Extensions for auto-incrementing numbers in non-database settings.
As of 2.1.0, Unicity's methods use generic maths and therefore (should) support all base numeric types. This was previously limited to System.Int32
.
//The IAutoIncrementedId<T> interface forces your implementing types to have a T Id with a get accessor
public record YourClass : IAutoIncrementedId<int>
{
public int Id { get; init; }
...
}
//Will get the next available number from the _items collection or `0`
var yourObject = new YourClass
{
Id = _items.GetNextAvailableIdOrDefault();
...
};
//Or if you don't like `0` as a `defaultValue`, you can set it to something else like `1`
var yourObject = new YourClass
{
Id = _items.GetNextAvailableIdOrDefault(1);
...
};
Maybe you don't have control over YourClass
or maybe you don't want to use the IAutoIncrementedId<int>
interface. You can use the GetNextAvailableIdOrDefault
method for those casse.
public record YourClass
{
public int Number { get; init; }
...
}
//This will give you the largest `Number` property in the collection `+ 1` or `0`
var yourOtherObject = new YourClassWithoutId
{
Number = _otherItems.GetNextAvailableNumberOrDefault(x => x.Number)
}
//You can also specify a `defaultValue` if you don't like `0` (`5` in this case)
var yourOtherObject = new YourClassWithoutId
{
Number = _otherItems.GetNextAvailableNumberOrDefault(x => x.Number, 5)
}
2.1.X -> 2.2.0 (July 2023)
Method GetNextAvailableId
is renamed to GetNextAvailableIdOrDefault
which includes an optional defaultValue
of 0
. Both methods are supported as of 2.1.0
to facilitate the move.