsoft and the xUnit test suite, no tests are run for net45 and net451.

Classes

BindableBase

Base class for property binding with INotifyPropertyChanged.

ObjectExtensions

The ObjectExtensions.DeepClone() method may be used to create copies or clones of objects that are value but not reference equal.

StringEncryptionExtensions

Encryption and decryption methods using AES and PBKDF2.

StringExtensions

• Sanitize() method to normalize line endings to current environments default and to also trim whitespaces at each line end
• ToBase64() and FromBase64() methods
• Compress() / Decompress methods using GZip and returning Base64 output
• WithMaxLength(int maxLength) to limit the length of a string by dropping everything above a max length
• WithoutLinebreaks to remove all linebreaks in a string
• WithoutUnprintableCharacters to remove unprintable characters

StringHashExtensions

Extensions to produce MD5 and SHA256 values for strings.

DecimalExtensions

• WithMaxAbsoluteValue(int maxValueAbsolute) to limit a decimal to a maximum value. This works for both negative and positive decimals, e.g. -3m.WithMaxAbsoluteValue(2) returns -2

TrulyObservableCollection

Collection that notifies of item changes (add, delete) as well as whenever a child item that implements INotifyPropertyChanged is changed.

ObservableDictionary<TKey, TValue>

This is internally using a Dictionary<TKey, TValue> and raises events when elements are changed.

Supported Frameworks

The library supports netstandard1.3, netstandard2.0 as well as net45 and net40. Binaries for the full framework are separately generated for older build tools that do not properly integrate with .NET Standard. The .NET 4.0 target is for compatibility reasons, it is not tested and requires .NET compilers for version 4.5 or newer to properly function. If supported by the tooling (Visual Studio 2017 or the dotnet CLI should be fine), it's advised to use the netstandard1.3 target. When using .NET Standard, all features should be available on Windows, Linux and Mac OS, but unit and integration tests are only performed for the following frameworks on Windows:

• net6.0
• net5.0
• netcoreapp3.1
• net461
• net46
• net47
• net452

And on these frameworks in Linux:

• net6.0

There are no known issues with other configurations, but neither is their functionality tested.

Assembly Strong Naming & Usage in Signed Applications

This module produces strong named assemblies when compiled. When consumers of this package require strongly named assemblies, for example when they themselves are signed, the outputs should work as-is. The key file to create the strong name is adjacent to the csproj file in the root of the source project. Please note that this does not increase security or provide tamper-proof binaries, as the key is available in the source code per Microsoft guidelines

MIT License