IMPORTANT: DEPRECATION NOTICE

This full .NET Framework library has been deprecated.

The functionality has been refactored out into the following ChannelAdam .NET Standard libraries.

• ChannelAdam Commands Library
• ChannelAdam Dispatch Proxies Library
• ChannelAdam Disposing Library
• ChannelAdam Logging Library
• ChannelAdam Primitive Extensions Library
• ChannelAdam Reflection Library
• ChannelAdam Transient Fault Handling Library
• ChannelAdam Weak Events Library
• ChannelAdam XML Library

Overview

The open source, full .NET Framework, ChannelAdam Core Library provides some helpful .NET functionality - such as the implementation of various design patterns. This functionality also just happens to be used in the other ChannelAdam code libraries…

Below are the main features of the library. See the linked code for details.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Getting Started

NuGet Package Installation

To install the ChannelAdam.Core NuGet package run the following command in the Package Manager Console:

1PM> Install-Package ChannelAdam.Core

Features

Disposable Pattern

Have you ever thought that the disposable pattern was complicated to implement or understand? Inherit this and it’s easy!

• Disposable base class
• Disposable base class with a Destructor

Command Pattern

Have you ever needed to implement a Command Pattern?

Command Action

A Command Action has an Execute method with a void return parameter.

• Command Action interface
• Command Action base class

Command Function

A Command Function has an Execute method with a specified return parameter.

• Command Function interface
• Command Function base class

Reversible Commands

Need to execute some commands and be able to undo them? This Reversible Command implementation is for you!

Use the Reversible Command Manager to manage the stack of commands that can be reversed.

• Reversible Command Action interface
• Reversible Command Action base class
• Reversible Command Function interface
• Reversible Command Function base class

Set Property - Command Implementation

A command implementation for setting a property on an object.

• Set Property Command
• Reversible Set Property Command

Weak Event Pattern

Need a Weak Event in specific circumstances to prevent memory leaks in your event listeners?

• Weak Event interface
• Weak Event implementation

Simple Logger

A very simple interface for logging or writing out to the console.

• Simple Logger interface
• Simple Logger implementation

Embedded Resources

Easily retreive embedded resources from their manifest resource stream.

• Embedded Resource helper

Real Proxies

Getting low-level with a Real Proxy? These are disposable and have retry capability!

• Disposable Real Proxy
• Disposable Object Real Proxy
• Retry Enabled Disposable Object Real Proxy

Retry Policies (for Transient Fault Handling)

Some handy interfaces to describe retry policies.

• Retry Policy Action interface
• Async Retry Policy Action interface
• Retry Policy Function interface
• Async Retry Policy Function interface
• Sample Retry Policy Adapter for the Microsoft Transient Fault Handling library

XML

XML validation, serialisation and type conversion made easy.

• Extension methods for converting XML to various types
• Extension methods for serialising XML
• Validate XML against an XSD Schema