shared configuration: fixed parsing

updated version to 1.0.14

Author: Jani Giannoudis

DbQuery/ParseUrlCommand.cs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ private static void SetUserVariable(string variableName, string variableValue) =
         internal static void ShowHelp()
         {
             WriteTitleLine("- ParseUrl");
-            Console.WriteLine("      Pars web url and store the result to an environment variable");
+            Console.WriteLine("      Parse web Url and store the result to an environment variable");
             Console.WriteLine("      Arguments:");
             Console.WriteLine("          1. variable name");
             Console.WriteLine("          2. Url with support for shared config variables");

DbQuery/Properties/launchSettings.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "profiles": {
     "DbQuery": {
       "commandName": "Project",
-      "commandLineArgs": "TestServer /noCatalog",
+      "commandLineArgs": "ParseUrl backendServerUrl $BackendUrl$:$BackendPort$/",
       "workingDirectory": "C:\\Shared\\PayrollEngine\\Setup"
     }
   }

DbQuery/SharedConfiguration.cs

@@ -21,15 +21,29 @@ internal static async Task<string> ParseAsync(string expression)
             var sharedConfiguration = await ReadAsync();
             foreach (var config in sharedConfiguration)
             {
-                var variable = $"${config.Key}$";
+                var key = config.Key;
+                var variable = $"${key}$";
                 if (expression.Contains(variable))
                 {
                     expression = expression.Replace(variable, config.Value);
                 }
+                else
+                {
+                    // alternative key
+                    key = char.IsUpper(key[0]) ? key.FirstCharacterToLower() : key.FirstCharacterToUpper();
+                    variable = $"${key}$";
+                    if (expression.Contains(variable))
+                    {
+                        expression = expression.Replace(variable, config.Value);
+                    }
+                }
             }
             return expression;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get the shared configuration
+        /// </summary>
         internal static async Task<Dictionary<string, string>> ReadAsync()
         {
             var sharedConfigFileName = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(SharedConfigurationVariable);
@@ -51,7 +65,7 @@ internal static async Task<Dictionary<string, string>> ReadAsync()
         /// <summary>
         /// Get shared configuration value
         /// </summary>
-        public static string GetSharedValue(Dictionary<string, string> sharedConfiguration, string name)
+        internal static string GetSharedValue(Dictionary<string, string> sharedConfiguration, string name)
         {
             // primary name
             if (sharedConfiguration.TryGetValue(name, out var value))
@@ -60,7 +74,7 @@ public static string GetSharedValue(Dictionary<string, string> sharedConfigurati
             }
 
             // alternative name
-            name = name.FirstCharacterToLower();
+            name = char.IsUpper(name[0]) ? name.FirstCharacterToLower() : name.FirstCharacterToUpper();
             if (sharedConfiguration.TryGetValue(name, out value))
             {
                 return value;
@@ -72,5 +86,11 @@ public static string GetSharedValue(Dictionary<string, string> sharedConfigurati
         // copy from Core StringExtensions
         private static string FirstCharacterToLower(this string value) =>
             char.ToLowerInvariant(value[0]) + value.Substring(1);
+
+        /// <summary>Ensures first string character is upper</summary>
+        /// <param name="value">The string value</param>
+        /// <returns>String starting uppercase</returns>
+        private static string FirstCharacterToUpper(this string value) =>
+            value[0].ToString().ToUpper() + value.Substring(1);
     }
 }

Directory.Build.props

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
-		<Version>1.0.13</Version>
-		<FileVersion>1.0.13</FileVersion>
-		<InformationalVersion>1.0.13</InformationalVersion>
+		<Version>1.0.14</Version>
+		<FileVersion>1.0.14</FileVersion>
+		<InformationalVersion>1.0.14</InformationalVersion>
 		<Authors>Jani Giannoudis</Authors>
 		<Company>Software Consulting Giannoudis</Company>
 		<Copyright>2023 Software Consulting Giannoudis</Copyright>