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TPL Task Parrallel Library .net 4.0 parallel programming multi thread threading task queue user work item

//simple parallel function call
Parallel.Invoke(() => somefunc1(), () => somefunc2());

//parallel foreach with two lists
new List<List> tasks = new List<List>()
{
  new List() { new DataSource1ProcessorA() },
  new List() { new DataSource2ProcessorA(), new DataSource2ProcessorB() }
}

Parallel.ForEach(tasks, (items) =>
{
    foreach (var item in items)
    {
        item.GetData();
        item.Process();
    }
});

//new task static factory method approach
Task.Factory.StartNew(() => { data.GetData(); data.Process(); })
.ContinueWith(t => Logger.Error("An exception occurred while processing. Check the inner exception for details", t.Exception),
TaskContinuationOptions.OnlyOnFaulted);

//explicit object oriented
   // Create a task and supply a user delegate by using a lambda expression. 
        Task taskA = new Task( () => Console.WriteLine("Hello from taskA."));
        // Start the task.
        taskA.Start();
        // Output a message from the calling thread.
        Console.WriteLine("Hello from thread '{0}'.", 
                          Thread.CurrentThread.Name);
        taskA.Wait();

//using task run
  Thread.CurrentThread.Name = "Main";
      // Define and run the task.
      Task taskA = Task.Run( () => Console.WriteLine("Hello from taskA."));
      // Output a message from the calling thread.
      Console.WriteLine("Hello from thread '{0}'.", 
                          Thread.CurrentThread.Name);
      taskA.Wait();

References
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd460705.aspx

(added 20121023 good comprehensive resource with illustrative examples)
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/362996/Multi-core-programming-using-Task-Parallel-Library

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/threads/ParallelTasks.aspx

Optimize Managed Code For Multi-Core Machines
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163340.aspx

good blog
http://www.codethinked.com/net-40-and-systemthreadingtasks

queueuserworkitem
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4yd16hza.aspx

threadpool class
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y5htx827.aspx

task class
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.threading.tasks.task.aspx

task parrallelism
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd537609.aspx

How to: Use Parallel.Invoke to Execute Parallel Operations
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd460705.aspx

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Custom DAL Class SQL ORM ASP .NET

(common.DataObject may be of your choosing or may simply replace with dynamic)

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Data;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

using AIS.Common; //this is a common namespace I use in examples throughout my site
using System.Reflection;
using System.Dynamic;

//TODO: consider returning ienumerable in sp return values for lazy eval vs .tolist immediate eval
namespace AIS.DAL.AppName
{
    public static class StoredProcedures
    {
        public delegate void ErrorHandler(Exception ex);
        /// <summary>
        /// If no custom error handling is bound to this event, exceptions will be thrown back up to the calling function.
        /// If custom handling is bound to this event, ensure it does not perform a redirect or kill the thread unless you intend to abort the procedural
        /// steps following the method/function call which threw the error.
        /// </summary>
        public static event ErrorHandler HandleError;

        #region Unique Procedures
        public static List<Common.DataObject> LoadUserSessions_All(dynamic o)
        {
            return ExecuteRead("an_get_db_fn1", o);
        }

        public static List<Common.DataObject> LoadUserSessionsDetails_LiveStream(dynamic o)
        {
            return ExecuteRead("an_get_db_fn2", o);
        }

        public static List<Common.DataObject> LoadUserSessionsDetails_Live(dynamic o)
        {
            return ExecuteRead("an_get_db_fn3", o);
        }

        public static int LogChat()
        {
            return ExecuteScalar("an_get_db_fn4", null);
        }

        public static int LogError()
        {
            return ExecuteScalar("an_get_db_fn5", null);
        }
        #endregion

