namespace PkmnLib.Static.Utils; /// /// A case-insensitive string key. We use this class for things like looking up data from dictionaries, etc. /// /// /// This is a struct, as it's effectively just a wrapper around a single reference object. Heap allocation would be silly. /// public readonly record struct StringKey { private readonly string _key; /// public StringKey(string key) { if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(key)) throw new ArgumentException("Key cannot be null or whitespace.", nameof(key)); _key = key; } /// /// Converts a to a . /// public static implicit operator string(StringKey key) => key._key; /// /// Converts a to a . /// public static implicit operator StringKey(string key) => string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(key) ? default : new StringKey(key); /// public override string ToString() => _key.ToLowerInvariant(); /// public bool Equals(StringKey other) => string.Equals(_key, other._key, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase); /// public bool Equals(string other) => string.Equals(_key, other, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase); /// public override int GetHashCode() => StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase.GetHashCode(_key); /// public static bool operator ==(StringKey left, string right) => left.Equals(right); /// public static bool operator !=(StringKey left, string right) => !(left == right); /// public static bool operator ==(StringKey? left, string? right) => (left is null && right is null) || (right != null && (left?.Equals(right) ?? false)); /// public static bool operator !=(StringKey? left, string? right) => !(left == right); /// public static bool operator ==(StringKey? left, StringKey right) => left?.Equals(right) ?? false; /// public static bool operator !=(StringKey? left, StringKey right) => !(left == right); }