VarDump.Extensions 0.3.0-alpha

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VarDump is a utility for serialization of runtime objects to C# or Visual Basic string.

Developed as a free alternative of ObjectDumper.NET, which is not free for commercial use.

C# & VB Dumper:

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using System;
using VarDump;

var anonymousObject = new { Name = "Name", Surname = "Surname" };
var cs = new CSharpDumper().Dump(anonymousObject);
Console.WriteLine(cs);
var vb = new VisualBasicDumper().Dump(anonymousObject);
Console.WriteLine(vb);

C# & VB Dumper, how to use DumpOptions:

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using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using VarDump;
using VarDump.Visitor;

var person = new Person { Name = "Nick", Age = 23 };
var dumpOptions = new DumpOptions { SortDirection = ListSortDirection.Ascending };

var csDumper = new CSharpDumper(dumpOptions);
var cs = csDumper.Dump(person);

var vbDumper = new VisualBasicDumper(dumpOptions);
var vb = vbDumper.Dump(person);

// C# string
Console.WriteLine(cs);
// VB string
Console.WriteLine(vb);

class Person
{
    public string Name {get; set;}
    public int Age {get; set;}
}

Object Extension methods:

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using System;
using System.Linq;
using VarDump.Extensions;
using VarDump.Visitor;

var dictionary = new[]
{
    new
    {
        Name = "Name1",
        Surname = "Surname1"
    }
}.ToDictionary(x => x.Name, x => x);

Console.WriteLine(dictionary.Dump(DumpOptions.Default));

Object Extension methods, how to switch default dumper to VB:

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using System;
using System.Linq;
using VarDump.Extensions;
using VarDump.Visitor;

VarDumpExtensions.VarDumpFactory = VarDumpFactories.VisualBasic;

var dictionary = new[]
{
    new
    {
        Name = "Name1",
        Surname = "Surname1"
    }
}.ToDictionary(x => x.Name, x => x);

Console.WriteLine(dictionary.Dump(DumpOptions.Default));

Extensibility:

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using VarDump;
using VarDump.Visitor;
using VarDump.Visitor.Descriptors;

// For more examples see https://github.com/ycherkes/VarDump/blob/main/test/VarDump.UnitTests/ObjectDescriptorMiddlewareSpec.cs

const string name = "World";
FormattableString formattableString = $"Hello, {name}";

var dumpOptions = new DumpOptions
{
    Descriptors = { new FormattableStringMiddleware() }
};

var csDumper = new CSharpDumper(dumpOptions);
var cs = csDumper.Dump(formattableString);

var vbDumper = new VisualBasicDumper(dumpOptions);
var vb = vbDumper.Dump(formattableString);

// C# string
Console.WriteLine(cs);

// VB string
Console.WriteLine(vb);

class FormattableStringMiddleware : IObjectDescriptorMiddleware
{
    public IEnumerable<IReflectionDescriptor> Describe(object @object, Type objectType, Func<IEnumerable<IReflectionDescriptor>> prev)
    {
        if (@object is FormattableString fs)
        {
            return Descriptor.FromObject(new
            {
                fs.Format,
                Arguments = fs.GetArguments()
            });
        }

        return prev();
    }
}

For more examples see Unit Tests

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