C# is a multiparadigm, managed, garbage-collected object-oriented programming language created by Microsoft in parallel with the .NET platform
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Will it be okay for an interface to take a dependency on an interface in this situation?
Background
I have an interface defined for a circular-buffer called ICircularBuffer in a separate project. This ICircularBuffer is something that we use all over the place, so it resides in the ...
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Verbose Return Types
I've recently been writing some code that deals with 3rd parties -- obviously errors will happen so I'm using Either/Maybe monads where appropriate. As this is C# I'm also using async Tasks too.
My ...
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Sharing information between two independent application
I have to share parameters/information between two independent applications: an Executable and a PDF file.
By clicking a button within the pdf I want to perform some specific task (or run code) in my ...
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Should I design my Unit-Of-Work like this?
I am using .net and Entity-Framework (EF) on the back end and I would like some advice on this Unit-Of-Work (UoW) implementation.
Should I create a unit of work with one entity and multiple services? ...
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How to do dynamic dimension for loops
I have a for loop in C# as below,
int[] dim1, dim2, dim3;
//Initialize dim1, dim2 and dim3
for(int i = 0; i < dim1.Length; i++)
{
DoSomething1(i);
for(int j = 0; j < dim2.Length; ...
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Creating instances of an interface through a static method
Is the following design flawed?
Basically I have a main class used to create an object of a type and then return it as the main interface of the type. The problem with this is that each of the ...
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Generic request processing
I got a webservice that accepts multiple calls that require different handling and validation, using generics I've managed to create a common class that accepts a handler and a validator and it looks ...
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Any languages where string default value = “”?
Are there any programming languages where the default value of a string is "" ? If so, what are they?
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im using c# in unity and im getting a compiler error [on hold]
I'm new to game development and I was copying some scripts from this set of videos on YouTube. I was on the 2nd video at about 4:30 in the video. When I tried to go to play mode, it told me to fix ...
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Injecting a factory with multiple constructor parameters
Initially I needed only one queue to be created by the MessageQueueFactory:
container.RegisterSingleton<IMessageQueueFactory>(() => {
var uploadedWaybillsQueuePath = ConfigurationManager
...
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Linear Regression Model in C# [on hold]
I have been looking for a multiple linear regression model library in C#. The best I have found is Accord which is really great but I need a model which only generates positive coefficients. The ...
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Matching objects of different types without violating SOLID/minimizing dependencies
I have two separate inheritance hierarchies that represent objects that can be "matched" to each other to consitute a FooBarMatch (which contains references to the matched FooBase and Bar partners):
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Candidates Criteria for a ranking system for job interview management system [on hold]
Im developing an app for my final project for my course and I thought in developing an application that managed all the interview scheduling aspects and to further help analyze the best candidates for ...
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API Design: Should I use strings or an enum for dictionary keys
I am working on an API in C#. I am trying to think about the simplest way to expose my API for consumers of it. In particular, I have a class in my exposed data model that has a dictionary property. ...
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What should I consider when scraping content from 6k+ Websites?
I am working on a project that will scrape data from roughly about 6,000 websites. I am considering using a server/client model in which the server is responsible for scraping the data and importing ...
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XElement.Parse and querying versus serialization (strongly typed objects)
We have a rather large code base that interacts with many SOAP based XML services.
Each one of these services makes 1 to n service calls A typical low level web service call looks like this ...
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Where is the implementation for Win32Native.WriteFile()?
I'm trying to go down the levels and see how Console.WriteLine() works.
I've narrowed it down to this:
Win32Native.WriteFile()
Which you can find here:
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What does Console.WriteLine() call behind the scenes?
I'm interested in how calling Console.WriteLine() actually displays text.
I've had a look at the source code from:
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Parameter with Multidimensional array & params keyword
By using params keyword with 1D array in method declearation, we can pass variable number of arguments without populating arrays.
Why it is compile time error when we use params keyword with ...
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Two classes which are supposed to be the same, but differ in lists
I am using a 3rd party API which yields JSON which has two ways of loading data - as a list of items, or as a singular item. The problem is that a given item in the list has different properties than ...
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Should I use static classes for methods that will do common tasks and would be called through out my application?
I have spent the last few hours reading up on the use of static classes and trying to figure out if I should be using them or not but still have not come to any sort of conclusion. It seems that the ...
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How to have server call a web page for data on a timer
My question is not how to call a web page in code but rather what the correct architecture for it would be.
I have an MVC web app that displays certain data from our database when the user visits a ...
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Creating a service to to run logic / queries and update a table vs. running logic / queries on client refreshes
I'm not sure if this is a thing. I'm sorry about the ambiguous title--I wasn't really sure how to explain it. Basically I have a ASP.NET web page that runs two SQL queries and does some logic to ...
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Dependency injection multiple instances or only one InrequestScope
I'm trying to understand what happens with dependencies (Ninject) when a same Interface in injected in multiple classes. I am specifying InRequestScope for my bindings so as I understand there should ...
