Category: .NET

Interpreter–part 7 of n–thank you

In our days you cannot build a project without help from other projects.  So it is your project – it is build on the shoulder of others( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_on_the_shoulders_of_giants )

Add a third party notice and thanks others that contributes with components to your project.

I have discovered https://github.com/KrystianKolad/DotnetThx  – and running it gives me that :

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Package:InterpreterDll
Page:https://github.com/ignatandrei/interpreter
Andrei Ignat
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Package:McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils
Page:https://github.com/natemcmaster/CommandLineUtils
Nate McMaster
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Page:https://github.com/natemcmaster/CommandLineUtils-max
Nate McMaster
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Page:https://github.com/natemcmaster/CommandLineUtils-max2
Nate McMaster
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Page:https://github.com/mthamil/CommandLine.Core
Matt Hamilton
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Page:https://github.com/mthamil/CommandLine.Core
Matt Hamilton
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Page:https://github.com/crozone/FormatWith
Ryan Crosby
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Page:http://netfx.codeplex.com/
Henri Wiechers,  Daniel Cazzulino,  kzu,  Clarius
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Page:http://netfx.codeplex.com/
Henri Wiechers,  Daniel Cazzulino,  kzu,  Clarius
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Page:https://github.com/OfficeDev/Open-XML-SDK
Microsoft
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Page:https://github.com/micjahn/ZXing.Net/
Michael Jahn
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Page:https://github.com/google/protobuf
Google Inc.
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Page:https://github.com/andersnm/ExcelNumberFormat
ExcelNumberFormat developers
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Page:http://nunit.org/
Charlie Poole
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Page:https://github.com/molinch/WebP.Touch
Daniel Luberda, Molinet Fabien, Cosmin Gordea
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Page:http://code.google.com/p/bclcontrib-parseformat/
Sky Morey
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Page:https://github.com/scottrippey/SmartFormat.NET
Scott Rippey,axuno gGmbH,Bernhard Millauer and other contributors.
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Page:
AdamSpeight2008
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Page:https://github.com/mntone/Data.Amf
mntone and qwerty
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Page:https://github.com/dwmkerr/file-format-wavefront
Dave Kerr
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Page:http://mstr.se/sffjs
Daniel Mester Pirttijärvi
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Page:https://github.com/tor4kichi/Data.Amf
tor4kichi
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Page:https://github.com/phstc/jquery-dateFormat
Pablo Cantero
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Page:https://sites.google.com/site/hongjiedai/projects/tmuclinicalnet
Hong-Jie Dai
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Page:https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/CITnet/stash/projects/SDMXRI/repos/nsiws.net/browse
Eurostat
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Page:
AdamSpeight2008
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Page:https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn
Microsoft
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Page:https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn
Microsoft
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Page:https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn
Microsoft
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Page:https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn
Microsoft
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Page:https://github.com/denis-tsv/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Extensions
Denis Tsvettsih
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Page:https://github.com/benjamin-hodgson/Sawmill
benjamin.hodgson
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Page:https://github.com/rickardp/roslyn
Rickard
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Page:http://github.com/JosefPihrt/Roslynator
Josef Pihrt
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Page:http://github.com/JosefPihrt/Roslynator
Josef Pihrt
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Page:https://github.com/molinch/Ben.Demystifier-RoslynScriptingCompatibility
ben_a_adams molinch
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Page:https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn
Microsoft
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Page:https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn
Microsoft
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Page:https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn
Microsoft
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Page:https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn
Microsoft
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Page:https://github.com/molinch/Ben.Demystifier-RoslynScriptingCompatibility
ben_a_adams molinch
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Package:Newtonsoft.Json
Page:https://www.newtonsoft.com/json
James Newton-King
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Page:https://github.com/Nillerr/Amplified.ValueObjects
Nicklas Jensen
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Page:https://github.com/BrannonKing/CommonSerializer
Brannon King
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Page:https://github.com/6bee/Remote.Linq
Christof Senn
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Page:https://github.com/6bee/aqua-core
Christof Senn
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Page:https://github.com/Alterdata/RestSharp.Newtonsoft.Json.NetCore
Bernardo Esbérard
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Page:
Henrik Feldt,  Logibit AB
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Page:https://github.com/OrleansContrib/orleans.serialization.json
Daniel Marbach
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Page:
wx1983@gmail.com
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Page:https://github.com/SkillsFundingAgency/Core
Skills Funding Agency
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Page:https://docs.particular.net/nuget/NServiceBus.Newtonsoft.Json
Particular Software
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Page:https://github.com/adamfisher/RestSharp.Serializers.Newtonsoft.Json
Adam Fisher
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Page:https://github.com/bridgedotnet/Bridge.Newtonsoft.Json
Object.NET, Inc.
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Page:https://github.com/JohanLarsson/Gu.SerializationAsserts
Johan Larsson
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Alexander Krylkov
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Mark Gascoyne
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CodeSharp
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tonerdo
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Microsoft
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ben_a_adams molinch
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Microsoft
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Microsoft
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Morten Nielsen
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Microsoft
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Microsoft
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Microsoft
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Microsoft
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Ladislav Šesták
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Wojciech Kotlarski
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Shouldly
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Marcin Markowski
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Marcin Markowski
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Mark Gascoyne
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whortleberrybearer
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This language wrapper: Eirik Årdal. Original Shouldly: See Shouldly NuGet package