        //TODO: consider hiding from external assemblies which would require strong mappings above
        #region Execution Logic
        public static List<Common.DataObject> ExecuteRead(string procedurename, dynamic param)
        {
            try
            {
                SqlDataSource sds = new SqlDataSource();
                sds.ConnectionString = ConfigValues.TrainingPortalConnectionString;
                sds.SelectCommandType = SqlDataSourceCommandType.StoredProcedure;
                sds.SelectCommand = procedurename;

                if (param != null)
                {
                    foreach (PropertyInfo pi in param.GetType().GetProperties())
                    {
                        object pval = pi.GetValue(param, null);
                        if (pval != null)
                        {
                            sds.SelectParameters.Add(pi.Name, pval.ToString());
                        }
                    }
                }

                List<Common.DataObject> results = new List<Common.DataObject>();
                //sds.Select(new DataSourceSelectArguments()).Cast<DataRowView>().ToList().ForEach(o => Load_AddResult<dynamic>(o, ref results));
                sds.Select(new DataSourceSelectArguments()).Cast<DataRowView>().ToList().ForEach(o => Load_AddResult<Common.DataObject>(o, ref results));

                return results;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                HandleError_Condensed(ex);
                return null;
            }
        }

        public static void Load_AddResult<t>(Common.DataObject o, ref List<t> results)
        {
            try
            {
                t r = (t)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(t));

                foreach (PropertyInfo pi in typeof(t).GetProperties())
                {
                    object v = o[pi.Name].ToString();
                    Type pt = Type.GetType(pi.PropertyType.FullName);
                    //try { pi.SetValue(r, Convert.ChangeType(v, pt), null); }
                    //catch (Exception ex) { HandleError_Condensed(ex); }

                    o.Add(pi.Name, Convert.ChangeType(v, pt));
                }

                results.Add(r);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                HandleError_Condensed(ex);
            }
        }

        //public static void Load_AddResult<t>(dynamic o, ref List<t> results)
        //{
        //    try
        //    {
        //        t r = (t)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(t));

        //        foreach (PropertyInfo pi in typeof(t).GetProperties())
        //        {
        //            object v = o[pi.Name].ToString();
        //            Type pt = Type.GetType(pi.PropertyType.FullName);
        //            try { pi.SetValue(r, Convert.ChangeType(v, pt), null); }
        //            catch (Exception ex) { HandleError_Condensed(ex); }
        //        }

        //        results.Add(r);
        //    }
        //    catch (Exception ex)
        //    {
        //        HandleError_Condensed(ex);
        //    }
        //}

        public static void ExecuteNonScalar(string procedurename, dynamic param)
        {
            try
            {
                ExecuteScalar(procedurename, param);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                HandleError_Condensed(ex);
            }
        }

        public static int ExecuteScalar(string procedurename, dynamic param)
        {
            try
            {
                SqlDataSource sds = new SqlDataSource();
                sds.ConnectionString = ConfigValues.TrainingPortalConnectionString;
                sds.UpdateCommandType = SqlDataSourceCommandType.StoredProcedure;
                sds.UpdateCommand = procedurename;

                if (param != null)
                {
                    foreach (PropertyInfo pi in param.GetType().GetProperties())
                    {
                        object pval = pi.GetValue(param, null);
                        if (pval != null)
                        {
                            sds.SelectParameters.Add(pi.Name, pval.ToString());
                        }
                    }
                }

                return sds.Update();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                HandleError_Condensed(ex);
                return 1; //1 signifies error in tsql
            }
        }
        #endregion

        private static void HandleError_Condensed(Exception ex)
        {
            if (HandleError != null) { HandleError(ex); } else { throw new Exception(ex.Message, ex); } 
        }
    }
}

Custom AWS S3 Helper Class AWSSDK Wrapper

Implements some very commonly used AWS S3 functionality. (need to merge with my other AWS wrapper classes, Route53, EC2, etc)

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

using System.IO;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Configuration;

