/// <summary>
/// formats an IDictionary to a string
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dictionary">dictionary to convert to a string</param>
/// <param name="format">format string</param>
/// <returns>formatted string</returns>
public static string StringFormat(this IDictionary dictionary, string format)
{
Arguments.NotNull(dictionary, nameof(dictionary));
Arguments.NotNullOrWhitespace(format, nameof(format));
var aggregate = dictionary
.OfType <DictionaryEntry>()
.OrderBy(s => s.Key)
.Aggregate(
new StringBuilder(),
(sb, kvp) =>
{
switch (kvp.Value)
{
case byte[] b:
sb.AppendFormat(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, format, kvp.Key, Encoding.ASCII.GetString(b));
break;
case IDictionary d:
sb.AppendFormat(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, format, kvp.Key, DictionaryExtensions.StringFormat(d));
break;
case null:
default:
sb.AppendFormat(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, format, kvp.Key, kvp.Value);
break;
}
return(sb);
});
// Would never have done this if Code Contracts didnt point out the fact that I had a possible null reference in the above LINQ code!
// I orignally put the ToString() on the above composed LINQ, but that would have been an error if the dictionary passed in was empty
if (aggregate == null)
{
return("Dictionary Is Empty");
}
var retVal = aggregate.ToString();
if (retVal.IsBlank())
{
return("Dictionary Is Empty");
}
return(retVal);
}
/// <summary>
/// formats an IDictionary to a string
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dictionary">dictionary to convert to a string</param>
/// <returns>formatted string</returns>
public static string StringFormat(this IDictionary dictionary)
{
Arguments.NotNull(dictionary, nameof(dictionary));
return(DictionaryExtensions.StringFormat(dictionary, "{0}='{1}'"));
}
/// <summary>
/// formats an IDictionary to a string
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TKey">Key type</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TValue">Value type</typeparam>
/// <param name="extended">dictionary to convert to a string</param>
/// <returns>formatted string</returns>
public static string StringFormat <TKey, TValue>(this IDictionary <TKey, TValue> extended)
{
Arguments.NotNull(extended, nameof(extended));
return(DictionaryExtensions.StringFormat(extended, "{0}='{1}'"));
}