A whole bunch of packages – that it is clear that helps my project.

Obtain data from ANAF(local IRS)

In ROmania ANAF is providing a WebAPI that allows access to some of the information that any enterprise should provide. The API is described at https://webservicesp.anaf.ro/PlatitorTvaRest/api/v3/ ,

I have made a C# console and a node,js script.

The differences:

1.it is easiear in node to make an http request.

2. For C# – I think in components. For node – I think in application.

Without further ado, here is the code

using RestSharp;
using System;

namespace InfoAnafWS
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            if(args.Length == 0)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("lipseste CUI ");
                return;
            }
            var client = new RestClient("https://webservicesp.anaf.ro");
            var request = new RestRequest("PlatitorTvaRest/api/v3/ws/tva", Method.POST);
            request.RequestFormat = DataFormat.Json;
            string date = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-5).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
            string req = "";
            foreach (var item in args)
            {
                req += string.Format(@"{{'cui': {1}, 'data':'{0}'}}", date, item);
            }
            req = req.Replace("'", "\"");
            req = "[" + req + "]";

            request.AddParameter("application/json", req, ParameterType.RequestBody);
            var data = client.Execute(request);
            Console.WriteLine(data.Content);
        }
    }
}



const start = async () => {
	
let request = require('request');

const d = require('delay');
await d(1000);
var fs = require('fs');
var array = fs.readFileSync('CUI.txt').toString().split("\r\n");
var start=0;

while(start<array.length){
	var nr = Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.floor(495))+1;
	var jsonData=[];
	console.log('start at ' + start+  ' for nr ' + nr);
	var i=0;
	while(i<nr && i+start<array.length){
		jsonData.push({"cui": array[i+start], "data":"2018-03-26"});
		i++;		
	}
	
	var finish=false;
	console.log('array :'+ jsonData[0].cui + '-'  + jsonData[nr-1].cui);
	request.post(
    'https://webservicesp.anaf.ro/PlatitorTvaRest/api/v3/ws/tva',
    { json: jsonData },
    function (error, response, body) {
		finish=true;
        if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
            console.log(body);
			fs.writeFile(`text${start}_${nr}.json`, JSON.stringify( body ), function (err) {
            if (err) {
                return console.log(err);
            }

            console.log("The file was saved!" + `text${start}_${nr}.json`);
        });

        }
    });
	start = start+nr;
	while(!finish){
		console.log('waiting');
		await d(13000);
	}
	

}
console.log('finish')
return;

}
start();

Tiny Types–documentation–part 4

This is a series

  1. http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/03/12/tiny-types-in-cpart-1/
  2. http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/03/19/tiny-types-part-2adding-iequatable/

  3. http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/03/26/tinytypesadding-equality-operatorpart-3/

  4. http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/04/02/tiny-typesdocumentationpart-4/

tiny types in C#

Build Status

Tiny types is a NuGET dll , https://www.nuget.org/packages/TinyTypesObjects/

Also , you can find the construction here: http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/category/tinytypes/

The documentation is copied shameless from https://github.com/jan-molak/tiny-types

Installation

To install the module from nuget : … Install-Package TinyTypesObjects …

Defining Tiny Types

An int on its own is just a scalar with no meaning. With an object, even a small one, you are giving both the compiler and the programmer additional information about what the value is and why it is being used.