//uses AWSSDK.dll from amazon
using Amazon;
using Amazon.S3;
using Amazon.S3.Model;

using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Xml;

using System.Data;

namespace AIS.Common
{
    public static class AWSHelper
    {
        private static List<S3Bucket> LoadS3Buckets()
        {
            System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection appConfig = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings;
            using (var s3client = Amazon.AWSClientFactory.CreateAmazonS3Client(ConfigValues.AWSAccessKey, ConfigValues.AWSSecretKey))
            {
                return s3client.ListBuckets().Buckets;
            }
        }

        private static List<S3Object> LoadS3Objects(string bucketname)
        {
            System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection appConfig = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings;
            using (var s3client = Amazon.AWSClientFactory.CreateAmazonS3Client(ConfigValues.AWSAccessKey, ConfigValues.AWSSecretKey))
            {
                return s3client.ListObjects(new ListObjectsRequest() { BucketName = bucketname }).S3Objects;
            }
        }

        private static void LoadS3File(string bucketname, string keyname, HttpResponse response, string contenttype)
        {
            NameValueCollection appConfig = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings;


            using (var s3client = Amazon.AWSClientFactory.CreateAmazonS3Client(ConfigValues.AWSAccessKey, ConfigValues.AWSSecretKey))
            {

                GetObjectRequest s3request = new GetObjectRequest()
                    .WithBucketName(bucketname).WithKey(keyname);

                using (GetObjectResponse s3response = s3client.GetObject(s3request))
                {
                    string title = s3response.Metadata["x-amz-meta-title"];

                    response.Clear();

                    //Response.Write(string.Format("The object's title is {0}", title));
                    //Response.AddHeader
                    //Response.ContentType="application/swf";
                    ////Response.ContentType="contenttype";

                    response.ContentType = s3response.ContentType; //s3response.Headers["Content-Length"];
                    long filesize = s3response.ContentLength;

                    byte[] buffer = new byte[(int)filesize];

                    response.BinaryWrite(ConvertStreamToBytes(s3response.ResponseStream, filesize));

                    response.Flush();
                    response.Close();
                }
            }
        }

        public static string GetS3UrlToVideo(string bucketname, string keyname)
        {
            System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection appConfig = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings;
            string url = "";
            using (var s3client = Amazon.AWSClientFactory.CreateAmazonS3Client(ConfigValues.AWSAccessKey, ConfigValues.AWSSecretKey))
            {
                Amazon.S3.Model.GetPreSignedUrlRequest request = new Amazon.S3.Model.GetPreSignedUrlRequest()
                    .WithBucketName(bucketname)
                    .WithKey(keyname)
                    .WithProtocol(Amazon.S3.Model.Protocol.HTTP)
                    .WithVerb(HttpVerb.GET)
                .WithExpires(DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(ConfigValues.VideoURLExpiration));

                Amazon.S3.Model.GetPreSignedUrlRequest r = new GetPreSignedUrlRequest();

                url = s3client.GetPreSignedURL(request);

                url= "https://s3.amazonaws.com/" + bucketname + keyname;
            }

            //return System.Xml.XmlConvert.EncodeName(url);
            return url;
        }

        public static byte[] ConvertStreamToBytes(Stream input, long filesize)
        {
            byte[] buffer = new byte[(int)filesize];
            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
            {
                int read;
                while ((read = input.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) > 0)
                {
                    ms.Write(buffer, 0, read);
                }
                return ms.ToArray();
            }
        }
    }
}

Custom URLRewriting with XML and Global.asax

utilizes my custom DocParser class here https://ronniediaz.com/2013/08/23/parse-xml-to-dynamic-expandoobject-c-net-4-0/

 void Application_BeginRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //string path = Request.Url.ToString();
        string path = Request.Path;

        if (Regex.IsMatch(path.ToLower(), ".*[.](jpg|png|gif|css|js|pdf|ico|woff|svg|eot|ttf)$"))
        {
            //var h = Regex.Replace(path.ToLower(), ".*/(.*)/(.*)$", "~/$1/$2", RegexOptions.Singleline);
            //Context.RewritePath(path);
            return;
        }
        
