/// <summary>
/// Determines if a binding path is valid
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">The binding path</param>
/// <returns>True, if the path is valid; otherwise false</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// The rules for a valid binding path are as follows:
///
/// - The trimmed path must not contain whitespace
/// - The first character must be either a letter or dollar sign
/// - The path segments can end with [*] indexers
/// - Subsequent characters may be letters, dots, square brackets or numbers
/// - Sequential dots are not allowed (e.g. "..")
/// </remarks>
public static bool IsValidPath
(
string path
)
{
// Rule: the path must not contain spaces
if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path) || path.Contains(" "))
{
return(false);
}
// Rule: must start with letter or dollar sign
var firstChar = path.First();
var isValidChar =
(
Char.IsLetter(firstChar) || firstChar == '$'
);
if (false == isValidChar)
{
return(false);
}
// Rule: sequential dots are not allowed
if (path.Contains(".."))
{
return(false);
}
path = PathInfo.TrimPath(path);
// Rule: the path segments can end with an indexer
var segments = path.Split('.');
foreach (var segment in segments)
{
var isValid = PathSegmentInfo.IsValidSegment
(
segment
);
if (false == isValid)
{
return(false);
}
}
return(true);
}
/// <summary>
/// Populates the segments details
/// </summary>
/// <param name="index">The segment index</param>
/// <param name="signature">The segment signature</param>
private void PopulateSegmentDetails
(
int index,
string signature
)
{
var isValid = PathSegmentInfo.IsValidSegment
(
signature
);
if (false == isValid)
{
throw new ArgumentException
(
"The path segment '{0}' is invalid.".With
(
signature
)
);
}
var indexerInfo = new IndexerInfo
(
signature
);
this.Index = index;
this.Signature = signature;
this.Name = indexerInfo.PathWithoutIndexer;
this.IndexerInfo = indexerInfo;
this.IsModelPointer = TemplateContext.IsModelReference
(
indexerInfo.PathWithoutIndexer
);
}