‐ Jeff Bay, Object Calisthenics

Single-value types

To define a single-value TinyType – extend from TinyType<T>() :

If you want operator ==, please use TinyTypeOf or TinyTypeOfString 

using TinyTypesObjects;

public class Age : TinyTypeOf<int>
    {
        public Age(int nr) : base(nr)
        {

        }
    }
public class FirstName : TinyTypeOfString
    {
        public FirstName(string str) : base(str)
        {

        }
    }

Every tiny type defined this way has a get property value of type T, which you can use to access the wrapped primitive value. For example: 

var firstName = new FirstName("Jan");

Assert.AreEqual(firstName.value , "Jan");
Converting from / to original values

There are defined conversions between type T and the class 

public void TestConvert()
        {
            string s = "http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro";
            TinyTypeOfString tt = s;
            Assert.AreEqual(s, (string)tt);

            int nr = 7;
            TinyTypeOf<int> tt1 = nr;

            Assert.AreEqual(nr, (int)tt1);
        }

so the following code should work for the class with constructor string 

class TestConstructor
    {
        public TestConstructor(string firstName)
        {
            FirstName = firstName;
        }

        public string FirstName { get; }
    }
[TestMethod]
        public void TestConstructor()
        {
            var firstName = new FirstName("Jan");
            TestConstructor tc = new TestConstructor(firstName);
            Assert.AreEqual(tc.FirstName, "Jan");
        }
Equals or ==

Each tiny type object has an equals method, which you can use to compare it by value: 

int nr = 7;
            TinyTypeOf<int> tt1 = nr;
            TinyTypeOf<int> tt2 = nr;

            Assert.AreEqual(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.IsTrue(tt1 == tt2);
Links:

GitHub: https://github.com/ignatandrei/tinyTypes

Blog About: http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/category/tinytypes/

NuGet: https://www.nuget.org/packages/TinyTypesObjects/

TinyTypes–adding equality operator–part 3

This is a series

  1. http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/03/12/tiny-types-in-cpart-1/
  2. http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/03/19/tiny-types-part-2adding-iequatable/

  3. http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/03/26/tinytypesadding-equality-operatorpart-3/

  4. http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/04/02/tiny-typesdocumentationpart-4/

Now we have come to the interesting part – the equality operator.

We have already operator equals, but not ==

 [TestMethod]
        public void TestSimpleIntOperatorEqual()
        {
            int nr = 7;
            TinyType<int> tt1 = nr;
            TinyType<int> tt2 = nr;

            Assert.AreEqual(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.IsFalse(tt1 == tt2);
        }
        [TestMethod]
        public void TestSimpleStringOperatorEqual()
        {
            string s = "http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro";
            TinyType<string> tt1 = s;
            TinyType<string> tt2 = s;

            Assert.AreEqual(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.IsFalse(tt1 == tt2);
        }

Because we primary want this TinyTypes for structs( int, double, bool, and so on) we can define a new class

For this we could implement operator  ==  by using the Equals operator ( because we KNOW that a struct cannot be null)

public class TinyTypeOf<T> : TinyType<T>
        where T:struct
    {
        public TinyTypeOf(T tDef) : base(tDef)
        {
        }

       
        public static bool operator ==(TinyTypeOf<T> lhs, TinyTypeOf<T> rhs)
        {
            if(lhs is null)
            {
                return rhs is null;
            }
            return lhs.t.Equals(rhs.t);
        }

        public static bool operator !=(TinyTypeOf<T> lhs, TinyTypeOf<T> rhs)
        {
            return !(lhs==rhs);
        }

CODE FOR NEW CLASS

Also, because the string is not a struct, but a class, we need for String also:

public class TinyTypeOfString : TinyType<string>

And the tests are

using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using TinyTypesObjects;

namespace TinyTypesTest
{
    [TestClass]
    public class TestTinyTypeOperatorEqual
    {
        [TestMethod]
        public void TestSimpleIntOperatorEqual()
        {
            int nr = 7;
            TinyType<int> tt1 = nr;
            TinyType<int> tt2 = nr;

            Assert.AreEqual(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.IsFalse(tt1 == tt2);
        }
        [TestMethod]
        public void TestSimpleStringOperatorEqual()
        {
            string s = "http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro";
            TinyType<string> tt1 = s;
            TinyType<string> tt2 = s;

            Assert.AreEqual(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.IsFalse(tt1 == tt2);
        }
        [TestMethod]
        public void TestSimpleStringOperatorEqualWorks()
        {
            string s = "http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro";

            TinyTypeOfString tt1 = s;
            TinyTypeOfString tt2 = s;

