Unfucked

🧰 Unfucked

Fix egregiously broken or missing functionality in .NET libraries. Provide useful boilerplate, façades, and polyfills. Inspired by underscore, lodash, Apache Commons, Spring, Guava, jQuery,Dojo, mootools, and Prototype.

• Installation
• Usage
  • Comparables
  • Console
  • Cryptography
  • Date and Time
  • Decimal math
  • Directories
  • DNS
  • Enumerables
  • Exceptions
  • Lazy
  • Paths
  • Processes
  • Strings
  • Tasks
  • URIs
  • XML
• All Unfucked libraries

Installation

dotnet add package Unfucked

using Unfucked;

Usage

Comparables

• Clip a value to a specified range (also known as clamping, limiting, and truncating).

  int health = health.Clip(min: 0, max: 100);
  

Console

• Colored text and background in strings, not tightly coupled to Console.Write.

  string colored = ConsoleControl.Color("Hello", Color.FromArgb(0xff, 0xaa, 0), Color.Black);
  ConsoleControl.WriteLine("Hello", Color.FromArgb(0xff, 0xaa, 0), Color.Black);
  ConsoleControl.Write("Hello", Color.FromArgb(0xff, 0xaa, 0), Color.Black);
  

• Clear screen and move cursor.

  ConsoleControl.Clear();     // clear screen and move to top-left corner
  ConsoleControl.ClearLine(); // clear line and move to left side
  

• Enable colored output on Windows 10 1511 and later.
  • Called implicitly whenever you call the ConsoleControl.Color, Write, WriteLine, Clear, or ClearLine methods.
  • Can be manually checked and opportunistically enabled.

    bool colorable = ConsoleControl.IsColorSupported();
    

Cryptography

• Random string generation

  string randomString = Cryptography.GenerateRandomString(length: 20);
  

  • Polyfill for .NET < 8
• Is certificate temporally valid?

  X509Certificate2 myCert;
  bool isValid = myCert.IsTemporallyValid(safetyMargin: TimeSpan.Zero, now: DateTime.Now);
  

  [!WARNING] Only checks time validity, not trust chain, revocation, or algorithm weakness.

• Get certificate subject/issuer named part.

  X509Certificate2 myCert;
  string? subjectCommonName = myCert.SubjectName.Get("CN");
  string? issuerOrg = myCert.Issuer.Get("O");
  

Date and Time

• Absolute value of TimeSpan with a more discoverable name that Duration, whose name doesn't imply absolute value at all

  TimeSpan absValue = TimeSpan.FromHours(-1).Abs() == TimeSpan.FromHours(1);
  

Decimal math

• Math operations on 128-bit decimal values
  • ATan
  • Acos
  • Asin
  • Atan2
  • CalculateSinFromCos
  • Cos
  • Cosh
  • Exp
  • IsInteger
  • IsSignOfSinePositive
  • Log
  • Log10
  • Power
  • PowerN
  • Sin
  • Sinh
  • Sqrt
  • Tan
  • Tanh
  • TruncateToPeriodicInterval

Directories

• Delete directory without throwing an exception on missing directories.

  bool found = Directories.TryDelete(directory: "myDir", recursive: false);
  

DNS

• Fluent resolving method

  IPEndPoint? ipAddress = await new DnsEndPoint("aldaviva.com", 443).Resolve();
  

  • If you need to resolve anything other than an A or AAAA record, take a look at DnsClient.NET instead

Enumerables

• Filter out null values.

  IEnumerable<string?> sparseList = new List<string?> { "a", "b", null };
  IEnumerable<string> list = withNulls.Compact(); // ["a", "b"]
  
  IDictionary<string, object?> sparseMap = new Dictionary<string, object?> {
      ["a"] = "AA",
      ["b"] = "BB",
      ["c"] = null
  };
  IDictionary<string, object> map = sparseMap.Compact(); // { "a": "AA", "b": "BB" }
  

• Add multiple values at once.

  IList<string> list = ["a"];
  list.AddAll("b", "c"); // ["a", "b", "c"]
  

• Upsert into non-concurrent dictionary.

  Dictionary<string, string> map = new() {
      ["a"] = "AA"
  };
  
  string a = map.GetOrAdd(key: "a", value: "AA", out bool aAdded); // a == "AA", aAdded == false
  string b = map.GetOrAdd(key: "b", valueFactory: () => "BB", out bool bAdded); // b == "BB", bAdded == true
  

  • Value factories can also be asynchronous
• Fluent set difference method

  ISet<string> original = new HashSet<string> { "a", "b", "c" };
  ISet<string> subtract = new HashSet<string> { "a", "b" };
  ISet<string> diff = original.Minus(subtract); // ["CC"]
  

• Filter out consecutive duplicate values.

