LanguageExtensionMethods

public static class LanguageExtensionMethods
Utility class for language and language family and language region logic.

Properties

LinguisticFamilies

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public static IEnumerable<(LanguageFamily family, bool primary)> LinguisticFamilies { get; }
Enumerate over all linguistic families.

LinguisticRegions

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public static IEnumerable<(LanguageRegion primary, LanguageRegion secondary)> LinguisticRegions { get; }
Enumerate over all linguistic geographic regions.

Methods

FindFamily

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public static LanguageFamily FindFamily(this Language language)
Find the family which contains the given language.
Parameters:
language (Language)

FindRegion

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public static (LanguageRegion primary, LanguageRegion secondary) FindRegion(this Language language)
Find the family which contains the given language.
Parameters:
language (Language)

Info

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public static CultureInfo Info(this Language language)
Create the CultureInfo object associated with the specified language. Note: there is no culture information for the ordinal language.
Parameters:
language (Language)

Languages

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public static IEnumerable<Language> Languages(this LanguageFamily family)
Enumerate over all languages which belong to a specific family.
Parameters:
family (LanguageFamily)

Languages

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public static IEnumerable<Language> Languages(this LanguageRegion region)
Enumerate over all languages which belong to a specific region.
Parameters:
region (LanguageRegion)

StringComparison

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public static int StringComparison(this Language language, string a, string b, CompareOptions options = CompareOptions.None)
Compare two strings using the language rules.
Parameters:
language (Language)Language rules.
a (string)First text.
b (string)Second text.
options (CompareOptions = CompareOptions.None)Options for comparison.
Returns: Comparison key.

StringEquality

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public static bool StringEquality(this Language language, string a, string b, CompareOptions options = CompareOptions.None)
Test two strings for equality using the language rules.
Parameters:
language (Language)Language rules.
a (string)First text.
b (string)Second text.
options (CompareOptions = CompareOptions.None)Options for equality.
Returns: True if strings are equal.

StringLength

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public static int StringLength(this Language language, string text)
Measure the number of final characters in a string. This method will count combining characters as one.
Parameters:
language (Language)
text (string)

StringLowercase

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public static string StringLowercase(this Language language, string text)
Lower case a string.
Parameters:
language (Language)
text (string)

StringOrdering

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public static Maths.IndexMap StringOrdering(this Language language, string[] keys, CompareOptions options = CompareOptions.None)
Create a sorting map for an array of strings.
Parameters:
language (Language)Language rules.
keys (string[])String keys to sort. This array will not be modified.
options (CompareOptions = CompareOptions.None)Comparison options to use during sorting.
Returns: Sorting map.

StringUppercase

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public static string StringUppercase(this Language language, string text)
Upper case a string.
Parameters:
language (Language)
text (string)

ToFlag

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public static IIcon ToFlag(this Language language)
Gets the flag icon associated with a particular language. Not every language has a flag, either because it doesn't represent a nation state, or because it overlaps several states with competing flags.
Parameters:
language (Language)

ToString

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public static string ToString(this Language language, bool includeDetails)
Create a string descriptor of this language.
Parameters:
language (Language)
includeDetails (bool)If true, the LCID and native name will be included.