        //TODO: authorize user/request
 DocParser dp = new DocParser(Server.MapPath("~/rewrite.xml"));
        var rules = dp.GetElements("*/rule");
        
        foreach (var r in rules)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(r.match_url)) {
                Shared.HandleError("Global.asax::null or empty match_url encountered");
            }

            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(r.action_url))
            {
                Shared.HandleError("Global.asax::null or empty action_url encountered");
            }
            
            if (Regex.IsMatch(path, r.match_url,RegexOptions.IgnoreCase))
            {
                List<object> qsvars = new List<object>();

                foreach (Match m in Regex.Matches(path, r.match_url, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase))
                {
                    for (int i=1;i<m.Groups.Count;i++)
                    {
                        qsvars.Add(m.Groups[i].Value);
                    }
                }
                //Context.RewritePath(string.Format(r.action_url,qsvars.ToArray()) + "&rewrite=1");
                Context.RewritePath(string.Format(r.action_url, qsvars.ToArray()));
            }
        }
}

rewrite.xml examples

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<rules>
  <rule match_url="^/home" action_url="~/home.aspx" />
  <rule match_url="^/login" action_url="~/default.aspx" />
  <rule match_url="^/register" action_url="~/welcome/register.aspx" />
  <rule match_url="^/logout" action_url="~/logout.aspx" />
  <rule match_url="^/default/(.*)" action_url="~/default.aspx?q={0}" />
  <rule match_url="^/test/(.*)/(.*)" action_url="~/test.aspx?q={0}&amp;r={1}" />
</rules>

Common functions asp .net static shared library

references custom encryption class here https://ronniediaz.com/2011/01/13/quick-net-encryption-reference/

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Text;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;

namespace AIS.Common
{
    public static class Shared
    {
        //TODO: add local, dev, prd
        public static string basehref { get { return HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath; } }

        //TODO: change to json serialized object reference to prevent manipulation of pipe delimeters
        public static string SetSecureQueryString(object o)
        {
            string ct = Crypto.Rijndael.Encrypt(o.ToString(), "static_or_dynamic_string");
            return HttpUtility.UrlEncode(ct);
        }

        //TODO: change to json (same as above)
        public static string SetSecureQueryString(object a, object b, object c, object d, object e, object f, object g, object h)
        {
            string ct = Crypto.Rijndael.Encrypt(a.ToString() + "|" + b.ToString() + "|" + c.ToString() + "|" + d.ToString() + "|" + e.ToString() + "|" + f.ToString() + "|" + g.ToString() + "|" + h.ToString(), "livestream");
            return HttpUtility.UrlEncode(ct);
        }

        public static string GetSecureQueryString(string q)
        {
            try
            {
                //automatically decodes querystring in request
                return Crypto.Rijndael.Decrypt(q, "static_or_dynamic_string");
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                return "";
            }
        }

//retrieves content from web url and returns as string
        public static string DownloadString(string url, NetworkCredential nc=null)
        {
            System.Net.WebClient wc = new WebClient();
            if (nc != null)
            {
                wc.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
                wc.Credentials = nc;
            }

            return wc.DownloadString(url);
        }

        //http://mayur.gondaliya.com/programming-languages/c-sharp/samples/fetching-url-contents-into-a-string-using-httpwebrequest-72.html
//same as above function, different approach with more detail
        public static string DownloadPage(string url)
        {

            const int bufSizeMax = 65536; // max read buffer size conserves memory
            const int bufSizeMin = 8192; // min size prevents numerous small reads
            StringBuilder sb;

            // A WebException is thrown if HTTP request fails
            try
            {

                // Create an HttpWebRequest using WebRequest.Create (see .NET docs)!
                HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);

                request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Http.Get;

                // Execute the request and obtain the response stream
                HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
                Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream();

                // Content-Length header is not trustable, but makes a good hint.
                // Responses longer than int size will throw an exception here!
                int length = (int)response.ContentLength;

                // Use Content-Length if between bufSizeMax and bufSizeMin
                int bufSize = bufSizeMin;
                if (length > bufSize)
                    bufSize = length > bufSizeMax ? bufSizeMax : length;

