src/SimplCommerce.Infrastructure/Helpers/StringHelper.cs

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Text;

namespace SimplCommerce.Infrastructure.Helpers
{
    public static class StringHelper
    {
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Design", "CA1055:Uri return values should not be strings", Justification = "<Pending>")]
        public static string ToUrlFriendly(this string name)
        {
            // Fallback for product variations
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
            {
                return Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
            }

            name = name.ToLower(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
            name = RemoveDiacritics(name);
            name = ConvertEdgeCases(name);
            name = name.Replace(" ", "-", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
            name = name.Strip(c =>
                c != '-'
                && c != '_'
                && !Char.IsLetter(c)
                && !Char.IsDigit(c)
                );

            while (name.Contains("--", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                name = name.Replace("--", "-", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);

            if (name.Length > 200)
                name = name.Substring(0, 200);

            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
            {
                return Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
            }

            return name;
        }

        public static string RemoveDiacritics(string text)
        {
            var normalizedString = text.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormD);
            var stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();

            foreach (var c in normalizedString)
            {
                var unicodeCategory = CharUnicodeInfo.GetUnicodeCategory(c);
                if (unicodeCategory != UnicodeCategory.NonSpacingMark)
                {
                    stringBuilder.Append(c);
                }
            }

            return stringBuilder.ToString().Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormC);
        }

        public static string Strip(this string subject, params char[] stripped)
        {
            if (stripped == null || stripped.Length == 0 || String.IsNullOrEmpty(subject))
            {
                return subject;
            }

            var result = new char[subject.Length];

            var cursor = 0;
            for (var i = 0; i < subject.Length; i++)
            {
                char current = subject[i];
                if (Array.IndexOf(stripped, current) < 0)
                {
                    result[cursor++] = current;
                }
            }

            return new string(result, 0, cursor);
        }

        public static string Strip(this string subject, Func<char, bool> predicate)
        {

            var result = new char[subject.Length];

            var cursor = 0;
            for (var i = 0; i < subject.Length; i++)
            {
                char current = subject[i];
                if (!predicate(current))
                {
                    result[cursor++] = current;
                }
            }

            return new string(result, 0, cursor);
        }

        private static string ConvertEdgeCases(string text)
        {
            var sb = new StringBuilder();
            foreach (var c in text)
            {
                sb.Append(ConvertEdgeCases(c));
            }

            return sb.ToString();
        }

        private static string ConvertEdgeCases(char c)
        {
            string swap;
            switch (c)
            {
                case 'ı':
                    swap = "i";
                    break;
                case 'ł':
                case 'Ł':
                    swap = "l";
                    break;
                case 'đ':
                    swap = "d";
                    break;
                case 'ß':
                    swap = "ss";
                    break;
                case 'ø':
                    swap = "o";
                    break;
                case 'Þ':
                    swap = "th";
                    break;
                default:
                    swap = c.ToString();
                    break;
            }

            return swap;
        }
    }
}