Make nullability optional
bastianeicher opened this issue · 3 comments
I'd like to suggest making the nullability of the generated properties optional. I think for most use-cases it can be safely assumed the resources will always return a value (falling back to the neutral language if the thread's current language is not available).
As it is currently, I'd need to litter my code with lot's of !
everywhere I access Resources
(e.g. string.Format(Resources.MyResource!, someVar)
instead of string.Format(Resources.MyResource, someVar)
.
I also think for most use-cases it can be safely assumed the resources will always return a value, but what would be the best way? I came up with the following ideas.
- Use the null-forgiving operator.
public static string CreateDate => ResourceManager.GetString(nameof(CreateDate), CultureInfo)!;
- Return an empty string.
public static string CreateDate => ResourceManager.GetString(nameof(CreateDate), CultureInfo) ?? string.Empty;
- Throw an exception.
public static string CreateDate => ResourceManager.GetString(nameof(CreateDate), CultureInfo) ?? throw new InvalidOperationException();
As a workaround, you can use v1.0.2 instead of v1.0.3, because the former generates code just like option 1.
Personally, I'd go with Option 1 because:
Option 2 hides a problem in the unlikely case there is one.
Option 3 adds a (tiny) extra overhead because each resource access performs an additional if-check.
Thanks for the hint with v1.0.2! :)
I took option 1 and published v1.0.4. Now that I replaced SyntaxFactory with StringBuilder, it should be a little bit faster. Thanks for your feedback! :)