xrm-entity-extensions.cs

using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk;

namespace Foo.CRM.Integration.Data.Helper
{
    public static class XrmSdkExtensions
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Retrieve formatted value for given key and optionally return default value when key was not found in collection. This method will
        /// not yield any exceptions when a requested key was not found.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="collection"></param>
        /// <param name="key" type="string"></param>
        /// <param name="defaultValue" type="string"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static string GetValue(this FormattedValueCollection collection, string key, string defaultValue = default(string))
        {
            string value;
            return collection.TryGetValue(key, out value) ? value : defaultValue;
        }
    }
}