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UidDisplay Pennington.ApiMetadata

Formatting helpers for xmldocid strings (the T:, M:, P:… prefixed uids the C# compiler emits).

Methods

Shorten

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public static string Shorten(string uid)

Returns the short, unqualified display name for a uid (e.g. T:System.Collections.Generic.List`1 → List), stripping the kind prefix, any parameter list, the namespace, and generic-arity markers.

Parameters

uid string

Returns

string

Pennington.ApiMetadata.UidDisplay

namespace Pennington.ApiMetadata;

/// Formatting helpers for xmldocid strings (the T:, M:, P:… prefixed uids the C# compiler emits).
public class UidDisplay
{
    /// Returns the short, unqualified display name for a uid (e.g. T:System.Collections.Generic.List`1 → List), stripping the kind prefix, any parameter list, the namespace, and generic-arity markers.
    
public static string Shorten(string uid)

;
}