I am a new user to C# and I am having difficulty with one last thing to finish this script I am working on. I am in .NET 5.0. I am working on writing some results out to a csv file but when I use the string.Format() method, I am only getting the first value… Read More Using String.Format() Method in .NET 5.0 in C#

I’m implementing a modding interface for a game written in .net using Harmony. The original game code consists of mostly classes without specific access modifiers, which unfortunately defaults them to internal and makes modding kind of a pain. I have access to the original source code, so I can modify it however I want. I’m… Read More Make internal classes accessible to all external assemblies

I need to insert few dummy data into the Dictionary, Below is what I have tried. var fakesites = new List<Site> { new Site { Id = 1 } }; var fakedata = new Dictionary<Gateway, List<FeMeasurementValues>>() { new Gateway { SiteId = 1, FirmwareVersion = "1.1.1", ConnectivityStatus = GatewayConnectivityStatus.ReadyToConnect }, new Gateway { SiteId =… Read More How to insert data into Dictionary<Model, List<Model>() using C#

When my handler receives a request which contains some data and one or more images I want to achieve the following: save data into db upload images to cloud storage If either of the actions fails I want to roll back everything, all or nothing approach. I’m thinking to do this inside database transaction …… Read More Multiple operations (all or nothing approach)

I am planning to use Elsa workflow for an enterprise application with acceptance flow (State machine). I am not sure about this process: I have multiple workflow models designed by admin user. Each is related to a different entity. Now in the corresponding api controller I want to start a workflow for the entity. The… Read More Starting an Elsa workflow from a Workflow model in a controller

so basically my idea is that every product added to the database should have its name, price and the name of the user who created it assigned to it. I’m getting user and checking if user exists in the database. If he is im creating new product which is productDto instance. and finally when I… Read More How to add productDto to user's product array?

Note that JsonElement is nullable (for a reason elsewhere in my project): JsonElement? json = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<JsonElement?>(jsonData); List<JsonElement?> itemsArray = json?.EnumerateArray().ToList(); The error in this code says: Cannot convert from List<JsonElement> to List<JsonElement?> >Solution : Working with .Select() from System.Linq to casting each element to Nullable<JsonElement> type. using System.Linq; List<JsonElement?> itemsArray = json?.EnumerateArray() .Select(x => x… Read More How do I enumerate through a JsonElement Array and then convert it to a List?

I have some validation code that throws an exception if a string is null/empty/blank. I’d like for it to signal to the null checking system that argument is not null after the function returns. void ThrowIfNullEmptyOrBlank(string? argument, string paramName) => ThrowIf(Check.Null & Check.Empty & Check.Blank, argument, paramName); [return: NotNull] void ThrowIfNullEmptyOrBlank(string? argument, string paramName) isn’t… Read More How to annotate a C# function to say that a parameter is not null if it returns

I’ve come across a bit of a problem. I want to convert a steam game name to its corresponding steam app id via the steamapi. I’m trying to figure out how to get the entirety of a object from a value it contains ( {"applist":{"apps":[{"appid":230410,"name":"Warframe"}, {"appid":25300,"name":"Call of Duty"}, {"appid":292410,"name":"Team Fortress 2"}]}} for example. the name… Read More C# Retrieve JSON Object by Containing Value