static PeopleXML GetDemoObject()
{
PeopleXML peopleXML = new PeopleXML();
PersonCollection people = new PersonCollection();
Person john = new Person();
john.Name = "John";
john.Age = 29;
people.Add(john);
Person susan = new Person();
susan.Name = "Susan";
susan.Age = 25;
people.Add(susan);
Person luke = new Person();
luke.Name = "Luke";
luke.Age = 2;
luke.Mother = susan.Name;
luke.Father = john.Name;
people.Add(luke);
peopleXML.People = people;
return(peopleXML);
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Dictionary<string, string> dic = new Dictionary<string, string>();
//dic.Add("1", "dude");
//dic.Add("15", "this");
//dic.Add("6", "is cool");
//byte[] bytes = dic.BinarySerialize();
//Dictionary<string, string> dic2 = bytes.BinaryDeserialize<Dictionary<string, string>>();
//Here is a demo of some of the most useful extensions:
#region Demo use for In() method:
MyEnum myEnum = MyEnum.MyValue1;
if (myEnum.In(MyEnum.MyValue1, MyEnum.MyValue4))
{
//Do something
}
string myString = "Ta Da!";
if (myString.In("voila", "viva", "ba-da-bing!"))
{
//Do something
}
List <int> values = new List <int>();
values.Add(1);
values.Add(2);
values.Add(3);
int myInt = 45;
// Ienumerable<T> version of In()
if (myInt.In(values))
{
}
#endregion
//Old way
string myRepetitiveTraditional = "============================================================";
//new way
string myNewRepetitve = '='.Repeat(50);
#region Demo use for XmlSerialize / Deserialize methods
//TIP: Check out the PeopleXML class for a demo of how to easily implement
//Load and Save methods for your custom objects!!
PeopleXML people = GetDemoObject();
people.XmlSerialize("C:\\xmlserliazeDemo.xml");
FileInfo fileInfo = new FileInfo("C:\\xmlserliazeDemo.xml");
PeopleXML people2 = fileInfo.XmlDeserialize <PeopleXML>();
people2.People.ForEach(WritePersonToConsole);
//or:
string xml = people.XmlSerialize();
PeopleXML pc = xml.XmlDeserialize <PeopleXML>();
#endregion
#region demo IsMultipleOf()
//traditional:
int i = 23;
if (i % 10 == 0)
{
}
//new:
if (i.IsMultipleOf(10)) //so much cleaner!!
{
}
#endregion
#region Demo DataColumnCollection.AddRange
DataTable table = new DataTable();
//Old way
table.Columns.Add("col1");
table.Columns.Add("col2");
table.Columns.Add("col3");
//or
table.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("col4", typeof(string)));
table.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("col5", typeof(bool)));
table.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("col6", typeof(int)));
//new way
table.Columns.AddRange("col7", "col8", "col9");
//or
table.Columns.AddRange(
new DataColumn("col10", typeof(string)),
new DataColumn("col11", typeof(bool)),
new DataColumn("col12", typeof(int)));
#endregion
#region ToCSV demo
DataTable tableForCSV = GetDataTableForDemo();
tableForCSV.ToCsv("C:\\csvDemo.csv");
#endregion
}