Seqeasy.StringPattern 0.0.1.1

Seqeasy

Lite-weight and easy-to-use sequence generating library using buildable patterns. Provides built-in support for a number of standard types, as well as support for custom types. Sequences can be built using pre-defined or custom character sets. Also provides a thread-safe context. Supports .netstandard2.1 and on.

Pattern Types

• Constant: Prints a constant value to a sequence
• Random character/letter/number: Prints a random letter, number, or character (letter or number) to the sequence.
• Incrementer: Prints an incrementing value to the sequence. Portions of incrementing value can be split within sequence using "increment chain".
• DateTime: Prints a date/time value to the sequence.

How to use

The simplest way to get started is by using the PatternBuilder class using a default character set (character sets can be found within the Seqeasy.CharacterSets namespace.

using Seqeasy;
using Seqeasy.CharacterSets.Special;

var builder = new PatternBuilder<HexCharSet>();

HexCharSet is a CharacterSet that uses the hexadecimal characters [0-9A-F].

PatternBuilder methods can be chained. Upon finalizing the building, GetGenerator can be called to produce a SequenceGenerator:

var generator = builder.AddConst("H").AddChar(4).GetGenerator();

In this example, a sequence value is produced by calling generator.GetNext(). The following code:

for (var i=0; i< 5; i++)
{
    Console.WriteLine(generator.GetNext());
}

will produce output similar to:

H97E2
HF1CD
H273A
H62A2
H799A

To use an incrementer, simply call PatterhBuilder.AddIncrement:

var generator = builder.AddConst("H").AddChar(1).AddIncrement(4).GetGenerator();

This will produce the following:

H50000
H70001
H20002
H50003
H10004
H70005
H10006
HC0007
H30008
H10009
H5000A
H1000B
HF000C
H6000D
H2000E
HE000F
H40010
H50011
HF0012
HA0013

Extensions

• Seqeasy.Extensions: Set of experimental token/section types that are not in main Seqeasy library.
• Seqeasy.StringPattern: Experimental class used to consume and produce a string pattern to generate generators.
• Seqeasy.StringPattern.Electrician: Source generator for Seqeasy.StringPattern used for type discovery to locate token types.
• Seqeasy.Tests: Test set for Seqeasy core.