让我们把你的优秀和最喜欢的扩展方法列一个列表。

要求是必须发布完整的代码,以及如何使用它的示例和解释。

基于对这个主题的高度兴趣,我在Codeplex上建立了一个名为extensionoverflow的开源项目。

请将您的回答标记为接受,以便将代码放入Codeplex项目。

请张贴完整的源代码,而不是一个链接。

Codeplex上新闻:

24.08.2010 Codeplex页面现在在这里:http://extensionoverflow.codeplex.com/

11.11.2008 XmlSerialize / XmlDeserialize现在是实现和单元测试。

11.11.2008仍有发展空间。;-)现在就加入!

11.11.2008第三位贡献者加入了ExtensionOverflow,欢迎加入BKristensen

11.11.2008 FormatWith现在是实现和单元测试。

09.11.2008第二个贡献者加入ExtensionOverflow。欢迎来到chakrit。

我们需要更多的开发人员。: -)

09.11.2008 ThrowIfArgumentIsNull现已在Codeplex上实现和单元测试。


当前回答

如果有Unix时间戳和ISO 8601格式的日期和时间就太好了。大量用于网站和休息服务。

我在我的Facebook图书馆里使用它。你可以找到源代码http://github.com/prabirshrestha/FacebookSharp/blob/master/src/FacebookSharp.Core/FacebookUtils/DateUtils.cs

private static readonly DateTime EPOCH = DateTime.SpecifyKind(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0),DateTimeKind.Utc);

public static DateTime FromUnixTimestamp(long timestamp)
{
    return EPOCH.AddSeconds(timestamp);
}

public static long ToUnixTimestamp(DateTime date)
{
    TimeSpan diff = date.ToUniversalTime() - EPOCH;
    return (long)diff.TotalSeconds;
}

public static DateTime FromIso8601FormattedDateTime(string iso8601DateTime){
    return DateTime.ParseExact(iso8601DateTime, "o", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
}

public static string ToIso8601FormattedDateTime(DateTime dateTime)
{
    return dateTime.ToString("o");
}

请随意在codeplex项目中使用。

其他回答

ThrowIfArgumentIsNull是做空检查的好方法,我们都应该这样做。

public static class Extensions
{
    public static void ThrowIfArgumentIsNull<T>(this T obj, string parameterName) where T : class
    {
        if (obj == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(parameterName + " not allowed to be null");
    }
}

下面是使用它的方法,它适用于您的命名空间中的所有类或任何您使用该命名空间的地方。

internal class Test
{
    public Test(string input1)
    {
        input1.ThrowIfArgumentIsNull("input1");
    }
}

在CodePlex项目上使用这段代码是可以的。

我使用以下扩展来扩展所有的集合(也许有人发现这些有用):

/// <summary>
/// Collection Helper
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Use IEnumerable by default, but when altering or getting item at index use IList.
/// </remarks>
public static class CollectionHelper
{

    #region Alter;

    /// <summary>
    /// Swap item to another place
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Collection type</typeparam>
    /// <param name="this">Collection</param>
    /// <param name="IndexA">Index a</param>
    /// <param name="IndexB">Index b</param>
    /// <returns>New collection</returns>
    public static IList<T> Swap<T>(this IList<T> @this, Int32 IndexA, Int32 IndexB)
    {
        T Temp = @this[IndexA];
        @this[IndexA] = @this[IndexB];
        @this[IndexB] = Temp;
        return @this;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Swap item to the left
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Collection type</typeparam>
    /// <param name="this">Collection</param>
    /// <param name="Index">Index</param>
    /// <returns>New collection</returns>
    public static IList<T> SwapLeft<T>(this IList<T> @this, Int32 Index)
    {
        return @this.Swap(Index, Index - 1);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Swap item to the right
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Collection type</typeparam>
    /// <param name="this">Collection</param>
    /// <param name="Index">Index</param>
    /// <returns>New collection</returns>
    public static IList<T> SwapRight<T>(this IList<T> @this, Int32 Index)
    {
        return @this.Swap(Index, Index + 1);
    }

    #endregion Alter;

    #region Action;

    /// <summary>
    /// Execute action at specified index
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Collection type</typeparam>
    /// <param name="this">Collection</param>
    /// <param name="Index">Index</param>
    /// <param name="ActionAt">Action to execute</param>
    /// <returns>New collection</returns>
    public static IList<T> ActionAt<T>(this IList<T> @this, Int32 Index, Action<T> ActionAt)
    {
        ActionAt(@this[Index]);
        return @this;
    }

    #endregion Action;

    #region Randomize;

    /// <summary>
    /// Take random items
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Collection type</typeparam>
    /// <param name="this">Collection</param>
    /// <param name="Count">Number of items to take</param>
    /// <returns>New collection</returns>
    public static IEnumerable<T> TakeRandom<T>(this IEnumerable<T> @this, Int32 Count)
    {
        return @this.Shuffle().Take(Count);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Take random item
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Collection type</typeparam>
    /// <param name="this">Collection</param>
    /// <returns>Item</returns>
    public static T TakeRandom<T>(this IEnumerable<T> @this)
    {
        return @this.TakeRandom(1).Single();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Shuffle list
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Collection type</typeparam>
    /// <param name="this">Collection</param>
    /// <returns>New collection</returns>
    public static IEnumerable<T> Shuffle<T>(this IEnumerable<T> @this)
    {
        return @this.OrderBy(Item => Guid.NewGuid());
    }

    #endregion Randomize;

    #region Navigate;

