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EncDotNet.S100.Features

EncDotNet.S100.Features parses S-100 feature catalogue XML (ISO 19110, S-100 Part 5) into a model of feature types, information types, attributes, roles and associations. Reference it when you need to read a feature catalogue directly, for example to look up attribute names or enumerated values. The EncDotNet.S100 facade uses it for you through S100FeatureCatalogue.

Install

dotnet add package EncDotNet.S100.Features

Example: read a catalogue and decode codes

using EncDotNet.S100.Features;

FeatureCatalogue catalogue = FeatureCatalogueReader.Read("path/to/feature_catalogue.xml");
Console.WriteLine($"{catalogue.Name} {catalogue.VersionNumber}: {catalogue.FeatureTypes.Count} feature types");

var decoder = new FeatureCatalogueDecoder(catalogue);
Console.WriteLine(decoder.ResolveFeatureTypeName("DepthArea"));

Main entry points

  • FeatureCatalogueReader reads a feature catalogue from a stream or a file path and returns a FeatureCatalogue.
  • FeatureCatalogue is the parsed model. It lists feature types, information types, simple and complex attributes, roles, and feature and information associations.
  • FeatureType and InformationType define the types.
  • AttributeBinding, FeatureBinding and InformationBinding are the attributes, feature associations and information associations a type binds. A feature or information binding can allow several target types: FeatureTypeRefs and InformationTypeRefs list them all, and FeatureTypeRef and InformationTypeRef give the first.
  • SimpleAttribute, ComplexAttribute and ListedValue define attributes and enumerated values. A numeric SimpleAttribute also has a Uom, a UnitOfMeasure with a name and symbol parsed from <S100FC:uom>. For example, depthRangeMinimumValue resolves to metre / m, so you can label values with their unit from the catalogue instead of guessing it.
  • FeatureAssociation, InformationAssociation and Role describe relationships between features.
  • FeatureCatalogueDecoder looks up names in a parsed catalogue in constant time:
    • ResolveAttributeName, ResolveFeatureTypeName, ResolveInformationTypeName and IsEnumeratedAttribute.
    • For enumerated simple attributes, ResolveListedValue returns the value's label and ResolveListedValueDefinition returns its definition, such as "Grey Ice" for an S-411 stage-of-development code. Both take the attribute code and the raw value, and return null for an attribute that isn't enumerated or a value that isn't listed.
  • FeatureCatalogueManager resolves, parses and caches one FeatureCatalogue per product specification.
    • It reads catalogues through a stream resolver you supply. SetSource registers an IAssetSource as a bundled fallback for a product, and clears that product's cached catalogue, decoder and content hash.
    • GetCatalogueHashAsync(spec) (from ICatalogueProvider<T>) returns the lowercase hexadecimal SHA-256 of the catalogue XML that the resolver returns. Because it hashes the resolved bytes, it reflects any command-line or settings override. That makes it a safer cache-invalidation key than the declared version, which an override can leave unchanged. The hash is computed once per product, when first requested. A failure (null) isn't cached, so the next call tries again.

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