  IEnumerable<string> original = ["a", "a", "b", "b", "c", "b"];
  IEnumerable<string> deduped = original.DistinctConsecutive(); // ["a", "b", "c", "b"]
  

• Convert IAsyncEnumerator to list.

  IAsyncEnumerator<string> enumerator = MyEnumerateAsync();
  IReadOnlyList<string> enumerated = await enumerator.ToList();
  

• Get the first, last, singleton, or indexed item, or return null instead of default for value types, which are ambiguous with present elements.

  IEnumerable<TimeSpan> ts = [TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2)];
  TimeSpan? head     = ts.FirstOrNull();                                          // 1 second
  TimeSpan? last     = ts.LastOrNull();                                           // 2 seconds
  TimeSpan singleton = ts.SingleOrNull() ?? TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3);              // 3 seconds
  TimeSpan t         = ts.ElementAtOrNull(index: 100) ?? TimeSpan.FromSeconds(4); // 4 seconds
  

• Get an element from a dictionary by key, or return null instead of default, because default value types are ambiguous with present elements. This avoids having to use an awkward, verbose TryGetValue in a ternary operator every time. Also includes methods for reference typed keys, because TryGetValue did not exist in .NET Standard 2.0.

  var structDict = new Dictionary<string, int> { { "a", 0 } };
  int? a = structDict.GetValueOrNullStruct("a"); // 0
  int? b = structDict.GetValueOrNullStruct("b"); // null instead of 0, the default value of int, which is ambiguous with the presence of "b"
  
  var classDict = new Dictionary<string, string> { { "c", "0" } };
  string? c = classDict.GetValueOrNull("c"); // "0"
  string? d = classDict.GetValueOrNull("d"); // null
  

• Head and tail

  IEnumerable<string> original = ["a", "b", "c"];
  (string? head, IEnumerable<string> tail) = original.HeadAndTail();
  // head == "a", tail == ["b", "c"]
  

  • If the item type is a value-type struct, use HeadAndTailStruct() instead.
• Delta changeset between two enumerables (created, updated, deleted, and unchanged items)

  public record Person(long id, string name);
  IEnumerable<string> original = [new Person(1, "Alice"), new Person(2, "Bob"), new Person(3, "Charlie")];
  IEnumerable<string> @new = [new Person(1, "Alice"), new Person(3, "Carol"), new Person(4, "Dan")];
  
  (IEnumerable<Person> created, IEnumerable<Person> updated, IEnumerable<Person> deleted, IEnumerable<Person> unmodified) 
      = original.DeltaWith(@new, person => person.id);
  // created contains Dan
  // updated contains Carol
  // deleted contains Bob
  // unmodified contains Alice
  

  • The original and new items don't have to be of the same type.
• Atomic swap on ConcurrentDictionary to upsert new value and get old value

  ConcurrentDictionary<string, ValueHolder<int>> map = Enumerables.CreateConcurrentDictionary(Singleton.Dictionary("a", 1));
  int? oldValue = map.Swap(key: "a", newValue: 2); // oldValue == 1, map["a"] == 2
  

• Atomic compare and swap on ConcurrentDictionary to update new value if it exists and matches old value, and also get the old value

  ConcurrentDictionary<string, ValueHolder<int>> map = Enumerables.CreateConcurrentDictionary(Singleton.Dictionary("a", 1));
  int? oldValue = map.CompareAndSwap(key: "a", oldValue: 1, newValue: 2);
  

• Get or add to ConcurrentDictionary and determine whether a new value was added or an existing value was returned

  ConcurrentDictionary<long, Person> clients = new();
  Person alice = clients.GetOrAdd(key: 1, newValue: new Person("Alice"), out bool aliceAdded);
  Person bob   = clients.GetOrAdd(key: 2, valueFactory: id => new Person(id, "Bob"), out bool bobAdded);
  

• Get or add to ConcurrentDictionary and dispose of created but unadded values.

