Class PathHelper

Helpers for working with file/folder paths.

Inheritance

System.Object

PathHelper

Namespace: Kros.IO

Assembly: Kros.Utils.dll

Syntax

public static class PathHelper

Methods

BuildPath(String[])

Joins parts parts to one string, representing path to a file/folder.

Declaration

public static string BuildPath(params string[] parts)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String[]	parts	Path parts.

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	Created path.

Remarks

The method works similarly as standard .NET method System.IO.Path.Combine(System.String[]), with some different details:

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentNullException	The value of parts or any of its item is null.
System.ArgumentException	Any of the item in parts contains invalid characters defined in System.IO.Path.GetInvalidPathChars.

GetTempPath()

Returns path to system temporary folder (System.IO.Path.GetTempPath) without trailing directory separator.

Declaration

public static string GetTempPath()

Returns

Type	Description
System.String

IsNetworkPath(String)

Checks, if specified path is network share path. The path is considered network share path, if it begins with \.

Declaration

public static bool IsNetworkPath(string path)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	path	Checked path.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if path is network share path, false otherwise.

ReplaceInvalidPathChars(String)

Replaces invalid characters in pathName with dash (-). If there are several succesive invalid characters, they all are replaced only by one dash.

Declaration

public static string ReplaceInvalidPathChars(string pathName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	pathName	Input path.

Returns

Type	Description
System.String

Remarks

ReplaceInvalidPathChars(String, String)

Replaces invalid characters in pathName with replacement. If there are several succesive invalid characters, they all are replaced only by one replacement.

Declaration

public static string ReplaceInvalidPathChars(string pathName, string replacement)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	pathName	Input path.
System.String	replacement	Value, by which are replaced invalid path charactes. If the value is null, empty stirng is used, so invalid characters are removed.

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	String with invalid path characters replaced. If input pathName is null, empty string is returned.

Remarks

Replaced are all characters in System.IO.Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars and System.IO.Path.GetInvalidPathChars.