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Validate C# identifier name
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using System; | |
using System.Linq; | |
using System.Text.RegularExpressions; | |
public static class IdentifierExtensions | |
{ | |
// definition of a valid C# identifier: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa664670(v=vs.71).aspx | |
private const string FORMATTING_CHARACTER = @"\p{Cf}"; | |
private const string CONNECTING_CHARACTER = @"\p{Pc}"; | |
private const string DECIMAL_DIGIT_CHARACTER = @"\p{Nd}"; | |
private const string COMBINING_CHARACTER = @"\p{Mn}|\p{Mc}"; | |
private const string LETTER_CHARACTER = @"\p{Lu}|\p{Ll}|\p{Lt}|\p{Lm}|\p{Lo}|\p{Nl}"; | |
private const string IDENTIFIER_PART_CHARACTER = LETTER_CHARACTER + "|" + | |
DECIMAL_DIGIT_CHARACTER + "|" + | |
CONNECTING_CHARACTER + "|" + | |
COMBINING_CHARACTER + "|" + | |
FORMATTING_CHARACTER; | |
private const string IDENTIFIER_PART_CHARACTERS = "(" + IDENTIFIER_PART_CHARACTER + ")+"; | |
private const string IDENTIFIER_START_CHARACTER = "(" + LETTER_CHARACTER + "|_)"; | |
private const string IDENTIFIER_OR_KEYWORD = IDENTIFIER_START_CHARACTER + "(" + | |
IDENTIFIER_PART_CHARACTERS + ")*"; | |
// C# keywords: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x53a06bb(v=vs.71).aspx | |
private static readonly string[] _keywords = new[] | |
{ | |
"abstract", "event", "new", "struct", | |
"as", "explicit", "null", "switch", | |
"base", "extern", "object", "this", | |
"bool", "false", "operator", "throw", | |
"break", "finally", "out", "true", | |
"byte", "fixed", "override", "try", | |
"case", "float", "params", "typeof", | |
"catch", "for", "private", "uint", | |
"char", "foreach", "protected", "ulong", | |
"checked", "goto", "public", "unchekeced", | |
"class", "if", "readonly", "unsafe", | |
"const", "implicit", "ref", "ushort", | |
"continue", "in", "return", "using", | |
"decimal", "int", "sbyte", "virtual", | |
"default", "interface", "sealed", "volatile", | |
"delegate", "internal", "short", "void", | |
"do", "is", "sizeof", "while", | |
"double", "lock", "stackalloc", | |
"else", "long", "static", | |
"enum", "namespace", "string", | |
// contextual keywords | |
"add", "alias" "ascending", "async", | |
"await" "by", "descending", "dynamic", | |
"equals", "from", "get", "global", | |
"group" "into", "join", "let", | |
"nameof", "on", "orderby", "partial", | |
"remove", "select", "set", "value", | |
"var", "when", "where", "yield" | |
}; | |
private static readonly Regex _validIdentifierRegex = new Regex("^" + IDENTIFIER_OR_KEYWORD + "$", RegexOptions.Compiled); | |
public static bool IsValidIdentifier(this string identifier) | |
{ | |
if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(identifier)) return false; | |
var normalizedIdentifier = identifier.Normalize(); | |
// 1. check that the identifier match the validIdentifer regex and it's not a C# keyword | |
if (_validIdentifierRegex.IsMatch(normalizedIdentifier) && !_keywords.Contains(normalizedIdentifier)) | |
{ | |
return true; | |
} | |
// 2. check if the identifier starts with @ | |
if (normalizedIdentifier.StartsWith("@") && _validIdentifierRegex.IsMatch(normalizedIdentifier.Substring(1))) | |
{ | |
return true; | |
} | |
// 3. it's not a valid identifier | |
return false; | |
} | |
} |
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