This is a series
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http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/03/12/tiny-types-in-cpart-1/
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http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/03/19/tiny-types-part-2adding-iequatable/
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http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/03/26/tinytypesadding-equality-operatorpart-3/
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http://msprogrammer.serviciipeweb.ro/2018/04/02/tiny-typesdocumentationpart-4/
tiny types in C#
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/
