C# Class YAXLib.StringUtils

Provides string utility methods

Public Methods

Method	Description
CombineLocationAndElementName ( string location, System.Xml.Linq.XName elemName ) : string	Combines a location string and an element name to form a bigger location string.
DivideLocationOneStep ( string location, string &newLocation, string &newElem ) : bool	Divides the location string one step, to form a shorter location string.
ExttractPathAndAliasFromLocationString ( string locationString, string &path, string &alias ) : void	Extracts the path and alias from location string. A pure path location string: level1/level2 A location string augmented with alias: level1/level2#somename Here path is "level1/level2" and alias is "somename".
GetArrayDimsString ( int dims ) : string	Gets the string corresponidng to the given array dimensions.
IsLocationAllGeneric ( string location ) : bool	Determines whether the specified location is composed of levels which are themselves either "." or "..".
IsSingleLocationGeneric ( string location ) : bool	Determines whether the specified location string is either "." or "..".
LooksLikeExpandedXName ( string name ) : bool	Heuristically determines if the supplied name conforms to the "expanded XML name" form supported by the System.Xml.Linq.XName class.
ParseArrayDimsString ( string str ) : int[]	Parses the array dimensions string, and returns the corresponding dimensions array.
ParseDateTimeTimeZoneSafe ( string str, IFormatProvider formatProvider ) : System.DateTime
RefineLocationString ( string elemAddr ) : string	Refines the location string. Trims it, and replaces invlalid characters with underscore.
RefineSingleElement ( string elemName ) : string	Refines a single element name. Refines the location string. Trims it, and replaces invlalid characters with underscore.
SplitPathNamespaceSafe ( this value ) : IEnumerable	Splits a string at each instance of a '/' except where such slashes are within {}.

Private Methods

Method	Description
IsInRange ( char ch, char lower, char upper ) : bool
IsValidNameChar ( char ch ) : bool
IsValidNameStartChar ( char ch ) : bool

Method Details

CombineLocationAndElementName() public static method

Combines a location string and an element name to form a bigger location string.

public static CombineLocationAndElementName ( string location, System.Xml.Linq.XName elemName ) : string
location	string	The location string.
elemName	System.Xml.Linq.XName	Name of the element.
return	string

DivideLocationOneStep() public static method

Divides the location string one step, to form a shorter location string.

public static DivideLocationOneStep ( string location, string &newLocation, string &newElem ) : bool
location	string	The location string to divide.
newLocation	string	The new location string which is one level shorter.
newElem	string	The element name removed from the end of location string.
return	bool

ExttractPathAndAliasFromLocationString() public static method

Extracts the path and alias from location string. A pure path location string: level1/level2 A location string augmented with alias: level1/level2#somename Here path is "level1/level2" and alias is "somename".

public static ExttractPathAndAliasFromLocationString ( string locationString, string &path, string &alias ) : void
locationString	string	The location string.
path	string	The path to be extracted.
alias	string	The alias to be extracted.
return	void

GetArrayDimsString() public static method

Gets the string corresponidng to the given array dimensions.

public static GetArrayDimsString ( int dims ) : string
dims	int	The array dimensions.
return	string

IsLocationAllGeneric() public static method

Determines whether the specified location is composed of levels which are themselves either "." or "..".

public static IsLocationAllGeneric ( string location ) : bool
location	string	The location string to check.
return	bool

IsSingleLocationGeneric() public static method

Determines whether the specified location string is either "." or "..".

public static IsSingleLocationGeneric ( string location ) : bool
location	string	The location string to check.
return	bool

LooksLikeExpandedXName() public static method

Heuristically determines if the supplied name conforms to the "expanded XML name" form supported by the System.Xml.Linq.XName class.

public static LooksLikeExpandedXName ( string name ) : bool
name	string	The name to be examined.
return	bool

ParseArrayDimsString() public static method

Parses the array dimensions string, and returns the corresponding dimensions array.

public static ParseArrayDimsString ( string str ) : int[]
str	string	The string to parse.
return	int[]

ParseDateTimeTimeZoneSafe() public static method

public static ParseDateTimeTimeZoneSafe ( string str, IFormatProvider formatProvider ) : System.DateTime
str	string
formatProvider	IFormatProvider
return	System.DateTime

RefineLocationString() public static method

Refines the location string. Trims it, and replaces invlalid characters with underscore.

public static RefineLocationString ( string elemAddr ) : string
elemAddr	string	The element address to refine.
return	string

RefineSingleElement() public static method

Refines a single element name. Refines the location string. Trims it, and replaces invlalid characters with underscore.

public static RefineSingleElement ( string elemName ) : string
elemName	string	Name of the element.
return	string

SplitPathNamespaceSafe() public static method

Splits a string at each instance of a '/' except where such slashes are within {}.

public static SplitPathNamespaceSafe ( this value ) : IEnumerable
value	this	The string to split
return	IEnumerable