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HTML agile package c# [closed]
I need to create a console application in Visual Basic With C# language but it requires HAP. The purpose of this console app is to download files from a website automatically
Thanks
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Serializing .NET object into a JSON string produces unreadable output [migrated]
I'm trying to convert a .NET object into a JSON string, because I want to be able to read the content of this object in the client side.
Here is my controller code:
public ActionResult ...
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Dependency Inversion expands the API, results in unnecessary tests
This question has bothered me for a few days, and it feels like several practices contradict each other.
Example
Iteration 1
public class FooDao : IFooDao
{
private IFooConnection ...
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Why aren't all method virtual or why doesn't have each class at least one interface?
This is more philosophical question, which address .NET platform, but maybe it is useful also for other languages. I'm doing lot of Unit Testing and especially when I'm using third-party components I ...
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Got confused while designing Aggregates
I am designing an application, which will store sports statistics, show them in different diagrams and do few more operations on them. Allow user to do some mock drafts etc.
I choose to build a ...
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Design pattern for managing three different objects
I´m looking for the best way to solve following problem:
I have three lists of different objects: AppleJuice, OrangeJuice & Juice. All Juice properties exists in AppleJuice & OrangeJuice ...
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How to add and use a database in a C# project in Visual Studio 2015? [migrated]
I'm learning C# for about 7 months now, and currently I'm studying LINQ. I worked with local collections, but I'd like to use it with databases too, and learn how to use a database in a program.
The ...
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Standard way to call virtual method
So recently I was working on a project where I had a base class that provided some common functionality. It had several virtual (overridable in vb) functions. I noticed that some of these methods ...
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Is it bad to create classes whose sole purpose is to be converted to another class implicitly?
Imagine a situation where we're using a library that allows you to create Circle objects, where you can specify the radius and the center of the circle to define it. However, for some reason, it also ...
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Knowledge base UI pattern
In our database backed (C# WPF / Entity Framework) application, we want to build a system to enter, store, display and search arbitrary content linked to our main entity. The challenge here is to find ...
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Why and when would you use a .NET framework data type?
I've seen an increasing trend of people submitting code to SO that includes the use of .NET Framework data types.
I understand that the .NET Framework has its own data types (like Int16, Int32, ...
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Is a PropertyChanged event handler bad if it is used for updating the database?
I have a class with several fields.
public bool Active { get; set; }
public List<Group> Groups { get; set; }
public string FirstName { ...
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Create different classes for staffers and users?
I am building a program for a law firm.
When a staffer is active (i.e. still works at the firm) he has a password to login the program; When a staffer is inactive (i.e. no longer works at the firm) ...
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How to calculate new property for old records efficiently?
Let's say we have classes something like this:
public class Item1{
public Guid Id {get; set;}
public string Name {get; set;}
public decimal Price {get; set;}
public int Quantity {get; ...
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Conditionally initializing a string list
I am writing a program that needs to be able to process data from a number of different sources. The sources output data in a variety of formats. So, depending on which source is being used, I need to ...
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Onion architecture design question
I recently started working on a new project where the team was considering use onion architecture, which I was not very familiar with, so I started reading about it.
The application is a simple 3D ...
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Make VS copy and paste code using some kind of attribute [migrated]
I am using VS 2015 and C#
I tried to search for it but I don't know what terms to use...
What I want to do is to mark part of my code with compiler special attribute or something and then go to ...
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Why does this shared buffer work?
Background
The following code snippet is taken from a problem in, Visual C# 2005: How to Program, by Paul and Harvey Deitel (pp. 735). The code snippet is more or less an application for accessing ...
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Suggestions for dataloading - semi dynamic data
I have a very old Perl based system that is used for CAD drawing searches, where each drawing has many metadata fields associated with it. Currently, the 'old' system has a database schema that has ...
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Dictionary of dictionaries design in C#
My question: is there a canonical way of creating a dictionary of dictionaries and providing an outer/inner key pair? Is there a NugetPackage out there with an implementation?
In my code, I have now ...
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Default Application Compatibilty Manifest for new Visual-Studio projects? [migrated]
I'm currently fighting with some app compat settings, specifically a certain shim, and looking into the compatibilty section of the application manifest.
Details aside, one thing that strikes me as ...
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Is indiscriminately catching exceptions (Pokemon exception handling) ever acceptable? [duplicate]
Normally, I don't anticipate exceptions and if I get them, its something that I can't fix in my code - bad user input or connectivity issues with the database.
But errors do occur so at the very ...
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Does anyone have a good DI registration pattern?
I've done this so many times but I never end up liking how my code turns out. I'm asking if anyone else has the same problems and can offer solutions or conventions that they've used to make cleaner ...
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Referencing a C++ DLL from within a C# ASP.NET project using Visual Studio Community 2015 [closed]
This question might be a little odd, but is there any specific way to import a C++ reference into an ASP.NET C# project?
The problem I am having is that VS is giving me the following error:
...
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OOP project design
here is the UML class diagram
subscribe method is used to add a herbivore object to the plant's watchers. when a plant is told to notify, itloops through all of the herbivore object in its watchers ...
