DotNetColorParser 0.1.1

DotNetColorParser

.Net library parsing strings with notated colors and converting them to .Net Color object. Library support almost all color notations used in CSS3. Color notations are extendable and customizable.

Usage

Static methods

Any color notation

You can use static method witch converts string with any correct color notation supported by default. e.g:

string stringWithColor = "rgba(255,0,128,0.5)";

var color = ColorParser.Parse(stringWithColor);

In that case method try parse string using all notations added to ColorParser.DefaultProvider collection. This object by default contains all standard color notations.

Specify color notation only

If you wont to parser only one specify notation then you can write:

string stringWithColor = "#ff008080";

var color = ColorParser.Parse<HexRGBANotation>(stringWithColor);

In that case if you pass string like "rgba(255,0,128,0.5)" method throw the UnkownColorNotationException.

Customizing and extending supported color notations

You can add custom color notation support by adding to ColorParser.DefaultProvider custom object implementing IColorNotation interface.

To customize supported by default color notations you can set to ColorParser.DefaultProvider new ColorNotationProvider class instance.

ColorParser.DefaultProvider = new ColorNotationProvider() { HexRGBANotation, RGBANotation, RGBNotation };

Class instance

You can dynamically create new instance of ColorParser class and configure supported notations by passing ColorNotationProvider object into constructor.

var colorParser = new ColorParser(new ColorNotationProvider() { HexRGBANotation, RGBANotation, RGBNotation });

string stringWithColor = "#ff008080";

var color = colorParser.ParseColor(stringWithColor);

If you pass null in ColorParser instead ColorNotationProvider object then ColorParser use ColorParser.DefaultProvider.

Inversion of Control (IoC)

You can use it also with IoC container:

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddSingleton<IColorNotationProvider>(()=> new ColorNotationProvider() { HexRGBANotation, RGBANotation, RGBNotation });
    services.AddSingleton<IColorParser, ColorParser>();
}

public class SomeClass
{
    readonly IColorParser colorParser;
    string stringWithColor = "#ff008080";

    public SomeClass(IColorParser colorParser) 
    {
        this.colorParser = colorParser;
    }

    public Color ReadColor()
    {
        return colorParser.ParseColor(_stringWithColor);
    }
}

Supported color spaces:

• RGB
• RGBA
• HSL
• HSLA
• HSV

Supported notations:

All this notations are default added to ColorNotationProvider.

R (red), G (green), B (blue) - number between 0 and 255.

A - decimal number between 0 and 1 or percentage value between 0% and 100%

hue - value between 0 and 360 degrees [deg], value can be also specify in other angels units like radius [rad], gradus [grad], turns [turn].

saturation, lightness, alpha - percentage value between 0% and 100% or decimal number between 0 and 1.