我写过无数的扩展方法，这里有几个我觉得特别有用的。请随意执行。

public static class ControlExtenders
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Advanced version of find control.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Type of control to find.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="id">Control id to find.</param>
    /// <returns>Control of given type.</returns>
    /// <remarks>
    /// If the control with the given id is not found
    /// a new control instance of the given type is returned.
    /// </remarks>
    public static T FindControl<T>(this Control control, string id) where T : Control
    {
        // User normal FindControl method to get the control
        Control _control = control.FindControl(id);

        // If control was found and is of the correct type we return it
        if (_control != null && _control is T)
        {
            // Return new control
            return (T)_control;
        }

        // Create new control instance
        _control = (T)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(T));

        // Add control to source control so the
        // next it is found and the value can be
        // passed on itd, remember to hide it and
        // set an ID so it can be found next time
        if (!(_control is ExtenderControlBase))
        {
            _control.Visible = false;
        }
        _control.ID = id;
        control.Controls.Add(_control);

        // Use reflection to create a new instance of the control
        return (T)_control;
    }
}

public static class GenericListExtenders
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Sorts a generic list by items properties.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Type of collection.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="list">Generic list.</param>
    /// <param name="fieldName">Field to sort data on.</param>
    /// <param name="sortDirection">Sort direction.</param>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Use this method when a dinamyc sort field is requiered. If the 
    /// sorting field is known manual sorting might improve performance.
    /// </remarks>
    public static void SortObjects<T>(this List<T> list, string fieldName, SortDirection sortDirection)
    {
        PropertyInfo propInfo = typeof(T).GetProperty(fieldName);
        if (propInfo != null)
        {
            Comparison<T> compare = delegate(T a, T b)
            {
                bool asc = sortDirection == SortDirection.Ascending;
                object valueA = asc ? propInfo.GetValue(a, null) : propInfo.GetValue(b, null);
                object valueB = asc ? propInfo.GetValue(b, null) : propInfo.GetValue(a, null);
                return valueA is IComparable ? ((IComparable)valueA).CompareTo(valueB) : 0;
            };
            list.Sort(compare);
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Creates a pagged collection from generic list.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Type of collection.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="list">Generic list.</param>
    /// <param name="sortField">Field to sort data on.</param>
    /// <param name="sortDirection">Sort direction.</param>
    /// <param name="from">Page from item index.</param>
    /// <param name="to">Page to item index.</param>
    /// <param name="copy">Creates a copy and returns a new list instead of changing the current one.</param>
    /// <returns>Pagged list collection.</returns>
    public static List<T> Page<T>(this List<T> list, string sortField, bool sortDirection, int from, int to, bool copy)
    {
        List<T> _pageList = new List<T>();

        // Copy list
        if (copy)
        {
            T[] _arrList = new T[list.Count];
            list.CopyTo(_arrList);
            _pageList = new List<T>(_arrList);
        }
        else
        {
            _pageList = list;
        }

        // Make sure there are enough items in the list
        if (from > _pageList.Count)
        {
            int diff = Math.Abs(from - to);
            from = _pageList.Count - diff;
        }
        if (to > _pageList.Count)
        {
            to = _pageList.Count;
        }

        // Sort items
        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(sortField))
        {
            SortDirection sortDir = SortDirection.Descending;
            if (!sortDirection) sortDir = SortDirection.Ascending;
            _pageList.SortObjects(sortField, sortDir);
        }

        // Calculate max number of items per page
        int count = to - from;
        if (from + count > _pageList.Count) count -= (from + count) - _pageList.Count;

        // Get max number of items per page
        T[] pagged = new T[count];
        _pageList.CopyTo(from, pagged, 0, count);

        // Return pagged items
        return new List<T>(pagged);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Shuffle's list items.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">List type.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="list">Generic list.</param>
    public static void Shuffle<T>(this List<T> list)
    {
        Random rng = new Random();
        for (int i = list.Count - 1; i > 0; i--)
        {
            int swapIndex = rng.Next(i + 1);
            if (swapIndex != i)
            {
                T tmp = list[swapIndex];
                list[swapIndex] = list[i];
                list[i] = tmp;
            }
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Converts generic List to DataTable.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Type.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="list">Generic list.</param>
    /// <param name="columns">Name of the columns to copy to the DataTable.</param>
    /// <returns>DataTable.</returns>
    public static DataTable ToDataTable<T>(this List<T> list, string[] columns)
    {
        List<string> _columns = new List<string>(columns);
        DataTable dt = new DataTable();

