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How to split multiple word Models in ASP.NET MVC?

My project has models with 2 or more words in the name:
EngineConfigurationModel
MyProductModel
CurrentProductModel
CheckNetworkInventoryModel
I've got an extension that can create a breadcrumb:
public static string BuildBreadcrumbNavigation(this HtmlHelper helper)
{
// optional condition: I didn't wanted it to show on home and account controller
if (helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["controller"].ToString() == "Home" ||
helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["controller"].ToString() == "Account")
{
return string.Empty;
}
var htmlLink = helper.ActionLink("Home", "Index", "Home").ToHtmlString();
var sb = new StringBuilder("<ol class='breadcrumb'><li>");
sb.Append(htmlLink);
sb.Append("</li>");
sb.Append("<li>");
sb.Append(helper.ActionLink(helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["controller"].ToString().Titleize(),
"", // "Index",
helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["controller"].ToString()));
sb.Append("</li>");
if (helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString() != "Index")
{
sb.Append("<li>");
sb.Append(helper.ActionLink(helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString().Titleize(),
helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString(),
helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["controller"].ToString()));
sb.Append("</li>");
}
var result = sb.Append("</ol>").ToString().Replace("Index", "");
return result;
}
Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/26439510/153923
But, I want to split-up the words for project models with 2 or more words in the name.
for EngineConfigurationModel, class name EngineConfiguration would be 'Engine Configuration'
MyProductModel, class name MyProduct would be 'My Product'
CurrentProductModel, class name CurrentProduct would be 'Current Product'
CheckNetworkInventoryModel, class name CheckNetworkInventory would be 'Check Network Inventory'
For model properties with multiple words, I can use a [Display(Name = "some thing")] parameter like this:
[Display(Name = "Some Thing")]
public string SomeThing { get; set; }
I tried putting the Display attribute on the class declaration, but VS2022 says:
Attribute 'Display' is not valid on this declaration type. It is only valid on 'method, property, indexer, field, parameter' declarations.

I made something and I put it into an extension. It has gone through 2 revisions, but it seems to be flawless now.
Adding my work here for others:
public static string SplitTitleWords(this string value)
{
var cList = new List<char>();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
{
cList.Add(value[0]); // just add the first letter, whether caps, no caps, or number
for (var i = 1; i < value.Length; i++)
{
var c = value[i];
if (char.IsUpper(c))
{ // 01234567891234 0123456789012345
// check special cases like class AddPDFResource => Add PDF Resource
var c0 = value[i - 1];
if (char.IsUpper(c0))
{
if (i + 1 < value.Length)
{
var c1 = value[i + 1];
if (!char.IsUpper(c1))
{
cList.Add(' ');
}
}
} else
{
cList.Add(' ');
}
}
cList.Add(c);
}
}
var result = new String(cList.ToArray());
return result;
}
And here is a Breadcrumb extension method that calls it twice:
public static string BuildBreadcrumbNavigation(this HtmlHelper helper)
{
var result = string.Empty;
var controllerName = helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["controller"].ToString();
// optional condition: I didn't wanted it to show on home and account controller
if ((controllerName != "Home") && (controllerName != "Account"))
{
var homeLink = helper.ActionLink(
linkText: "Home",
actionName: "Index",
controllerName: "Home").ToHtmlString();
var sb = new StringBuilder($"<ol class='breadcrumb'><li>{homeLink}</li>");
var url = HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.ToString();
var urlParts = url.Split(new char[] { '/' });
if (!urlParts.Contains("Console"))
{
var controllerLink = helper.ActionLink(
linkText: controllerName.SplitTitleWords(),
actionName: "Index",
controllerName: controllerName);
sb.Append($"<li>{controllerLink}</li>");
} else
{
var a = $"Console";
sb.Append($"<li>{a}</li>");
}
var actionName = helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString();
sb.Append($"<li class=\"active\">{actionName.SplitTitleWords()}</li>");
result = sb.Append("</ol>").ToString();
}
return result;
}
It has been working great for me.

