/// <summary>
/// Parses a HierarchyPath instance from its string representation.
/// Type of the path items is specified by the type parameter.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">type of the path items after conversion</typeparam>
/// <param name="path">string representation to parse</param>
/// <param name="convertPathItem">conversion delegate applied to a single parsed path item</param>
/// <param name="separator">seperator character between the path items in the string representation</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static HierarchyPath <T> Parse <T>(string path, Func <string, T> convertPathItem, string separator = null)
{
string separatorSafe = separator ?? "\\";
return(HierarchyPath.Create <T>(path.Split(separatorSafe.ToCharArray(), StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).Select(p => convertPathItem(p))));
}
/// <summary>
/// Parses a HierarchyPath instance from its string representation. Type of the path items is a string by default.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">string representation of the HierarchyPath</param>
/// <param name="separator">Separator betweeen the path items in the string representation</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static HierarchyPath <string> Parse(string path, string separator)
{
return(HierarchyPath.Create(path.Split(separator.ToCharArray(), StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)));
}