Category: tinyTypes

Tiny Types–documentation–part 4

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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/

TinyTypes–adding equality operator–part 3

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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

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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

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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