        foreach (PropertyInfo info in typeof(T).GetProperties())
        {
            if (_columns.Contains(info.Name) || columns == null)
            {
                dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn(info.Name, info.PropertyType));
            }
        }
        foreach (T t in list)
        {
            DataRow row = dt.NewRow();
            foreach (PropertyInfo info in typeof(T).GetProperties())
            {
                if (_columns.Contains(info.Name) || columns == null)
                {
                    row[info.Name] = info.GetValue(t, null);
                }
            }
            dt.Rows.Add(row);
        }
        return dt;
    }
}

public static class DateTimeExtenders
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Returns number of month from a string representation.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>Number of month.</returns>
    public static int MonthToNumber(this DateTime datetime, string month)
    {
        month = month.ToLower();
        for (int i = 1; i <= 12; i++)
        {
            DateTime _dt = DateTime.Parse("1." + i + ".2000");
            string _month = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.DateTimeFormat.GetMonthName(i).ToLower();
            if (_month == month)
            {
                return i;
            }
        }
        return 0;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Returns month name from month number.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>Name of month.</returns>
    public static string MonthToName(this DateTime datetime, int month)
    {
        for (int i = 1; i <= 12; i++)
        {
            if (i == month)
            {
                return CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.DateTimeFormat.GetMonthName(i);
            }
        }
        return "";
    }
}

public static class ObjectExtender
{
    public static object CloneBinary<T>(this T originalObject)
    {
        using (var stream = new System.IO.MemoryStream())
        {
            BinaryFormatter binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
            binaryFormatter.Serialize(stream, originalObject);
            stream.Position = 0;
            return (T)binaryFormatter.Deserialize(stream);
        }
    }

    public static object CloneObject(this object obj)
    {
        using (MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream())
        {
            BinaryFormatter binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter(null, new StreamingContext(StreamingContextStates.Clone));
            binaryFormatter.Serialize(memStream, obj);
            memStream.Position = 0;
            return binaryFormatter.Deserialize(memStream);
        }
    }
}

public static class StringExtenders
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Returns string as unit.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="value">Value.</param>
    /// <returns>Unit</returns>
    public static Unit ToUnit(this string value)
    {
        // Return empty unit
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
            return Unit.Empty;

        // Trim value
        value = value.Trim();

        // Return pixel unit
        if (value.EndsWith("px"))
        {
            // Set unit type
            string _int = value.Replace("px", "");

            // Try parsing to int
            double _val = 0;
            if (!double.TryParse(_int, out _val))
            {
                // Invalid value
                return Unit.Empty;
            }

            // Return unit
            return new Unit(_val, UnitType.Pixel);
        }

        // Return percent unit
        if (value.EndsWith("%"))
        {
            // Set unit type
            string _int = value.Replace("%", "");

            // Try parsing to int
            double _val = 0;
            if (!double.TryParse(_int, out _val))
            {
                // Invalid value
                return Unit.Empty;
            }

            // Return unit
            return new Unit(_val, UnitType.Percentage);
        }

        // No match found
        return new Unit();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Returns alternative string if current string is null or empty.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="str"></param>
    /// <param name="alternative"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static string Alternative(this string str, string alternative)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(str)) return alternative;
        return str;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Removes all HTML tags from string.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="html">String containing HTML tags.</param>
    /// <returns>String with no HTML tags.</returns>
    public static string StripHTML(this string html)
    {
        string nohtml = Regex.Replace(html, "<(.|\n)*?>", "");
        nohtml = nohtml.Replace("\r\n", "").Replace("\n", "").Replace("&nbsp;", "").Trim();
        return nohtml;
    }
}

第一个是我最喜欢的，因为它可以代替:

Control c = this.FindControl("tbName");
if (c != null)
{
    // Do something with c
    customer.Name = ((TextBox)c).Text;
}

用这个:

TextBox c = this.FindControl<TextBox>("tbName");
customer.Name = c.Text;

设置默认字符串值:

string str = "";
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(str))
{
    str = "I'm empty!";
}

就变成:

str = str.Alternative("I'm empty!");

日期时间扩展

例子:

