C#

Luc Pattyn wrote:

DataSet ... And I didn't like it a bit.

Luc Pattyn wrote:

Keith Barrow

Luc Pattyn wrote:

OK, let me provide some context. I'm preparing a proposal specification for a CodeProject Web Service, something that would provide information about members, articles, messages, etc, so several existing and future applications (such as CP Vanity) could use it to their advantage, which would be much preferred over fetching web pages and scraping HTML. The proposal would be discussed amongst interested members before Chris might commit to it and implement it.

Luc Pattyn wrote:

I expect the CP data model (as well as the subset we want access to) will evolve just like anything else, and I do want future old clients not to break under future new service versions.

Luc Pattyn wrote:

I'm rather pleased with what IIS and WSDL are offering, as it works perfectly for basic types such as int, float, bool, string, as well as DateTime; it works pretty well for Size too.

Luc Pattyn wrote:

Color does not get through by default; it needs extra code at both ends.

Luc Pattyn wrote:

non-Windows clients ... should not ignore them

PIEBALDconsult wrote:

without unduly affecting non-.net practitioners

PIEBALDconsult wrote:

right before "Confuse a Belgian"

namespace Junk.Types
{
    [System.Runtime.Serialization.DataContractAttribute()]
    public sealed partial class Record 
    {
        [System.Runtime.Serialization.DataMemberAttribute()]
        public System.Guid ID { get ; set ; }

        [System.Runtime.Serialization.DataMemberAttribute()]
        public string LastName { get ; set ; }

        [System.Runtime.Serialization.DataMemberAttribute()]
        public string FirstName { get ; set ; }

        [System.Runtime.Serialization.DataMemberAttribute()]
        public Junk.Types.Gender Gender { get ; set ; }

        [System.Runtime.Serialization.DataMemberAttribute()]
        private string colourstring { get ; set ; }
    }
}

namespace Junk.Types
{
    using PIEBALD.Lib.LibExt.ParseColor ;

    public partial class Record 
    {
        private System.Drawing.Color? favouritecolour = null ;

        public Record
        (
        ) 
        {   
            return ;
        }

        public Record
        (
            System.Guid          ID
        ,
            string               LastName
        ,
            string               FirstName
        ,
            Junk.Types.Gender    Gender
        ,
            System.Drawing.Color FavouriteColour
        )
        {
            this.ID              = ID              ;
            this.LastName        = LastName        ;
            this.FirstName       = FirstName       ;
            this.Gender          = Gender          ;
            this.FavouriteColour = FavouriteColour ;

            return ;
        }

        public System.Drawing.Color FavouriteColour
        { 
            get
            {
                if ( !this.favouritecolour.HasValue )
                {
                    this.favouritecolour = this.colourstring.ParseColor() ;
                }

                return ( this.favouritecolour.Value ) ;
            }
            
            set
            {
                this.favouritecolour = value ;
                this.colourstring = "#" + value.ToArgb().ToString( "X8" ) ;

                return ;
            }
        }

        public string
        FullName
        {
            get
            {
                return ( System.String.Format
                (
                    "{0}, {1}"
                ,
                    this.LastName
                ,
                    this.FirstName
                ) ) ;
            }
        }

        public override string
        ToString
        (
        )
        {
            return ( System.String.Format
            ( 
                "{0} {1} {2}"
            ,
                this.FullName 
            ,
                this.Gender
            ,
                this.colourstring
            ) ) ;
        }
    }
}

Record.cs     + RecordPlus.cs == Record class
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WSDL/svcutil       |
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   V               V
JunkClient.cs + RecordPlus.cs == Record class

aspdotnetdev wrote:

as PIEBALD might say, implement

[System.Runtime.Serialization.DataMemberAttribute()]
public string colourstring
{
    get
    {
        return this.colourstringField;
    }
    set
    {
        this.colourstringField = value;
    }
}

namespace Junk.Types
{
    [System.Runtime.Serialization.DataContractAttribute()]
    public sealed partial class Record 
    {
        [System.Runtime.Serialization.DataMemberAttribute()]
        public System.Guid ID { get ; set ; }

        [System.Runtime.Serialization.DataMemberAttribute()]
        public string LastName { get ; set ; }

        [System.Runtime.Serialization.DataMemberAttribute()]
        public string FirstName { get ; set ; }

        [System.Runtime.Serialization.DataMemberAttribute()]
        public Junk.Types.Gender Gender { get ; set ; }

        [System.Runtime.Serialization.DataMemberAttribute()]
        public Junk.Types.Colour FavouriteColour { get ; set ; }
    }
}

namespace Junk.Types
{
    public partial struct Colour
    {
        public byte A ;
        public byte R ;
        public byte G ;
        public byte B ;
    }
}

namespace Junk.Types
{
    using PIEBALD.Lib.LibExt.ParseArgb ;

    public partial struct Colour
    {
        public override string 
        ToString 
        (
        )
        {
            return ( System.String.Format
            (
                "#{0:X2}{1:X2}{2:X2}{3:X2}"
            ,
                this.A
            ,
                this.R
            ,
                this.G
            ,
                this.B
            ) ) ;
        }

        public static Colour
        Parse
        (
            string Argb
        )
        {
            return ( Colour.FromArgb ( Argb.ParseArgb() ) ) ;
        }

        public int
        ToArgb
        (
        )
        {
            return ( this.A << 24 | this.R << 16 | this.G << 8 | this.B ) ;
        }

        public static Colour
        FromArgb
        (
            int Argb
        )
        {
            Colour result = new Colour() ;

            result.B = (byte) ( Argb & 0x0FF ) ;
            Argb >>= 8 ;

            result.G = (byte) ( Argb & 0x0FF ) ;
            Argb >>= 8 ;

            result.R = (byte) ( Argb & 0x0FF ) ;
            Argb >>= 8 ;

            result.A = (byte) ( Argb & 0x0FF ) ;

            return ( result ) ;
        }

        public static implicit operator System.Drawing.Color
        (
            Colour Colour
        )
        {
            return ( System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb ( Colour.ToArgb() ) ) ;
        }
        
        public static implicit operator Colour
        (
            System.Drawing.Color Color
        )
        {
            return ( Colour.FromArgb ( Color.ToArgb() ) ) ;
        }
    }
}