Need help comparing extracted data and outputting to file

New to C#, and having trouble finding ways to compare data so far collected from conf file, and outputting it to either text or CSV.
I so far have the skeleton of data extraction code from said conf file, however as I'm new to C# and coding overall, I'm having trouble understanding how to reference that data or compare it.
So far have tried File.WriteAllLiness and defining a variable, but not sure which element to parse, or at which point in the code I should introduce it.
Nothing to hide really, so here's the full output so far:
namespace CompareVal
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var lines = File.ReadAllLines(#"D:\*\*\Cleanup\Script Project\Test-Raw-Conf.txt");
var ipAddresses = GetIPAddresses(lines);
var routes = GetRoutes(lines);
var ipRules = GetIPRules(lines);
Console.WriteLine ();
}
static Dictionary<string, string[]> GetIPAddresses(string[] lines)
{
var result = new Dictionary<string, string[]>();
foreach (var line in lines)
{
if (!line.StartsWith("add IPAddress"))
{
continue;
}
Match match;
if (line.Contains("Address=\""))
{
match = Regex.Match(line, "add IPAddress (.*?) Address=\"(.*?)\"");
}
else
{
match = Regex.Match(line, "add IPAddress (.*?) Address=(.*?)$");
}
var name = match.Groups[1].Value;
var value = match.Groups[2].Value;
var items = value.Replace(" ", "").Split(',');
result.Add(name, items);
}
return result;
}
static List<Route> GetRoutes(string[] lines)
{
var result = new List<Route>();
string currentRoutingTable = null;
foreach (var line in lines)
{
if (line.StartsWith("cc RoutingTable"))
{
currentRoutingTable = line.Split(' ')[2].Trim();
}
if (line == "cc .." && currentRoutingTable != null)
{
currentRoutingTable = null;
}
if (line.StartsWith(" add Route"))
{
var #interface = Regex.Match(line, "Interface=(.*?) ").Groups[1].Value;
var gateway = Regex.Match(line, "Gateway=(.*?) ").Groups[1].Value;
var network = Regex.Match(line, "Network=(.*?) ").Groups[1].Value;
result.Add(new Route
{
RoutingTable = currentRoutingTable,
Interface = #interface,
Gateway = gateway,
Network = network
});
}
}
return result;
}
static List<IPRule> GetIPRules(string[] lines)
{
var result = new List<IPRule>();
string currentIPRuleSet = null;
foreach (var line in lines)
{
if (line.StartsWith("cc IPRuleSet"))
{
currentIPRuleSet = line.Split(' ')[2].Trim();
}
if (line == "cc .." && currentIPRuleSet != null)
{
currentIPRuleSet = null;
}
if (line.StartsWith(" add IPRule"))
{
var rule = new IPRule
{
IPRuleSet = currentIPRuleSet,
SourceInterface = GetProperty(line, "SourceInterface"),
DestinationInterface = GetProperty(line, "DestinationInterface"),
};
if (line.Contains("SourceNetwork=\""))
{
rule.SourceNetwork = GetQuotedProperty(line, "SourceNetwork").Replace(" ", "").Split(',');
}
else
{
rule.SourceNetwork = GetProperty(line, "SourceNetwork").Replace(" ", "").Split(',');
}
if (line.Contains("DestinationNetwork=\""))
{
rule.DestinationNetwork = GetQuotedProperty(line, "DestinationNetwork").Replace(" ", "").Split(',');
}
else
{
rule.DestinationNetwork = GetProperty(line, "DestinationNetwork").Replace(" ", "").Split(',');
}
result.Add(rule);
}
}
return result;
}
static string GetProperty(string input, string propertyName)
{
return Regex.Match(input, string.Format("{0}=(.*?) ", propertyName)).Groups[1].Value;
}
static string GetQuotedProperty(string input, string propertyName)
{
return Regex.Match(input, string.Format("{0}=\"(.*?)\" ", propertyName)).Groups[1].Value;
}
class Route
{
public string RoutingTable;
public string Interface;
public string Gateway;
public string Network;
}
class IPRule
{
public string IPRuleSet;
public string SourceInterface;
public string DestinationInterface;
public string[] SourceNetwork;
public string[] DestinationNetwork;
}
}
}
I'm hoping to compare values gathered by IPRule, Route and IPAddress classes, and have a method of outputting each associated value in a list. Each IPAddress is contains a unique string name, but can use any numerical IP address. The idea is to determine when the same IP has been used multiple times, regardless of IPAddress string name, and then compare this to routes, and flag when they are used in IPRules.
For reference, here are some samples of source data:
For IPAddresses, they can be formed in 1 of 2 ways - as a direct IP definition, or as a reference to another IPAddress object (or multi-reference):
add IPAddress Test Address=192.168.1.0/24
IPAddress referencing multiple other IPAddresses:
add IPAddress TestGroup Address="Test1, Test2, Test3"
For routes:
add Route Interface=if5 Gateway=if5_gw Network=Test ProxyARPInterfaces=""
And for IPRules:
add IPRule SourceInterface=if5 DestinationInterface=if3 SourceNetwork=Test1 DestinationNetwork=Test2 Service=dns-all Action=Allow
The above definitions will always follow the same pattern, so the data extraction code has been constructed to expect prefixes to each element, and sort them into their own dictionary or list.