                // Allocate buffer and StringBuilder for reading response
                byte[] buf = new byte[bufSize];
                sb = new StringBuilder(bufSize);

                // Read response stream until end
                while ((length = responseStream.Read(buf, 0, buf.Length)) != 0)
                    sb.Append(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buf, 0, length));

                return sb.ToString();

            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                sb = new StringBuilder(ex.Message);
                return sb.ToString();
            }

        }

//one approach using filesystem. will only work depending on permissions otherwise url parsing is needed
        public static string GetCurrentPageName()
        {
            string spath = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.AbsolutePath;
            System.IO.FileInfo oInfo = new System.IO.FileInfo(spath);
            string spagename = oInfo.Name;
            return spagename;
        }

//get titlecase string
        public static string GetTitleCase(object str)
        {
            try
            {
                return System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ToTitleCase(str.ToString().ToLower());
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Shared.HandleError(ex);
                return "Other";
            }
        }

        #region handleerror
        public static void HandleError(Exception ex)
        {
            HandleError(ex.ToString());
        }

        //TODO: send error to error handler
        public static void HandleError(string details)
        {
            SendEmail(details);
        }

        public static void HandleError(Page p, Exception ex)
        {
            HandleError(p, ex.ToString());
        }

        public static void HandleError(Page p, string details)
        {
            //MessageBox.Show(hwnd, details);
            SendEmail(details);
        }

        //TODO: replace with call to error manager or hook to event for compatibility
        public static void SendEmail(string details)  {
        //throw new HttpUnhandledException(details);
            if (Shared.GetCurrentPageName().Replace("/", "") != "error.aspx") //TODO: remove. temporary resolution for unhandled session timeouts. PROTOTYPE
            {
                //HttpContext.Current.Response.Redirect("~/error.aspx");
                //TODO: global error log and local
            }
        }
        #endregion
    }
}

Parse XML to Dynamic ExpandoObject C# .NET 4.0

The example below uses the LINQ to XML predecessor System.Xml.XmlDocument simply because I still prefer the regex parsing method. It can easily be adapted to use XDocument instead based on your preference. The end resulting output (IEnumerable) is the same.

code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Dynamic;
using System.Xml.Linq;

namespace AIS.Common
{
    public class DocParser : IDisposable
    {
        public enum DocTypes
        {
            Xml
        };

        private XmlDocument Document { get; set; }
        //private XDocument Document { get; set; }
        private DocTypes DocType { get; set; }

        //constructor
        /// <summary>
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="dt">type of document, currently only supports xml</param>
        /// <param name="f">filename and path</param>
        public DocParser(DocTypes dt, string fp)
        {
            try
            {
                switch (dt)
                {
                    case DocTypes.Xml:
                        DocType = DocTypes.Xml;

                        Document = new XmlDocument();
                        Document.Load(fp);

                        //Document = XDocument.Load(fp);
                        break;
                    default:
                        throw new Exception("Constructor::invalid or unknown doc type specified");
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new Exception("Constructor::Error with document load or doc type.",ex);
            }
        }

        public IEnumerable<dynamic> GetElements(string regex)
        {
            return XmlToExpandoObject(regex);
        }

        private IEnumerable<dynamic> XmlToExpandoObject(string regex)
        {
            dynamic eo = new ExpandoObject();
            var dictionary = eo as IDictionary<string, object>;
            XmlNodeList xnl = Document.SelectNodes(regex);
            foreach (XmlNode xn in xnl)
            {
                foreach (XmlAttribute xa in xn.Attributes)
                {
                    dictionary[xa.Name.ToString()] = xa.Value.Trim();
                    //TrySetAttr(xn.LocalName, xn);
                }

                yield return eo;
            }
        }
}
}

sample xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<robots>
  <robot id="1" age="5" />
  <robot id="2" age="3" />
</people>

usage:

DocParser dp = new DocParser(DocParser.DocTypes.Xml, Server.MapPath("~/xmlfilename.xml")); //can also retrieve xml from external service, etc
        var robots = dp.GetElements("*/robot");
foreach (var r in robots) {
Console.WriteLine("Robot id={0}, age={1}", r.id,r.age); //output. if this is web app you will likely do this differently
}

References
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff796227.aspx

asp .net repeater itemcommand command name common repeater control item operations

This is only one small snippet illustrating some functionality. I will add to this blog from my previous usage with Repeater control over time or per request.