  ConcurrentDictionary<string, HttpClient> clients = new();
  HttpClient actual = clients.GetOrAddWithDisposal(key: "aldaviva.com", valueFactory: domain => new HttpClient { BaseAddress = domain }, out bool added);
  // if clients already contained the key "aldaviva.com", then
  //     actual will be the existing client,
  //     added will be false, and
  //     any new HttpClient that may have been temporarily created for insertion before being discarded will be disposed
  // otherwise, actual will be a new HttpClient instance, and added will be true
  

• Factories for singleton Dictionaries, Sets, and enumerables of key-value pairs

  IReadOnlyDictionary<string, int>       dict = Singleton.Dictionary(key: "a", value: 1);
  IReadOnlySet<string>                   set  = Singleton.Set(item: "a");
  IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, int>> kvs  = Singleton.KeyValues(key: "a", value: 1);
  

• Filter by exact type instead of by superclass.

  public class Superclass;
  public class Subclass: Superclass;
  
  IEnumerable<object> a = [new Superclass(), new Subclass()];
  IEnumerable<Superclass> superclasses = a.OfTypeExactly<Superclass>();
  // superclasses does not contain any Subclass instances
  

• Polyfill for IList<T>.AsReadOnly for .NET versions before 8, including .NET Standard

  IReadOnlyList<string> ro = new List<string> { "a", "b" }.AsReadOnly();
  

Exceptions

• Get the chain of causes for an exception, which is a sequence of all of its inner exceptions, recursively. Excludes outermost exception.

  Exception e;
  IEnumerable<Exception> causeChain = e.GetCauseChain();
  // equivalent to [e.InnerException, e.InnerException.InnerException, ...]
  

• Get the chain of messages for an exception, which is a string of all of its inner messages, recursively. Includes outermost message.

  Exception e;
  string messages = e.MessageChain(includeClassNames: true);
  // like $"Exception: outer message; OtherExceptionClass: inner message; ..."
  

• Determine if an IOException was caused by a file already existing on Windows.

  try {
      Stream file = new FileStream("filename", FileMode.CreateNew, FileAccess.Write);
  } catch (IOException e) when (e.IsCausedByExistingWindowsFile()){
      // filename already exists
  }
  

  • This case is undetectable on Linux and Mac OS, so it always returns false there.

Lazy

• Easily dispose of lazy value without all the conditional and exception handling boilerplate

  Lazy<HttpClient> httpClientHolder = new(() => new HttpClient(), LazyThreadSafetyMode.PublicationOnly);
  httpClientHolder.TryDisposeValue();
  

Paths

• Trim trailing slashes

  Paths.TrimTrailingSlashes(@"C:\Users\Ben\Desktop\") == @"C:\Users\Ben\Desktop"
  Paths.TrimTrailingSlashes("/home/ben/") == "/home/ben"
  

• Create new empty temporary subdirectory in specific parent directory

  Paths.CreateTempDir(); // example: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp\temp-12345678
  Paths.CreateTempDir(Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(@"%temp%\myapp")); // example: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp\myapp\temp-abcdefgh
  

• Convert DOS backslashes to Unix forward slashes

  Paths.Dos2UnixSlashes(@"C:\Users\Ben\Desktop") == "C:/Users/Ben/Desktop"
  

• Match file extension against a set

  IReadOnlySet<string> videoExtensions { get; } = new HashSet<string> {
         ".3gpp", ".asf", ".avi", ".bik", ".divx", ".dv", ".f4v", ".flv", ".m1v", ".m4v", ".mkv", ".mov", ".mp4", ".mp4v", ".mpeg", ".mpg", ".ts", ".vob", ".webm", ".wmv"}.ToFrozenSet();
  bool hasVideoExt = Paths.MatchesExtensions("myfile.mp4", videoExtensions);
  

Processes

• Command line argument marshalling with correct escaping and quoting
  • String to array (requires Unfucked.Windows package)

    IEnumerable<string> argv = WindowsProcesses.CommandLineToEnumerable("arg1 arg2");
    

  • Array to string

    string args = Processes.CommandLineToString(["arg1", "'argument' \"2\""]);
    

• Run program and get output and exit code, like Node.js' child_process.execFile()

  (int exitCode, string stdout, string stderr) result = 
      await Processes.ExecFile("path/to/program.exe", ["arg1", "arg2"], extraEnv, "workDir", hideWindow: false, ct);
  

• Determine whether the current program is a console or Windows GUI app.

  bool isWindowsGuiProgram = Processes.IsWindowsGuiProgram();
  

Strings

• Coerce empty strings to null

  "".EmptyToNull(); // null
  

• Fluently check if a string has any non-whitespace characters

  " ".HasText(); // false
  

• Fluently check if a string has any characters

  "".HasLength(); // false
  

• Fluent join method

  new[] { "A", "B" }.Join(", ");
  

• Uppercase first letter

  "ben".ToUpperFirstLetter(); // "Ben"
  

• Lowercase first letter

  "Ben".ToLowerFirstLetter(); // "ben"
  