C# Adding an array or list into an List

I've got a List of Document
public class Document
{
public string[] fullFilePath;
public bool isPatch;
public string destPath;
public Document() { }
public Document(string[] fullFilePath, bool isPatch, string destPath)
{
this.fullFilePath = fullFilePath;
this.isPatch = isPatch;
this.destPath = destPath;
}
The fullFilepath should a List or an Array of Paths.
For example:
Document 1
---> C:\1.pdf
---> C:\2.pdf
Document 2
---> C:\1.pdf
---> C:\2.pdf
---> C:\3.pdf
etc.
My problem if I am using an array string all Documents got "null" in its fullFilePath.
If I'm using a List for the fullFilePath all Documents got the same entries from the last Document.
Here is how the List is filled:
int docCount = -1;
int i = 0;
List<Document> Documents = new List<Document>();
string[] sourceFiles = new string[1];
foreach (string file in filesCollected)
{
string bc;
string bcValue;
if (Settings.Default.barcodeEngine == "Leadtools")
{
bc = BarcodeReader.ReadBarcodeSymbology(file);
bcValue = "PatchCode";
}
else
{
bc = BarcodeReader.ReadBacrodes(file);
bcValue = "009";
}
if (bc == bcValue)
{
if(Documents.Count > 0)
{
Array.Clear(sourceFiles, 0, sourceFiles.Length);
Array.Resize<string>(ref sourceFiles, 1);
i = 0;
}
sourceFiles[i] = file ;
i++;
Array.Resize<string>(ref sourceFiles, i + 1);
Documents.Add(new Document(sourceFiles, true,""));
docCount++;
}
else
{
if (Documents.Count > 0)
{
sourceFiles[i] = file;
i++;
Array.Resize<string>(ref sourceFiles, i + 1);
Documents[docCount].fullFilePath = sourceFiles;
}
}
}

You are using the same instance of the array for every document. The instance is updated with a new list of files at every inner loop, but an array is a reference to an area of memory (oversimplification, I know but for the purpose of this answer is enough) and if you change the content of that area of memory you are changing it for every document.
You need to create a new instance of the source files for every new document you add to your documents list. Moreover, when you are not certain of the number of elements that you want to be included in the array, it is a lot better to use a generic List and remove all that code that handles the resizing of the array.
First change the class definition
public class Document
{
public List<string> fullFilePath;
public bool isPatch;
public string destPath;
public Document() { }
public Document(List<string> fullFilePath, bool isPatch, string destPath)
{
this.fullFilePath = fullFilePath;
this.isPatch = isPatch;
this.destPath = destPath;
}
}
And now change your inner loop to
foreach (string file in filesCollected)
{
string bc;
string bcValue;
....
if (bc == bcValue)
{
List<string> files = new List<string>();
files.Add(file);
Documents.Add(new Document(files, true, ""));
docCount++;
}
else
Documents[docCount].fullFilePath.Add(file);
}
Notice that when you need to add a new Document I build a new List<string>, add the current file and pass everything at the constructor (In reality this should be moved directly inside the constructor of the Document class). When you want to add just a new file you could add it directly to the public fullFilePath property
Moving the handling of the files inside the Documents class could be rewritten as
public class Document
{
public List<string> fullFilePath;
public bool isPatch;
public string destPath;
public Document()
{
// Every constructory initializes internally the List
fullFilePath = new List<string>();
}
public Document(string aFile, bool isPatch, string destPath)
{
// Every constructory initializes internally the List
fullFilePath = new List<string>();
this.fullFilePath.Add(aFile);
this.isPatch = isPatch;
this.destPath = destPath;
}
public void AddFile(string aFile)
{
this.fullFilePath.Add(aFile);
}
}
Of course, now in you calling code you pass only the new file or call AddFile without the need to check for the list initialization.

