Hexa.NET.Utilities

This repository provides a collection of high-performance utilities designed to address common programming needs while maintaining low GC pressure and maximizing performance.

Features

UTF-8 String formatting

• Utf8Formatter
  • A low level implementation for maximum performance.
  • Number primitives incl. short ushort int uint long ulong float double and culture specifics
  • Hexadecimal formatting
  • Data size formatting eg. 1024 => 1 KiB.
  • DateTimes full format string support and culture specifics
  • TimeSpans full format string support and culture specifics
• StrBuilder:
  • a lightweight string builder allowing use of stackalloc for temporary strings to prevent GC-Pressure.

IO Utilities

• Faster File System Enumeration with prefetching metadata

Data Structures

• Standard-like Strings:
  • StdWString (UTF-16)
  • StdString (UTF-8)
• Standard-like Containers:
  • List (UnsafeList)
  • Map (UnsafeDictionary)
  • Set (UnsafeHashSet)
  • Queue (UnsafeQueue)
  • Stack (UnsafeStack)

Memory Management

• Custom Allocation Callbacks: Define your own memory allocation strategies.
• Pointer Wrapper Types: Utilize with generics for safer and more efficient pointer operations.
• Utility Functions:
  • Memory allocation, freeing, copying, and moving
  • String operations
  • Memory setting (e.g., Memset)
  • Sorting (e.g., QSort)

Thread Safety

• Thread-Safe Pools:
  • Object pools
  • List pools

Getting Started

To get started with the HexaEngine Utilities library, follow these steps:

1. Install the NuGet package:

   dotnet add package Hexa.NET.Utilities

2. Include the library in your project:

   using Hexa.NET.Utilities;

3. Initialize and utilize data structures:

   var myString = new StdString("Hello, HexaEngine!");
   var myList = new UnsafeList<int> { 1, 2 };

4. Leverage memory management utilities:

   int* memory = Utils.AllocT<int>(1);
   Utils.Free(memory);

   or

    global using static Hexa.NET.Utilities.Utils;
   
    int* memory = AllocT<int>(1);
    Free(memory);

5. Use thread-safe components for concurrent operations:

   var pool = new ObjectPool<MyObject>();
   var obj = pool.Rent();
   pool.Return(obj);

Contributions

Contributions are welcome! If you have ideas for new features or improvements, feel free to submit a pull request or open an issue.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.