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Extension methods missing from System.String in the .NET Framework 3.5 (Beta 1)

UPDATE: Extension methods

Extension methods are a feature of the new C# language specification (also available in Visual Basic [^] [^]):

This new feature should be used in existing classes like the String class by making the folowing methods extension methods:

public static int Compare(this string strA, string strB);

public static int Compare(this string strA, string strB, bool ignoreCase);

public static int Compare(this string strA, string strB, System.StringComparison comparisonType);

public static int Compare(this string strA, string strB, bool ignoreCase, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture);

public static int Compare(this string strA, int indexA, string strB, int indexB, int length);

public static int Compare(this string strA, int indexA, string strB, int indexB, int length, bool ignoreCase);

public static int Compare(this string strA, int indexA, string strB, int indexB, int length, System.StringComparison comparisonType);

public static int Compare(this string strA, int indexA, string strB, int indexB, int length, bool ignoreCase, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture);

public static int CompareOrdinal(this string strA, string strB);

public static int CompareOrdinal(this string strA, int indexA, string strB, int indexB, int length);

public static string Concat(this string str0, string str1);

public static string Concat(this string str0, string str1, string str2);

public static string Concat(this string str0, string str1, string str2, string str3);

public static string Copy(this string str);

public static string Intern(this string str);

public static string IsInterned(this string str);

public static bool IsNullOrEmpty(this string value);

This would allow us to write code like this:

if (someString.IsNullOrEmpty())

{

    //...

}

If you would like to see this in the next release of the .NET framework, vote on this suggestion.

Published Sun, May 13 2007 19:41 by Paulo Morgado

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Comments

# UPDATE: Extension methods@ Monday, May 14, 2007 6:32 PM

Looks like I was way wrong in here and here . I had thought that from the top of my head because I tried

Paulo Morgado

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