CsharpContainers

Some containers and base classes for general C# development

General Containers

• Result is a container for passing the value of computations that might fail (such as calls to IO or external services).
• PartialResult is a container for passing the value of computations that might fail for multiple reasons or return partially complete results.
• ValidationOutcome is a container for passing the value of checks that might fail in an informative way.
• DisposingContainer is a disposable list, which calls Dispose on contained items when they are removed, replaced, or the list itself is disposed.

Both Result and ValidationOutcome can be treated as booleans or their contained types to keep code clean.

Dictionaries

• Map is a dictionary wrapper that can generate entries when requested. This helps when working with loosely structured data.
• MultiMap is a multi-thread safe dictionary of key => List(value).
• AgeDictionary is a thread-safe dictionary that has a maximum age for elements, mainly for caching.

Queues and Buffers

• Dequeue is a generic, auto-sizing, double-ended queue, and attempts to be compatible with JavaScript array semantics.
• BiPartiteQueue is a fixed-size circular buffer that gives byte-array access, and keeps each item in a contiguous range.

General Types

• PartiallyOrdered is an Abstract class that handles sorting support, equality and inequality overrides from a single comparison method.
• Nothing - Represents an empty type in containers. All nothings are created equal.