MacroProcessor<T> Class

Manages the processing of macros.

Object Model

Syntax

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public class MacroProcessor<T>

'Declaration
 
Public Class MacroProcessor(Of T)

'Usage
 
Dim instance As MacroProcessor(Of T)

generic<typename T>
public ref class MacroProcessor

Type Parameters

T: Type of data passed to the macro substitution delegates.

Remarks

Macros are defined as ${macro_name} in strings. This class looks for those tokens and calls the appropriate registered delegate to return a string. The MacroProcessor class has the following default macros when created:

Value	Meaning
date	Current date.
random_string	Random string of specified link.
random_date	Random date in the specified min/max date range.
empty	Empty string.
random_time	Random time offset from the specified time.

Example

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Imports Leadtools.Dicom.Common.Anonymization

Public Sub MacroProcessorSample()
   Dim processor As New MacroProcessor(Of Object)()

   '
   ' add two macros to the macro processor
   '
   processor.Macros.Add("current_date", New MacroSubsitutionDelegate(Of Object)(AddressOf CurrentDateMacro))
   processor.Macros.Add("current_time", New MacroSubsitutionDelegate(Of Object)(AddressOf CurrentTimeMacro))

   '
   ' Process a macro string
   '
   Console.WriteLine(processor.Process(processor, "${current_date} ==> ${current_time}"))
End Sub

Private Function CurrentDateMacro(ByVal userData As Object, ByVal name As String, ByVal ParamArray parameters As Object()) As String
   Return DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString()
End Function

Private Function CurrentTimeMacro(ByVal userData As Object, ByVal name As String, ByVal ParamArray parameters As Object()) As String
   Return DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString()
End Function

Requirements

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Reference

MacroProcessor<T> Members
Leadtools.Dicom.Common.Anonymization Namespace