PathsSetup

A simple library to generate folders and files from string properties containing paths.

Tutorial

Add the Path attribute to the property in this way:

public class Data
{
    [Path] public string FilePath { get; init; } = "file.txt";
    
    // Don't forget that directories must end with a slash, otherwise it is a file without an extension
    [Path] public string FolderPath { get; init; } = "Folder/AnotherFolder/";
}

This attribute contains two parameters: bool addRootFolter = true and FileOptions fileOptions = FileOptions.None.

The first one is used to modify the value of the property with the attribute if this requires merging with a root folder. For instance, if there is a root folder "C:/RootFolder/", it modifies the FilePath value from "file.txt" to "C:/RootFolder/file.txt". Later you will learn how to configure the root directory.

The second parameter is just a bunch of options for creating a file using File.Create()

Resolve paths using PathsResolver

// ...
Data data = new Data()
{
    FilePath = "file.txt",
    FolderPath = "Folder/AnotherFolder/"
};

IPathsResolver pathsResolver = new PathsResolver();
pathsResolver.Resolve(data);
// ...

As a result, "file.txt" and "Folder/AnotherFolder/" will be generated in the main directory of the program.

You can set up your own root folder in the PathsResolver constructor as in the example below:

Data data = new Data()
{
     FilePath = "file.txt",
     FolderPath = "Folder/AnotherFolder/"
};

IPathsResolver pathsResolver = new PathsResolver(Path.Combine(
            Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData), "PathsResolverTest"));
pathsResolver.Resolve(data);

Console.WriteLine(data.FilePath);
Console.WriteLine(data.FolderPath);

// Output:
// "C:\\ProgramData\\PathsResolverTest\\file.txt"
// "C:\\ProgramData\\PathsResolverTest\\Folder\\AnotherFolder\\"