DotPrimitives 4.4.0

.NET 8.0 This package targets .NET 8.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. .NET Standard 2.0 This package targets .NET Standard 2.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. 
dotnet add package DotPrimitives --version 4.4.0
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package DotPrimitives -Version 4.4.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="DotPrimitives" Version="4.4.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="DotPrimitives" Version="4.4.0" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="DotPrimitives" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add DotPrimitives --version 4.4.0
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: DotPrimitives, 4.4.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package DotPrimitives@4.4.0
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=DotPrimitives&version=4.4.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=DotPrimitives&version=4.4.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

DotPrimitives

My C# primitives library for adding new types and features.

Primitives Included

Added Types

  • DateSpan - Represents a span of time as represented by days, months, or years, between two dates.
  • WindowsFilePermission - Represents Windows file permissions.
  • LineEndingFormat - Enum for representing line endings.
  • DeperecatedAttribute - Attribute for marking types and members as deprecated for eventual removal.

Static Helpers

  • ExceptionThrower - Throws exceptions cleanly with or without a message.
  • LineEndingDetector - Detect line endings in a string.
  • StorageDrives - Detect physical and logical storage drives
  • PathEnvironmentVariable - Retrieve path environment variables
  • WindowsFilePermissionManager - Set or Get Windows file permissions for a file.

Getting Started

Support

This can be added to any .NET Standard 2.0, .NET 8, .NET 9, or .NET 10 supported project.

Pre-requisites

Installation

  • Nuget or dotnet add package DotPrimitives

Usage

License

DotPrimitives is licensed under the MIT licence.

See LICENSE.txt for more information.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the following projects for their great work:

  • Polyfill for simplifying .NET Standard 2.0 support
  • Microsoft's System.ComponentModel.Annotations package for .NET Standard - This is used to enable .NET Standard 2.0 support on DotPrimitives's attributes.
  • Microsoft's Microsoft.Bcl.HashCode for providing a backport of the HashCode class and static methods to .NET Standard 2.0
Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 was computed.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 was computed.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 is compatible.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed.  net9.0 is compatible.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed.  net10.0 is compatible.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
.NET Framework net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed. 
MonoMac monomac was computed. 
MonoTouch monotouch was computed. 
Tizen tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed. 
Xamarin.Mac xamarinmac was computed. 
Xamarin.TVOS xamarintvos was computed. 
Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos was computed. 
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Version Downloads Last Updated
4.4.0 379 4/9/2026
4.3.3 953 3/12/2026
4.3.2 1,138 2/15/2026
4.3.1 751 1/30/2026
4.2.0 909 1/16/2026
4.1.0 1,016 12/22/2025

* Updated internal Polyfill version from 9.18.0 to 10.1.1
* Deprecated some code for removal in v5