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Classes

ByteArrayExtensions

Provides various extension methods for byte arrays and streams.

CompositeHashCode

Provides a way for types that override GetHashCode() to correctly generate a hash code from the actual status of an instance.

CompositeHashCode must be used ONLY as a helper when implementing IEquatable<T> in a STANDARD way, i.e. when:

two instances having the same hash code are actually interchangeable, i.e. they represent exactly the same object (for instance, they should not coexist in a SortedSet);
GetHashCode() and Equals(Object) are BOTH overridden, and the Equals override either calls to the IEquatable<T>.Equals (recommended) or performs exactly the same equality checks;
only "standard" equality checks are performed, i.e. by means of the == operator, IEquatable<T> interfaces, and the Equals(Object) method (for instance, this excludes case-insensitive and/or culture-dependent string comparisons);
the hash code is constructed (via Using calls) from the very same fields and / or properties that are checked for equality.

For hashing to work correctly, all fields and/or properties involved in hashing must either be immutable, or at least not change while an object is referenced in a hashtable. This does not refer just to System.Collections.Hashtable; the .NET Framework makes a fairly extensive use of hashing, for example in SortedSet<T> and in various parts of LINQ. As a thumb rule, an object must stay the same during the execution of a LINQ query on an IEnumerable in which it is contained, as well as all the time it is referenced in a Hashtable or SortedSet.

DateExtensions

Provides extension methods for .

Definitions

Contains useful constants and definitions.

EnumerableExtensions

This class contains extension methods for types implementing IEnumerable<TSource>

EnumHelper

Provide Enumerations helpers with internal cache.

ExceptionExtensions

Provides extension methods for .

Extensions

Extension methods.

FromString

Provides a standard way to convert strings to different types.

FunctionalExtensions

Functional programming extension methods.

IEnumerableExtensions

This class contains extensions methods for IEnumerable

InternalErrorException

The exception that is thrown by methods of the SelfCheck class to signal a condition most probably caused by an internal error in a library or application.

Do not use this class directly; use the methods of the SelfCheck class instead.

NetworkExtensions

Provides various extension methods for networking-related tasks.

ObjectComparer

Represents a quick object comparer using the public properties of an object or the public members in a structure.

Paginator

A utility class to compute paging or batching offsets.

ProcessResult

Represents the text of the standard output and standard error of a process, including its exit code.

ProcessRunner

Provides methods to help create external processes, and efficiently capture the standard error and standard output streams.

PropertyProxyExtensions

Provides functionality to access objects associated with types. Getters and setters are stored as delegates compiled from constructed lambda expressions for fast access.