            Assert.AreEqual(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.IsTrue(tt1 == tt2);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestSimpleIntOperatorEqualWorks()
        {
            int nr = 7;
            TinyTypeOf<int> tt1 = nr;
            TinyTypeOf<int> tt2 = nr;

            Assert.AreEqual(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.IsTrue(tt1 == tt2);
        }
        [TestMethod]
        public void TestSimpleIntNrOperatorEqualWorks()
        {
            int nr = 7;
            TinyType<int> tt1 = nr;
            
            Assert.AreEqual(tt1, nr);
            Assert.IsTrue(tt1 == nr);
        }
    }
}

Tiny Types part 2–adding IEquatable

This is a series

  1. http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/03/12/tiny-types-in-cpart-1/
  2. http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/03/19/tiny-types-part-2adding-iequatable/

  3. http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/03/26/tinytypesadding-equality-operatorpart-3/

  4. http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/04/02/tiny-typesdocumentationpart-4/

As always, the bigger problem is adding equality. The Tiny Type should be equal with the inner value – and with the other type with the same value. And, in C#, when you implement equality , there is a whole theory – see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/336aedhh(v=vs.100).aspx .

So the code to define equality is 60 lines long just for defining equality for 

public class TinyType<T>:IEquatable<T>, IEquatable<TinyType<T>>

   

But this is not all. This is the code for testing equality

using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using TinyTypesObjects;

namespace TinyTypesTest
{
    [TestClass]
    public class TestTinyTypeEquals
    {
        [TestMethod]
        public void TestSimpleStringEquals()
        {
            #region arrange
            string s = "http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro";
            #endregion
            #region act
            TinyType<string> tt1 = s;
            TinyType<string> tt2 = s;
            #endregion
            #region assert
            Assert.IsTrue(tt1.Equals(tt2));
            Assert.AreEqual(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.AreEqual<TinyType<string>>(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>(s, tt2);
            #endregion
        }
        [TestMethod]
        public void TestSimpleStringWithNull()
        {
            #region arrange
            string s = null;
            #endregion
            #region act
            TinyType<string> tt1 = s;
            TinyType<string> tt2 = null;
            #endregion
            #region assert
            Assert.IsFalse(tt1.Equals(tt2));
            Assert.AreNotEqual(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.AreNotEqual<TinyType<string>>(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>(s, tt2);
            #endregion
        }
        [TestMethod]
        public void TestSimpleStringNull()
        {
            #region arrange
            string s = null;
            #endregion
            #region act
            TinyType<string> tt1 = s;
            TinyType<string> tt2 = s;
            #endregion
            #region assert
            Assert.IsTrue(tt1.Equals(tt2));
            Assert.AreEqual(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.AreEqual<TinyType<string>>(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>(s, tt2);
            #endregion
        }
        [TestMethod]
        public void TestSimpleIntEquals()
        {
            #region arrange
            int s = 1;
            #endregion
            #region act
            TinyType<int> tt1 = s;
            TinyType<int> tt2 = s;
            #endregion
            #region assert
            Assert.IsTrue(tt1.Equals(tt2));
            Assert.AreEqual(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.AreEqual<int>(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.AreEqual<TinyType<int>>(tt1, tt2);
            Assert.AreEqual<int>(s, tt2);
            
            #endregion
        }

    }
}

Tiny types in C#–part 1

This is a series

  1. http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/03/12/tiny-types-in-cpart-1/
  2. http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/03/19/tiny-types-part-2adding-iequatable/

  3. http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/03/26/tinytypesadding-equality-operatorpart-3/

  4. http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/04/02/tiny-typesdocumentationpart-4/

I have read about tiny types in Javascript  – at https://darrenhobbs.com/2007/04/11/tiny-types/ and at https://janmolak.com/tiny-types-in-typescript-4680177f026e . It was an interesting idea – especially in this world of REST API .

I decided to make the same on C# – so here it is: https://github.com/ignatandrei/tinyTypes and at https://www.nuget.org/packages/TinyTypesObjects .

For the moment , the tests are minimal – just to get working :

using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using TinyTypesObjects;

namespace TinyTypesTest
{
    [TestClass]
    public class TestTinyType
    {
        [TestMethod]
        public void TestConvert()
        {
            string s = "http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro";
            TinyType<string> tt = s;
            Assert.AreEqual(s, (string)tt);
        }
        [TestMethod]
        public void TestBehaviour()
        {
            #region arrange + act
            Author a1 = new Author("andrei", "ignat");
            Author a2 = new Author(
                new FirstName("andrei"),new LastName( "ignat"));

            Author a3 = new Author(firstName:"andrei",lastName: "ignat");
            #endregion
            #region assert
            Assert.AreEqual(a2.FullName(), a3.FullName());
            Assert.AreEqual(a2.FullName(), a3.FullName());
            #endregion

        }
    }
}

Next time , I will do IComparable / Iequatable /Equals and others

Making any call to a function of an object thread safe

 

 

I was wondering how to modify old code to support threads /task .

