Class Tools

Tools class which contains a number of utility methods which are declared as static methods.

Inheritance

object

Tools

Inherited Members

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.ToString()

Namespace: VDS.RDF

Assembly: dotNetRdf.dll

Syntax

public static class Tools

Methods

CombineHashCodes(params object[])

Does a quick and simple combination of the Hash Codes of two or more objects.

Declaration

public static int CombineHashCodes(params object[] objects)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
object[]	objects	The objects whose hash codes are to be combined.

Returns

Type	Description
int

IsValidBaseUri(Uri)

Checks whether a Uri is valid as a Base Uri for resolving Relative URIs against.

Declaration

public static bool IsValidBaseUri(Uri baseUri)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Uri	baseUri	Base Uri to test.

Returns

Type	Description
bool	True if the Base Uri can be used to resolve Relative URIs against.

Remarks

A Base Uri is valid if it is an absolute Uri and not using the mailto: scheme.

ResolveQName(string, INamespaceMapper, Uri)

Resolves a QName into a Uri using the Namespace Mapper and Base Uri provided.

Declaration

public static string ResolveQName(string qname, INamespaceMapper nsmap, Uri baseUri)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	qname	QName to resolve.
INamespaceMapper	nsmap	Namespace Map to resolve against.
Uri	baseUri	Base Uri to resolve against.

Returns

Type	Description
string

ResolveQName(string, INamespaceMapper, Uri, bool)

Resolves a QName into a Uri using the Namespace Mapper and Base Uri provided.

Declaration

public static string ResolveQName(string qname, INamespaceMapper nsmap, Uri baseUri, bool allowDefaultPrefixFallback)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	qname	QName to resolve.
INamespaceMapper	nsmap	Namespace Map to resolve against.
Uri	baseUri	Base Uri to resolve against.
bool	allowDefaultPrefixFallback	Whether when the default prefix is used but not defined it can fallback to Base URI.

Returns

Type	Description
string

ResolveUri(string, string, IUriFactory)

Generic Helper Function which Resolves Uri References against a Base Uri.

Declaration

public static string ResolveUri(string uriref, string baseUri, IUriFactory uriFactory = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	uriref	Uri Reference to resolve.
string	baseUri	Base Uri to resolve against.
IUriFactory	uriFactory	The factory to use to create the temporary URI created internally by this method. If not specified, defaults to Root.

Returns

Type	Description
string	Resolved Uri as a String.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
RdfParseException	RDF Parse Exception if the Uri cannot be resolved for a know reason.
UriFormatException	Uri Format Exception if one/both of the URIs is malformed.

ResolveUri(Uri, Uri)

Generic Helper Function which Resolves Uri References against a Base Uri.

Declaration

public static Uri ResolveUri(Uri uriref, Uri baseUri)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Uri	uriref	Uri Reference to resolve.
Uri	baseUri	Base Uri to resolve against.

Returns

Type	Description
Uri	Resolved Uri as a String.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
UriFormatException	Uri Format Exception if one/both of the URIs is malformed.

ResolveUriOrQName(IToken, INamespaceMapper, Uri)

Resolves a QName/Uri into a Uri using the Namespace Mapper and Base Uri provided.

Declaration

public static string ResolveUriOrQName(IToken t, INamespaceMapper nsmap, Uri baseUri)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IToken	t	QName/Uri to resolve.
INamespaceMapper	nsmap	Namespace Map to resolve against.
Uri	baseUri	Base Uri to resolve against.

Returns

Type	Description
string

StripUriFragment(Uri, IUriFactory)

Returns a URI with any Fragment ID removed from it.

Declaration

public static Uri StripUriFragment(Uri u, IUriFactory uriFactory = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Uri	u	URI.
IUriFactory	uriFactory	The factory to use to create the returned URI. If not specified, defaults to Root.

Returns

Type	Description
Uri