public static IDictionary<string, string> From(string[] args, string keyPrefix)
{
if (args == null)
return new Dictionary<string, string>();
if (args.Length % 2 != 0)
throw new ArgumentException($"The provided arguments must be in pairs");
var d = new Dictionary<string, string>();
for (var i = 0; i < args.Length; i += 2)
{
var k = args[i];
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(keyPrefix))
{
if (!k.StartsWith(keyPrefix))
throw new ArgumentException($"Expected a parameter name at position {i} but received \"{k}\"");
k = k.Substring(keyPrefix.Length);
}
d.Add(k, args[i + 1]);
}
return d;
}
public static IDictionary<string, string> FromPairs(string separator, string[] args)
{
if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(separator))
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(separator));
var d = new Dictionary<string, string>();
if (args == null || args.Length == 0) return d;
for(var i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
{
var pair = args[i].Split(new[] { separator }, StringSplitOptions.None);
if (pair.Length != 2)
throw new ArgumentException($"The provided argument \"{args[i]}\" is invalid; arguments must be pairs separated by \"{separator}\"");
d.Add(pair[0], pair[1]);
}
return d;
}