CsvConverterToCsvTSource(IEnumerableTSource, Int32, CsvMapping, ActionTSource, Object, Char) Method

Converts a collection of TSource instances to a CSV String without header row.

Definition

Namespace: FolkerKinzel.CsvTools.Mappings
Assembly: FolkerKinzel.CsvTools.Mappings (in FolkerKinzel.CsvTools.Mappings.dll) Version: 1.1.0+1263e8243dc2cd78095f678f813d7d9c52ea4315
C#
public static string ToCsv<TSource>(
	IEnumerable<TSource> data,
	int columnsCount,
	CsvMapping mapping,
	Action<TSource, Object> conversion,
	char delimiter = ','
)

Parameters

data  IEnumerableTSource
The data to convert to CSV. Each item will be represented with a CSV row.
columnsCount  Int32
Number of columns in the CSV file.
mapping  CsvMapping
The CsvMapping used to convert a TSource instance to a CSV row.
conversion  ActionTSource, Object

A method that fills the content of a TSource instance into the properties of mapping.

conversion is called with each CSV row to be written and it gets the TSource instance and mapping as arguments. mapping is passed to the method as dynamic argument: Inside the conversion method the registered DynamicProperty instances can be used like regular .NET properties, but without IntelliSense ("late binding").

With each call of conversion all DynamicProperty instances in mapping are reset to their DefaultValue.

delimiter  Char  (Optional)
The field separator character.

Type Parameters

TSource
Generic type parameter for the data type to write as CSV row.

Return Value

String
A CSV String without header row that contains the contents of data.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullExceptiondata, or mapping, or conversion is null.
ArgumentOutOfRangeExceptioncolumnsCount is negative.
IOExceptionI/O error.

See Also