• Trim multiple strings from start, end, or both

  "..::Ben::..".Trim(".", ":"); // "Ben"
  

• Join enumerable into an English-style list with commas an a conjunction like and

  new[] { "Dewey", "Cheetum", "Howe" }.JoinHumanized(",", "and", true); // "Dewey, Cheetum, and Howe"
  

• Fluent conversion method to byte array

  "Ben".ToByteArray(new UTF8Encoding(false, true)); // [0x42, 0x65, 0x6E]
  

• Fluent conversion method to byte stream

  Stream stream = "Ben".ToByteStream();
  

• Convert DOS CRLF line breaks to Unix LF line breaks

  "A\r\nB".Dos2Unix(); // "A\nB"        
  

• Repeat a string a certain number of times

  "Ben".Repeat(4); // "BenBenBenBen"
  

• Polyfills for StringBuilder.AppendJoin in .NET Standard 2.0
• Polyfills for string.StartsWith(char) and string.EndsWith(char) in .NET Standard 2.0
• Polyfills for string.Contains(string, StringComparison) in .NET Standard 2.0
• Polyfills for string.Join overloads that take ReadOnlySpan in .NET Standard 2.0 and .NET Runtimes < 9

Tasks

• Unbounded delay time (.NET ≥ 6 tops out at 49.7 days, .NET < 6 tops out at 24.9 days)

  await Tasks.Delay(TimeSpan.FromDays(365));
  

• Await multiple tasks and proceed when any of them both completes and the return value passes a predicate, or they all fail to complete or the predicate
  • Return true if any passed or false if they all failed

    Task<string> a, b;
    bool any = await Tasks.WhenAny([a, b], s => s.Length > 1);
    

  • Return the first passing task's result, or null if they all failed

    Task<string> a, b;
    string? firstOrDefault = await Tasks.FirstOrDefault([a, b], s => s.Length > 1);
    

• Asynchronously await the cancellation of a CancellationToken without blocking the thread, which is especially important to prevent a deadlock if a CancellationToken is used to keep your main thread from exiting

  await cancellationToken.Wait();
  

• Cancel a CancellationToken when the user presses Ctrl+C

  CancellationTokenSource cts = new();
  cts.CancelOnCtrlC();
  

• Get the result of a task, or null if it threw an exception, to allow fluent null-coalescing to a fallback chain, instead of a temporary variable and multi-line try/catch block statement

  object resultWithFallback = await Task.FromException<object>(new Exception()).ResultOrNullForException() ?? new object();
  

URIs

• Fluent method to get URL query parameters

  string? value = new Uri("https://aldaviva.com?key=value").GetQuery()["key"];
  

• Builder pattern for URLs

  Uri url = new UrlBuilder("https", "aldaviva.com")
      .Path("a")
      .Path("b/c")
      .QueryParam("d", "e")
      .QueryParam("f", "{f}")
      .ResolveTemplate("f", "g")
      .Fragment("h")
      .ToUrl(); // https://aldaviva.com/a/b/c?d=e&f=g#h
  

• Truncate URIs to remove the fragment, query parameters, or path. Useful for getting the origin too.

  Uri full = new("https://[email protected]:443/path?key=value#hash");
  full.Truncate(URI.Part.Query);     // https://[email protected]:443/path?key=value
  full.Truncate(URI.Part.Path);      // https://[email protected]:443/path
  full.Truncate(URI.Part.Authority); // https://[email protected]:443/
  full.Truncate(URI.Part.Origin);    // https://aldaviva.com:443
  

XML

• Fluent methods to read an XML document from an HTTP response body as a mapped object, DOM, LINQ, or XPath

  using HttpResponseMessage response = await new HttpClient().GetAsync(url);
  MyClass        obj   = await response.Content.ReadObjectFromXmlAsync<MyClass>();
  XmlDocument    dom   = await response.Content.ReadDomFromXmlAsync();
  XDocument      linq  = await response.Content.ReadLinqFromXmlAsync();
  XPathNavigator xpath = await response.Content.ReadXPathFromXmlAsync();
  

• Find all descendant elements of a parent node which have a given tag name.

  XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(xmlString);
  IEnumerable<XElement> els = doc.Descendants("head", "body");
  

All Unfucked libraries

• Unfucked
• Unfucked.Caching
• Unfucked.Compression
• Unfucked.DateTime
• Unfucked.DI
• Unfucked.HTTP
• Unfucked.ICS
• Unfucked.OBS
• Unfucked.PGP
• Unfucked.STUN
• Unfucked.Twitch
• Unfucked.Windows