In many deployments, I prefer to use Repeater or ListView rather than Grids. The code pattern is the same, but the output is slightly different as well as some of the inherent features/functionality.

Notice the example below simulates table output similar to a Grid, or it may also be used for non-table type of output. Repeater is therefore IMO more adaptable to different needs, and allows more re-usability code patterns across projects.

page side:

<asp:Repeater ID="rptRobotsInFactories" runat="server" OnItemCommand="rptRobotsInFactories_ItemCommand">
        <HeaderTemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td>factory name</td>
<td>robot name</td>
<td>factory location</td>
<td>manufacture date</td>
<td colspan="2">commands</td>
</tr>
   </HeaderTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<tr>
<td>
<%# Eval("factoryname")%>
<asp:TextBox ID="tbRobotName" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("robotname")%>'></asp:TextBox>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("factorylocation")%>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("manufacturedate")%>
</td>
<td>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lbtnRename" runat="server"> CommandName="rename" CommandArgument='<%# Eval("robotname")%>'>rename</asp:LinkButton>
</td>
<td>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lbtnDeelte" runat="server"> CommandName="delete" CommandArgument="">delete</asp:LinkButton>
</td>
</tr>
</ItemTemplate>
        </HeaderTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
<!-- insert pager here if you like-->
        </table>
        </FooterTemplate>
		</asp:Repeater>

code behind:

//you can also intercept item databind as i've listed in another previous article on nested repeaters

 protected void rptRobotsInFactories_ItemCommand(object sender, RepeaterCommandEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.CommandName == "rename")
        {
            string newname = ((TextBox)rptRobotsInFactories.Items[e.Item.ItemIndex].FindControl("tbFileName")).Text;
            //string newname = ((TextBox)e.Item.FindControl("tbFileName")).Text; //equal to the above
            //string index = (string)e.CommandArgument; //useful to pass in index values also. can split the values passed in or pass in class obj
            //var rif = ((List<robotinfactory>)rptRobotsInFactories.DataSource)[e.Item.ItemIndex];
//var rif = Session_RobotsInFactories().Select(r=>r.id==Convert.ToInt32(e.CommandArgument)); //compare to using viewstate/page repeater above
            string oldname = (string)e.CommandArgument;
            if ((newname.ToLower().Trim().Replace(" ","") != "") && (newname!=oldname))
            {
//dowork_rename(oldname,newname);
            }
        }
else if (e.CommandName=="delete") {
            robotinfactory rif = ((List<robotinfactory>)rptRobotsInFactories.DataSource)[e.Item.ItemIndex];
//dowork_delete(rif.id);
}
    }

//added below funcs for clarity
public class robotinfactory() {
public string factoryname {get;set;}
public string robotname {get;set;}
public string factorylocation {get;set;}
public string manufacturedate {get;set;}
}

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
if (!IsPostBack) {
//these would normally load from your LINQ dbml SP, view, select statement, stored procedure etc
var rifs = new List<robotinfactory>();

rifs.Add(new rif {
factoryname="a",
robotname="bob",
factorylocation="florida",
manufacturedate="7/1/2013"
});

rifs.Add(new rif {
factoryname="b",
robotname="sam",
factorylocation="not florida",
manufacturedate="7/4/2013"
});

rptRobotsInFactories.DataSource = rifs;
rptRobotsInFactories.DataBind();
}
}

directory info get files show directories C# .Net

There is sometimes a misunderstanding between a “file” and a “folder” in filesystems. In C# .Net the following is often used to list all “files” in a folder.

DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo("yourpath");

foreach (FileInfo fi in di.GetFiles()) {
//do work
}

However, even though you can specify to search containing subdirectories, the above function will not inherently list folders. If you are looking for the equivalent to “dir” or “ls”, instead use “GetFileSystemInfos()”.

            DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo("yourpath");
		
//note the difference here with getfilesysteminfos
		foreach (dynamic d in di.GetFileSystemInfos()) {
}

Note the usage of dynamic in the above example compared to the first example. This avoids any potential issues with inheritance and choosing the right class for your temp iterator variable for unboxing etc.

asp .net could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel

A quick google search revealed multiple reported resolutions, however, after following the steps in the MSDN blog reference listed below, the issue was still unresolved in my situation.

Additional details in the stack trace will reveal another similar message: “The remote certificate is invalid according to the validation procedure.”

In this specific scenario, the site in question is either not configured with a wildcard certificate for a subdomain of the parent site or the operation system I am working on does not support SNI. In the meantime, a workaround is needed to continue testing and development.

Additional reading on google revealed another solution which was more suitable and utilized a code based approach, as opposed to a server configuration based solution.

To make it more dynamic, I added a key into the app/web config to control if SSL errors should be ignored. Please note that it is also possible to replace the code based approach solely with an app/web config entry listed in the west-wind blog referenced below, but I personally prefer to go with code whenever possible.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
  </configSections>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="ConnectionString"
      connectionString="Data Source=servername;Initial Catalog=databasename;"
      providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="ignoresslerrors" value="true"/>
  </appSettings>
<startup><supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0"/></startup></configuration>
 public class ConfigValues
    {
        public static string IgnoreSSLErrors { get { return getval("ignoresslerrors"); } }
}

public function main() {
connect("https://sitename.com",ConfigValues.IgnoreSSLErrors);
}

public function connect(string url, string ignoresslerrors) {
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);

try
            {
                if (Convert.ToBoolean(ignoresslerrors))
                {
                    System.Net.ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback +=
            delegate(object sender, System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate certificate,
                                    System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Chain chain,
                                    System.Net.Security.SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors)
            {
                return true; //will always accept the cert and ignore errors. this is not good common practice unless you are sure of the destination you are connecting to. needed in this scenario to continue development until issue with cert is resolved.
            };
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Shared.HandleError(ex);
            }
}

References
http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/posts/2011/Feb/11/HttpWebRequest-and-Ignoring-SSL-Certificate-Errors

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jpsanders/archive/2009/09/16/troubleshooting-asp-net-the-remote-certificate-is-invalid-according-to-the-validation-procedure.aspx

c# .net split strings with math divrem using lambda linq

Recently I came across a nice alternative to loops using linq for evenly splitting a string using Math.DivRem.

The following example illustrates how this can be used to parse a sequence of numbers based on a time series which may give variable results in a custom messaging protocol.

(inspired by R. Prestol)

//not the complete classes but satisfies the below example
class message {
string series {get;set;}
}

  string[] series = message.series.Split(' '); //will NOT throw an exception if series string is empty
            int Rem = 0;
            int d = Math.DivRem(name.Length, 2, out Rem); //hardcoded two for simplicity in this example
 
//valueB will contain the same value as valueA if there is no second value in the sequence
            string valueA = string.Join(" ", sentence.Take(Math.Max(d, 1)).ToArray());
            string valueB = string.Join(" ", sentence.Skip(d).Take(d + Rem).ToArray());

int average = (Convert.ToInt32(valueA) + Convert.ToInt32(valueB)) / 2; //2 would also need to be dynamic here

Console.WriteLine(average.ToString());

//potential input
//100 101
//100

//output for average
//first input: 100
//second input: 100

A significant figure is lost (.5) on first input since valueA and valueB are converted to int. Conversion to decimal, double etc would of course maintain this detail depending on the rounding you are looking for.