The issue should be here:
string[] sourceFiles = new string[1];
If you move this line of code in your foreach you should solve this problem because in your foreach you always use the same variable, so the same reference.
int docCount = -1;
int i = 0;
List<Document> Documents = new List<Document>();
foreach (string file in filesCollected)
{
string[] sourceFiles = new string[1];
string bc;
string bcValue;
if (Settings.Default.barcodeEngine == "Leadtools")
{
bc = BarcodeReader.ReadBarcodeSymbology(file);
bcValue = "PatchCode";
}
else
{
bc = BarcodeReader.ReadBacrodes(file);
bcValue = "009";
}
if (bc == bcValue)
{
if(Documents.Count > 0)
{
Array.Clear(sourceFiles, 0, sourceFiles.Length);
Array.Resize<string>(ref sourceFiles, 1);
i = 0;
}
sourceFiles[i] = file ;
i++;
Array.Resize<string>(ref sourceFiles, i + 1);
Documents.Add(new Document(sourceFiles, true,""));
docCount++;
}
else
{
if (Documents.Count > 0)
{
sourceFiles[i] = file;
i++;
Array.Resize<string>(ref sourceFiles, i + 1);
Documents[docCount].fullFilePath = sourceFiles;
}
}
}

Parsing multi-line string in C#

I have a string that looks like this:
TYPE Email Forwarding
SIGNATURE mysig.html
COMPANY Smith Incorp
CLIENT NAME James Henries
... heaps of others ....
I need to get the values of Type, Signature, Company and Client Name. There are others but once I can find a soution on how to do these, I can do the rest. I have tried to split and trim the string but then it splits fields like CLIENT NAME or on values like Email Forwarding.

I would put all of the "key" values into a collection, and then parse the string into another collection and then compare the values of the collections.
Here is a rough outline of how you could get the values:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Assuming that you know all of the keys before hand
List<string> keys = new List<string>() { "TYPE", "SIGNATURE", "COMPANY", "CLIENT NAME" };
//Not sure of the origin of your string to parse. You would have to change
//this to read a file or query the DB or whatever
string multilineString =
#"TYPE Email Forwarding
SIGNATURE mysig.html
COMPANY Smith Incorp
CLIENT NAME James Henries";
//Split the string by newlines.
var lines = multilineString.Split(new string[] { Environment.NewLine }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
//Iterate over keys because you probably have less keys than data in the event of duplicates
foreach (var key in keys)
{
//Reduce list of lines to check based on ones that start with a given key
var filteredLines = lines.Where(l => l.Trim().StartsWith(key)).ToList();
foreach (var line in filteredLines)
{
Console.WriteLine(line.Trim().Remove(0, key.Length + 1));
}
}
Console.ReadLine();
}

That will do your job.
If it is multiple lines then you can loop through each line and call KeyValue extension method as given below:
public static class Program
{
public static void Main()
{
var value = "TYPE Email Forwarding".KeyValue();
var value1 = "CLIENT NAME James Henries".KeyValue();
}
public static KeyValuePair<string, string> KeyValue(this string rawData)
{
var splitValue = rawData.Split(new[] { ' ' }, System.StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
KeyValuePair<string, string> returnValue;
var key = string.Empty;
var value = string.Empty;
foreach (var item in splitValue)
{
if (item.ToUpper() == item)
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(key))
{
key += item;
}
else
{
key += " " + item;
}
}
else
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
{
value += item;
}
else
{
value += " " + item;
}
}
}
returnValue = new KeyValuePair<string, string>(key, value);
return returnValue;
}
}
Please note that this logic will work only when keys are all upper and the values are not all upper case. Otherwise, there is no way to identify which one is key (without having a manual track on keys) and which one is not.

How can I get all HTML attributes with GeckoFX/C#

In C# viaGeckoFx, I have not found a method to find all attributes of an element.
To do this, I made ​​a JavaScript function. Here is my code
GeckoWebBrowser GeckoBrowser = ....;
GeckoNode NodeElement = ....; // HTML element where to find all HTML attributes
string JSresult = "";
string JStext = #"
function getElementAttributes(element)
{
var AttributesAssocArray = {};
for (var index = 0; index < element.attributes.length; ++index) { AttributesAssocArray[element.attributes[index].name] = element.attributes[index].value; };
return JSON.stringify(AttributesAssocArray);
}
getElementAttributes(this);
";
using (AutoJSContext JScontext = new AutoJSContext(GeckoBrowser.Window.JSContext)) { JScontext.EvaluateScript(JStext, (nsISupports)NodeElement.DomObject, out JSresult); }
Do you have others suggestions to achieve this in C# (with no Javascript)?

The property GeckoElement.Attributes allows access to an elements attributes.
So for example (this is untested and uncompiled code):
public string GetElementAttributes(GeckoElement element)
{
var result = new StringBuilder();
foreach(var a in element.Attributes)
{
result.Append(String.Format(" {0} = '{1}' ", a.NodeName, a.NodeValue));
}
return result.ToString();
}