So I was making a small project about making any function of an object thread safe.

NuGet Package at : https://www.nuget.org/packages/ThreadSafeObject/

The solution contain tests and 2 console project for .NET Core and .NET Framework 4.5.1

The usage is pretty easy

Let’s say you have this

Calculation c = new Calculation();
c.Add();

And you want

c.Add

to be thread safe

In the Package Manager Console write:

Install-Package ThreadSafeObject

Then modify your code to:

Calculation c = new Calculation();
dynamic ts = new ThreadSafe(c);
ts.Add();

It is a toy project- however, it has tests to prove it is correct.

You can download the code source from https://github.com/ignatandrei/ThreadSafeObject/

Task and generic list

Could you spot the problem in transforming one code that is sequential into a Task ( threaded ) one?

First , this is the sequential one:

 

            var ret = new List<Indicator>();
            var jsonData = await data.JsonData();
            var jo = JArray.Parse(jsonData);
            var page = jo[0].ToObject<Pagination>();
            var array = jo[1].ToObject<Indicator[]>();
            ret.AddRange(array);
            var currentPage = 1;
            while (currentPage < page.pages)
            {
                currentPage++;
                jsonData = await data.JsonData(currentPage);
                jo = JArray.Parse(jsonData);
                array = jo[1].ToObject<Indicator[]>();
                ret.AddRange(array);

            }
            Debug.Assert(ret.Count == page.total, $"{nameof(ret.Count)} : {ret.Count} should be equal {nameof(page.total)} : {page.total}");
            return ret.ToArray();

 

This is the modified with task:

 

            var jsonData = await data.JsonData();
            var jo = JArray.Parse(jsonData);
            var page = jo[0].ToObject<Pagination>();
            var array = jo[1].ToObject<Indicator[]>();
            var ret = new List<Indicator>(array);

            var currentPage = 1;
            var downloads = new List<Task>();
            while (currentPage < page.pages)
            {
                currentPage++;
                var itemPage = currentPage;
                var task = data.JsonData(itemPage)
                    .ContinueWith(it =>
                    {
                        var data = JArray.Parse(it.Result);
                        var pageNr = data[0].ToObject<Pagination>();
                        var indicators = data[1].ToObject<Indicator[]>();
                       ret.AddRange(indicators);

                    }
                );

                downloads.Add(task);
            }
            await Task.WhenAll(downloads);
            Debug.Assert(ret.Count == page.total, $"{nameof(ret.Count)} : {ret.Count} should be equal {nameof(page.total)} : {page.total}");
            return ret.ToArray();

Ok. If you do not know , here is a helper:
Sometimes, at line

 ret.AddRange(indicators)

it gives the error:

System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. —> System.ArgumentException: Source array was not long enough. Check srcIndex and length, and the array’s lower bounds.
at System.Array.Copy(Array sourceArray, Int32 sourceIndex, Array destinationArray, Int32 destinationIndex, Int32 length, Boolean reliable)
at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.set_Capacity(Int32 value)
at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.InsertRange(Int32 index, IEnumerable`1 collection)

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The answer is simple : List < T > is not Thread safe. If you have small quantities of data, does not matter. I was having 16174 records – and sometimes , when multiple threads have come to .AddRange , the internal re-dimensioning of array it does not fulfill the task ( imagine one thread redim to 100, then other 3 threads coming with request of 50+ data)

Solution 1.

