Simple Extensions

This library provides simple and very direct extensions on some basic types of C#, although it is simple it covers some functionality we need it all the time in many places which sometimes casue code duplication due to its simplicity.

My intension is to collect as much as I can of these simple functions and group them in single basic libray to help me and others in doing their tasks in an easy way.

This library is open source and covered with unit tests to ensure its stability and to be confident to use it in your projects.

In this first release I covered some functions on different C# types and alot is coming soon as well.

What covered now:

String Extensions:

Method	Description
IsEmpty()	Return true if the value is empty only otherwise return false
IsNull()	Return true if the value is null only otherwise return false
IsWhiteSpace()	Return true if the value is whitespace only otherwise return false
HasValue()	Return true if the string has any value, it is simply a wrapper around IsNullOrWhiteSpace without the headache of negation
HasSpecialCharacters()	Return true if the value contains any special character otherwise return false
HasSpaces()	Return true if the value contains any whitespace otherwise return false
HasSpecialCharactersOrSpaces()	Return true if the value contains any special character or spaces otherwise return false
HasHTMLTags()	Returns true if the string has HTML tags, else returns false
RemoveSpecialCharacters()	Remove any special characters in the string
RemoveSpaces()	Remove any spaces in the string
RemoveSpecialCharactersAndSpaces()	Remove any special characters or spaces in the string
RemoveHTMLTags()	Remove any HTML tags from the string value
IsValidUrl()	Return true if the value is valid url otherwise return false
ExtractUrls()	Extract any valid url from the specified string
IsValidEmail()	Return true if the value is valid email otherwise return false
ExtractEmails()	Extract any valid email from the specified string
FromJsonTo<T>()	Parses the text representing a single JSON value into a type

DateTime Extensions:

Method	Description
ToUnixTimeStamp()	Convert any DateTime to unix timestamp
GetDateRangeTo()	Create a DateTime range between from and to DateTime

Long Extensions:

Method	Description
FromUnixTimeStampToDateTime()	Convert unix timestamp to valid DateTime

Queryable Extensions:

Method	Description
ToPaginatedListAsync<T>()	A very simple method for pagination, it is generic which can work on your main entity or projection type. It takes page number and page size and handle the pagination calculations and returns two objects, the first one is the IEnumerable<T> with the specified number of records and meta data object with pagination data
WhereIf<T>()	Filters a sequence of values based on a predicate with apply predicate condtion either to apply the predicate or not
Sort<T>()	Sorts the elements of a sequence according to a key(s) and order direction, very useful when you have sort by feature. Just define a string with keys and sort direction like the following: "name desc,country,age asce"

Enumerable Extensions:

Method	Description
WhereIf<T>()	Filters a sequence of values based on a predicate with apply predicate condtion either to apply the predicate or not
HasDuplicates<T>()	Determines whether a sequence contains any duplicate elements
FindDuplicates<T>()	Returns duplicate elements in a sequence if exist
RemoveDuplicates<T>()	Remove duplicate elements in a sequence if exist
CountDuplicates<T>()	Get duplicate elements with number of duplication
TotalDuplicates<T>()	Returns a number that represents how many elements in the specified sequence are duplicated
ForEach<T>()	Performs the specified Func delegate on each element of the sequence and return new sequence

Enum Extensions:

Method	Description
GetAttribute<T>()	Direct way to retrieve any attribute data associated with enum type whether it is built in attribute as DescriptionAttribute or any custom attribute

Generic Type Extensions:

Method	Description
ToJson<T>()	Converts the provided value into a string

You can refer to the unit tests in the repo to see some basic usage for each method.