Notes to Implementers
Implement this method in derived classes to determine the behavior of
ConvertToCsv(Object) and ConvertToCsv(T). (Several
DynamicProperty instances in Mapping have to be filled with data.)
protected abstract void DoConvertToCsv(
T value
)
Protected MustOverride Sub DoConvertToCsv (
value As T
)
protected:
virtual void DoConvertToCsv(
T value
) abstract
abstract DoConvertToCsv :
value : 'T -> unit
Using MultiColumnTypeConverterT to create and parse a CSV file.
(For the sake of easier readability exception handling has been omitted.)
using FolkerKinzel.CsvTools;
using FolkerKinzel.CsvTools.Mappings;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing;
// A namespace alias helps to avoid name conflicts
// with the converters from System.ComponentModel
using Conv = FolkerKinzel.CsvTools.Mappings.TypeConverters;
namespace Examples;
/// <summary>
/// Parse <see cref="Color"/> instances whose data is distributed across
/// different columns of the CSV file.
/// </summary>
internal static class MultiColumnConverterExample
{
/// <summary>
/// Custom implementation of <see cref="Conv::MultiColumnTypeConverter{T}"/>
/// for the <see cref="Color"/> struct. (A ready-to-use implementation can't
/// be provided as it depends on the CSV file.)
/// </summary>
private sealed class ColorConverter : Conv::MultiColumnTypeConverter<Color>
{
public override bool AcceptsNull => false;
public ColorConverter(CsvMappingBuilder mapping)
: base(mapping, true, Color.Transparent) { }
// Copy ctor
private ColorConverter(ColorConverter other) : base(other) { }
// Using the copy ctor for cloning is required
public override object Clone() => new ColorConverter(this);
protected override void DoConvertToCsv(Color value)
{
dynamic mapping = Mapping;
mapping.A = value.A;
mapping.R = value.R;
mapping.G = value.G;
mapping.B = value.B;
}
protected override bool TryParse(out Color result)
{
dynamic mapping = Mapping;
try
{
result = Color.FromArgb(mapping.A, mapping.R, mapping.G, mapping.B);
return true;
}
catch (FormatException)
{
result = DefaultValue;
return false;
}
}
}
internal static void ParseDataFromSeveralCsvColumns()
{
Conv::TypeConverter<byte> byteConverter = new Conv::ByteConverter().ToHexConverter();
var mappingBuilder = CsvMappingBuilder.Create();
var colorConverter = new ColorConverter(mappingBuilder.AddProperty("A", byteConverter)
.AddProperty("R", byteConverter)
.AddProperty("G", byteConverter)
.AddProperty("B", byteConverter));
CsvMapping mapping = mappingBuilder
.AddProperty("ColorName", ["Name"], Conv::StringConverter.CreateNullable())
.AddProperty("Color", colorConverter)
.Build();
DirectoryInfo tmpDirectory = Directory.CreateTempSubdirectory();
string csvPath = Path.Combine(tmpDirectory.FullName, "Colors.csv");
CreateCsvFile(csvPath, mapping);
Console.WriteLine(File.ReadAllText(csvPath));
ShowCsvContentInBrowser(mapping, csvPath);
Thread.Sleep(5000);
tmpDirectory.Delete(true);
}
private static void CreateCsvFile(string csvPath, dynamic mapping)
{
using CsvWriter writer = Csv.OpenWrite(csvPath, ["Name", "A", "R", "G", "B"]);
mapping.Record = writer.Record;
mapping.ColorName = nameof(Color.CornflowerBlue);
mapping.Color = Color.CornflowerBlue;
writer.WriteRecord();
mapping.ColorName = nameof(Color.LawnGreen);
mapping.Color = Color.LawnGreen;
writer.WriteRecord();
mapping.ColorName = nameof(Color.Salmon);
mapping.Color = Color.Salmon;
writer.WriteRecord();
}
private static void ShowCsvContentInBrowser(CsvMapping mapping, string csvPath)
{
string htmlPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(csvPath) ?? "", "colors.htm");
CreateHtmlFile(htmlPath, csvPath, mapping);
_ = Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo { FileName = htmlPath, UseShellExecute = true });
}
private static void CreateHtmlFile(string htmlPath, string csvPath, dynamic mapping)
{
var htmlFile = new FileInfo(htmlPath);
using StreamWriter writer = htmlFile.AppendText();
writer.WriteLine("""
<html>
<head>
<title>Colors From CSV</title>
<style>
table { font-size: 200%; }
th, td { padding: 30px; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<thead>
<tr><th>Name</th><th>Color</th></tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
""");
using CsvReader csvReader = Csv.OpenRead(csvPath);
foreach (CsvRecord record in csvReader)
{
mapping.Record = record;
writer.Write("<tr><td>");
writer.Write(mapping.ColorName);
writer.Write("</td>");
writer.Write("<td style=\"background-color: #");
writer.Write((mapping.Color.ToArgb() & 0xFFFFFF).ToString("x"));
writer.Write(";\" />");
writer.WriteLine("</td></tr>");
}
writer.WriteLine("""
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>
""");
}
}
/*
Console Output:
Name,A,R,G,B
CornflowerBlue,FF,64,95,ED
LawnGreen,FF,7C,FC,0
Salmon,FF,FA,80,72
*/
FormatException | One of the susequent converters uses an invalid format string. |