    /// <summary>
    /// Get next item in collection and give first item, when last item is selected;
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Collection type</typeparam>
    /// <param name="this">Collection</param>
    /// <param name="Index">Index in collection</param>
    /// <returns>Next item</returns>
    public static T Next<T>(this IList<T> @this, ref Int32 Index)
    {
        Index = ++Index >= 0 && Index < @this.Count ? Index : 0;
        return @this[Index];
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Get previous item in collection and give last item, when first item is selected;
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Collection type</typeparam>
    /// <param name="this">Collection</param>
    /// <param name="Index">Index in collection</param>
    /// <returns>Previous item</returns>
    public static T Previous<T>(this IList<T> @this, ref Int32 Index)
    {
        Index = --Index >= 0 && Index < @this.Count ? Index : @this.Count - 1;
        return @this[Index];
    }

    #endregion Navigate;

    #region Clone;

    /// <summary>
    /// 
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Collection type</typeparam>
    /// <param name="this">Collection</param>
    /// <returns>Cloned collection</returns>
    public static IEnumerable<T> Clone<T>(this IEnumerable<T> @this) where T : ICloneable
    {
        return @this.Select(Item => (T)Item.Clone());
    }

    #endregion Clone;

    #region String;

    /// <summary>
    /// Joins multiple string with Separator
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="this">Collection</param>
    /// <param name="Separator">Separator</param>
    /// <returns>Joined string</returns>
    public static String Join(this IEnumerable<String> @this, String Separator = "")
    {
        return String.Join(Separator, @this);
    }

    #endregion String;

}

我发现自己一遍又一遍地这样做……

public static bool EqualsIgnoreCase(this string a, string b)
{
    return string.Equals(a, b, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
}

...然后是StartsWithIgnoreCase, EndsWithIgnoreCase和ContainsIgnoreCase。

对于Winform控件:

/// <summary>
/// Returns whether the function is being executed during design time in Visual Studio.
/// </summary>
public static bool IsDesignTime(this Control control)
{
    if (LicenseManager.UsageMode == LicenseUsageMode.Designtime)
    {
        return true;
    }

    if (control.Site != null && control.Site.DesignMode)
    {
        return true;
    }

    var parent = control.Parent;
    while (parent != null)
    {
        if (parent.Site != null && parent.Site.DesignMode)
        {
            return true;
        }
        parent = parent.Parent;
    }
    return false;
}

/// <summary>
/// Sets the DropDownWidth to ensure that no item's text is cut off.
/// </summary>
public static void SetDropDownWidth(this ComboBox comboBox)
{
    var g = comboBox.CreateGraphics();
    var font = comboBox.Font;
    float maxWidth = 0;

    foreach (var item in comboBox.Items)
    {
        maxWidth = Math.Max(maxWidth, g.MeasureString(item.ToString(), font).Width);
    }

    if (comboBox.Items.Count > comboBox.MaxDropDownItems)
    {
        maxWidth += SystemInformation.VerticalScrollBarWidth;
    }

    comboBox.DropDownWidth = Math.Max(comboBox.Width, Convert.ToInt32(maxWidth));
}

IsDesignTime用法:

public class SomeForm : Form
{
    public SomeForm()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        if (this.IsDesignTime())
        {
            return;
        }

        // Do something that makes the visual studio crash or hang if we're in design time,
        // but any other time executes just fine
    }
}

SetDropdownWidth用法:

ComboBox cbo = new ComboBox { Width = 50 };
cbo.Items.Add("Short");
cbo.Items.Add("A little longer");
cbo.Items.Add("Holy cow, this is a really, really long item. How in the world will it fit?");
cbo.SetDropDownWidth();

我忘了说,请随意在Codeplex上使用这些…

我最喜欢的是字符串上的IsLike()扩展。IsLike()匹配VB的Like操作符,当你不想写一个完整的正则表达式来解决你的问题时,它很方便。用法是这样的:

"abc".IsLike("a*"); // true
"Abc".IsLike("[A-Z][a-z][a-z]"); // true
"abc123".IsLike("*###"); // true
"hat".IsLike("?at"); // true
"joe".IsLike("[!aeiou]*"); // true

"joe".IsLike("?at"); // false
"joe".IsLike("[A-Z][a-z][a-z]"); // false

下面是代码

public static class StringEntentions {
    /// <summary>
    /// Indicates whether the current string matches the supplied wildcard pattern.  Behaves the same
    /// as VB's "Like" Operator.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="s">The string instance where the extension method is called</param>
    /// <param name="wildcardPattern">The wildcard pattern to match.  Syntax matches VB's Like operator.</param>
    /// <returns>true if the string matches the supplied pattern, false otherwise.</returns>
    /// <remarks>See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/swf8kaxw(v=VS.100).aspx</remarks>
    public static bool IsLike(this string s, string wildcardPattern) {
        if (s == null || String.IsNullOrEmpty(wildcardPattern)) return false;
        // turn into regex pattern, and match the whole string with ^$
        var regexPattern = "^" + Regex.Escape(wildcardPattern) + "$";

        // add support for ?, #, *, [], and [!]
        regexPattern = regexPattern.Replace(@"\[!", "[^")
                                   .Replace(@"\[", "[")
                                   .Replace(@"\]", "]")
                                   .Replace(@"\?", ".")
                                   .Replace(@"\*", ".*")
                                   .Replace(@"\#", @"\d");

        var result = false;
        try {
            result = Regex.IsMatch(s, regexPattern);
        }
        catch (ArgumentException ex) {
            throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("Invalid pattern: {0}", wildcardPattern), ex);
        }
        return result;
    }
}