Use ConcurrentBag< T > instead of List < T > . This is thread safe and does the trick

Solution 2.
Add to the array in the final of data ( not use ContinueWith) . The code is slightly low performant 

           var jsonData = await data.JsonData();
            var jo = JArray.Parse(jsonData);
            var page = jo[0].ToObject<Pagination>();
            var array = jo[1].ToObject<Indicator[]>();
            var ret = new List<Indicator>(array);

            var currentPage = 1;
            var downloads = new List<Task<string>>();
            while (currentPage < page.pages)
            {
                currentPage++;
                var itemPage = currentPage;
                var task = data.JsonData(itemPage);
                downloads.Add(task);
            }
            await Task.WhenAll(downloads);

            foreach (var t in downloads)
            {
                var data = JArray.Parse(t.Result);
                //var pageNr = data[0].ToObject<Pagination>();
                var indicators = data[1].ToObject<Indicator[]>();
                //Console.WriteLine($"reading {pageNr.page} with {item.Length}");
                ret.AddRange(indicators);

            }
            //Console.WriteLine($"total records {ret.Count}");
            Debug.Assert(ret.Count == page.total, $"{nameof(ret.Count)} : {ret.Count} should be equal {nameof(page.total)} : {page.total}");
            return ret.ToArray();

You will find the code at IndicatorRepository in https://github.com/ignatandrei/WorldBankAPi

Maintaining history of data

 

What is this about?

I tend to quote Fowler: “Usually when we see properties on a class, they represent questions we can ask of an object now. However there are times when we don’t want to just ask questions about a property of an object now, we also want to ask these questions about some point in the past when things may have changed. “

For example , we want to track every change that occurs at an Employee ( changing name, salary) and see the previous versions( what was the salary 2 years ago ?)

So what are the software solutions to do an audit log ? First, we should have a history table for each table that we want to maintain an audit log. E.g. Employee => EmployeeHstory

Solution 1 : Coding / Event Sourcing

That means code should maintain history himself – i.e. adding to the history table every modifications.

For Entity Framework this can be done easy, by overiding SaveChanges.

Demo at https://youtu.be/YZ9GDjFApns 

Solution 2 : Table Triggers

This can be done from database . There are triggers for insert , update, delete – and those triggers insert the data in the history table

Demo at https://youtu.be/9xsvCJ-1f7Q

Solution 3, Temporal Tables, Microsot  Sql Server 2016 :

Documentation at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/tables/temporal-tables 

Limitations at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/tables/temporal-table-considerations-and-limitations 

Demo at https://youtu.be/1Q3DmXJI5h8

Five common mistakes for ASP.NET MVC accesing resources : css, js, images, ajax

This is a Razor /MVC5 variant of older post
http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2010/10/09/five-common-mistakes-for-asp-net-mvc-accesing-resources-css-js-images-ajax/

To have once for all the link to show to people, because too much makes the same error again and again. (From here – you can use ResolveUrl or Url.Content – it’s the same for me. I use ResolveUrl because I used first …)

Case 1 The image does not display

Please check you have the following : 

 <img src="@Url.Content("~/Content/images/YOURIMAGE.jpg" )" alt="image" style="border:0" /> or 

 
<img src="~/Content/images/YOURIMAGE.jpg" alt="image" style="border:0" />

Case 2 The css does not show

Please check you have the following : 

 @string.Format("<link href="{0}" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />", Url.Content("~/Content/your.css"))

or 

 <style type="text/css">
@import '@Url.Content("~/Content/your.css")';

</style>  
  <style type="text/css">
<link href='~/Content/your.css' type='text/css' rel='stylesheet' />

</style>

Case 3 The js does not execute (undefined error)

3.1 Please check you have the following : 

 <script type="text/javascript" src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/yourjs.js")"></script>

or 

 <script type="text/javascript" src="~/Scripts/yourjs.js"></script>

This should be either in _Layout.cshtml, or in the scripts section 

 @section scripts {   }

in your .cshtml file.
3.2 please check in browser console ( press F12 ) for any javascript error that code may have

Case 4 The js does execute in .cshtml page, but did not execute under js file

Please check you DO NOT have the following @something in the js file. The js file is not interpreted by the same engine as cshtml, so can not interpret asp.net tags. Instead , add a parameter to your function for each @ variable that you have. Simple example : Let’s say in cshtml you have : 

 <script type=”text/javascript”>

function Generate(){

window.open('@Url.Action(“About”)’);
}

</script>

and you call Generate() from .cshtml file. Now you want the same in a .js file. The function Generate will have a parameter instead of Razor variable 

 function Generate(url){  window.open(url); }

and call like this from .cshtml file: 

 Generate('@Url.Action("About")');

Case 5 The ajax request gives you a 404 error.

Please ensure that you have 

 @Url.Content("~/path”)

and not 

 /path

when you call the Ajax URL

Bonus 1: T4MVC , http://mvccontrib.codeplex.com/releases

Bonus 2: Edit the project file and put <MvcBuildViews>true</MvcBuildViews>

( short url: http://bit.ly/asp5Mistakes)

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