Utilbox.Strings 2.0.0

Utilbox 🛠️

Utilbox is a modular collection of C# utility libraries designed to simplify common development tasks. With separate packages for handling dates, enums, results, strings, and pagination, Utilbox helps you write cleaner, more maintainable code without reinventing the wheel.

🚀 Getting Started

NuGet Packages:

Package	Version	Downloads
Utilbox.Dates
Utilbox.Enums
Utilbox.Result
Utilbox.Strings
Utilbox.Pagination

Packages Overview

Utilbox is composed of several packages, each addressing a specific area:

Utilbox.Dates

Provides methods and types for working with dates and date ranges.

• DateRange / DatetimeSpan – Represent and manipulate date ranges.
• DateTimeExtensions & Utilities – Retrieve start/end of day, week, month, and year; calculate business days; generate recurring date spans.

Utilbox.Enums

Offers robust extensions for enum types, including:

• Display and description retrieval via custom attributes
• Parsing, flag manipulation, and conversion helpers

Utilbox.Result

Implements the Result pattern for error handling and operation outcomes.

• Result and Result<T> – Represent successful and failed operations
• Fluent chaining methods (e.g. Chain, OnSuccess) for composable error handling

Utilbox.Strings

Contains string validation, conversion, and manipulation extensions.

• Validation – Email, URL, ISBN, alphabetic, numeric, etc.
• Casing Conversions – Title, camel, snake, and kebab case conversions
• General Manipulation – Trimming, safe substring, whitespace removal, multiple replacements, reversal

Utilbox.Pagination

Simplifies paginating collections and queryable sources.

• PaginatedResult<T> – Encapsulates paged data and metadata
• Extension methods for in-memory (IEnumerable<T>) and asynchronous (IQueryable<T>) pagination

Getting Started

Utilbox is built on .NET Standard 2.0 and is compatible with any .NET implementation that supports this standard.

Installation

You can install any of the Utilbox packages via NuGet. For example, to install Utilbox.Dates:

Using the Package Manager Console:

Install-Package Utilbox.Dates
Install-Package Utilbox.Enums
Install-Package Utilbox.Strings
Install-Package Utilbox.Pagination
Install-Package Utilbox.Result

Using the .NET CLI:

dotnet add package Utilbox.Dates
dotnet add package Utilbox.Enums
dotnet add package Utilbox.Strings
dotnet add package Utilbox.Pagination
dotnet add package Utilbox.Result

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and submit pull requests with clear descriptions of your changes. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

Utilbox is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

About

Utilbox is maintained by Rafael Ferreira at RAZ Solutions. For questions, bug reports, or feature requests, please open an issue or contact me directly.