DateTime firstDayOfMonth = DateTime.Now.First();
DateTime lastdayOfMonth = DateTime.Now.Last();
DateTime lastFridayInMonth = DateTime.Now.Last(DayOfWeek.Friday);
DateTime nextFriday = DateTime.Now.Next(DayOfWeek.Friday);
DateTime lunchTime = DateTime.Now.SetTime(11, 30);
DateTime noonOnFriday = DateTime.Now.Next(DayOfWeek.Friday).Noon();
DateTime secondMondayOfMonth = DateTime.Now.First(DayOfWeek.Monday).Next(DayOfWeek.Monday).Midnight();

将任何字符串转换为类型Int32

// Calls the underlying int.TryParse method to convert a string
// representation of a number to its 32-bit signed integer equivalent.
// Returns Zero if conversion fails. 
public static int ToInt32(this string s)
{
    int retInt;
    int.TryParse(s, out retInt);
    return retInt;
}

示例使用: 字符串s = "999"; int i = s.ToInt32();

这是我经常使用的控件调用扩展;

public static class InvokeExtensions
{
    public static void InvokeHandler(this Control control, MethodInvoker del) // Sync. control-invoke extension.
    {
        if (control.InvokeRequired)
        {
            control.Invoke(del);
            return; 
        }
        del(); // run the actual code.
    }

    public static void AsyncInvokeHandler(this Control control, MethodInvoker del) // Async. control-invoke extension.
    {
        if (control.InvokeRequired)
        {
            control.BeginInvoke(del);
            return; 
        }
        del(); // run the actual code.
    }
}

样本;

this.TreeView.AsyncInvokeHandler(() =>
        {
            this.Text = 'xyz'
        });

允许跨线程gui更新。

The Substring method on the string class has always felt inadequate to me. Usually when you do a substring, you know the character(s) from where you want to start, and the charachter(s) where you want to end. Thus, I've always felt that have to specify length as the second parameter is stupid. Therefore, I've written my own extension methods. One that takes a startIndex and an endIndex. And one, that takes a startText (string) and endText (string) so you can just specify the text from where to start the substring, and the text for where to end it.

注意:我不能将方法命名为。net中的Substring，因为我的第一个重载采用了与。net重载中的一个相同的参数类型。因此我将它们命名为Subsetstring。请随意添加到CodePlex…

public static class StringExtensions
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Returns a Subset string starting at the specified start index and ending and the specified end
    /// index.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="s">The string to retrieve the subset from.</param>
    /// <param name="startIndex">The specified start index for the subset.</param>
    /// <param name="endIndex">The specified end index for the subset.</param>
    /// <returns>A Subset string starting at the specified start index and ending and the specified end
    /// index.</returns>
    public static string Subsetstring(this string s, int startIndex, int endIndex)
    {
        if (startIndex > endIndex)
        {
            throw new InvalidOperationException("End Index must be after Start Index.");
        }

        if (startIndex < 0)
        {
            throw new InvalidOperationException("Start Index must be a positive number.");
        }

        if(endIndex <0)
        {
            throw new InvalidOperationException("End Index must be a positive number.");
        }

        return s.Substring(startIndex, (endIndex - startIndex));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Finds the specified Start Text and the End Text in this string instance, and returns a string
    /// containing all the text starting from startText, to the begining of endText. (endText is not
    /// included.)
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="s">The string to retrieve the subset from.</param>
    /// <param name="startText">The Start Text to begin the Subset from.</param>
    /// <param name="endText">The End Text to where the Subset goes to.</param>
    /// <param name="ignoreCase">Whether or not to ignore case when comparing startText/endText to the string.</param>
    /// <returns>A string containing all the text starting from startText, to the begining of endText.</returns>
    public static string Subsetstring(this string s, string startText, string endText, bool ignoreCase)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(startText) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(endText))
        {
            throw new ArgumentException("Start Text and End Text cannot be empty.");
        }
        string temp = s;
        if (ignoreCase)
        {
            temp = s.ToUpperInvariant();
            startText = startText.ToUpperInvariant();
            endText = endText.ToUpperInvariant();
        }
        int start = temp.IndexOf(startText);
        int end = temp.IndexOf(endText, start);
        return Subsetstring(s, start, end);
    }
}

用法:

string s = "This is a tester for my cool extension method!!";
       s = s.Subsetstring("tester", "cool",true);

输出:"test for my "

我发现这个方法很有用

public static IEnumerable<T> EmptyIfNull<T>(this IEnumerable<T> pSeq)
{
    return pSeq ?? Enumerable.Empty<T>();
}

它在调用代码中删除空检查。现在你可以

MyList.EmptyIfNull().Where(....)