Professional C# 6 and .NET Core 1.0 - What’s New in C# 6

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What’s New in C# 6

With C# 6 a new C# compiler is available. It’s not only that a source codecleanup

was done; the features of the compiler pipeline can now be used from custom

programs, and are used by many features of Visual Studio.

This new compiler platform made it possible to enhance C# with many new

features. Although there’s not a feature with such an impact as LINQ orthe async

keyword, the many enhancements increase developer productivity. What arethe

changes of C# 6?

static using

The static using declarationallows invoking static methods without the class

name:

In C# 5

using System;

// etc.

Console.WriteLine("Hello,World!");

In C# 6

using static System.Console;

// etc.

WriteLine("Hello,World");

The using static keyword iscovered in Chapter 2, “Core C#.”

Expression-Bodied Methods

With expression-bodied methods, a method that includes just one statementcan

be written with the lambda syntax:

In C# 5

public boolIsSquare(Rectangle rect)

{

  return rect.Height == rect.Width;

}

In C# 6

public boolIsSquare(Rectangle rect) => rect.Height == rect.Width;

Expression-bodied methods are covered in Chapter 3, “Objects and Types.”

Expression-Bodied Properties

Similar to expression-bodied methods, one-line properties with only a getaccessor

can be written with the lambda syntax:

In C# 5

public string FullName

{

  get

  {

    return FirstName +"" + LastName;

  }

}

In C# 6

public string FullName=> FirstName +"" + LastName;

Expression-bodied properties are covered in Chapter 3.

Auto-Implemented PropertyIntializers

Auto-implemented properties can be initialized with a propertyinitializer:

In C# 5

public class Person

{

  public Person()

  {

    Age = 24;

  }

  public int Age {get; set;}

}

In C# 6

public class Person

{

  public int Age {get; set;} = 42;

}

Auto-implemented property initializers are covered in Chapter 3.

Read-Only Auto Properties

To implement read-only properties, C# 5 requires the full property syntax.With

C# 6, you can do this using auto-implemented properties:

In C# 5

private readonly int_bookId;

public BookId

{

  get

  {

    return _bookId;

  }

}

In C# 6

public BookId {get;}

Read-only auto properties are covered in Chapter 3.

nameof Operator

With the new nameof operator, namesof fields, properties, methods, or types can

be accessed. With this, name changes are not missed with refactoring:

In C# 5

public void Method(objecto)

{

  if (o == null) throw newArgumentNullException("o");

In C# 6

public void Method(objecto)

{

  if (o == null) throw newArgumentNullException(nameof(o));

The nameof operator iscovered in Chapter 8, “Operators and Casts.”

Null Propagation Operator

The null propagation operator simplifies null checks:

In C# 5

int? age = p == null ?null : p.Age;

In C# 6

int? age = p?.Age;

The new syntax also has an advantage for firing events:

In C# 5

var handler = Event;

if (handler != null)

{

  handler(source, e);

}

In C# 6

handler?.Invoke(source,e);

The null propagation operator is covered in Chapter 8.

String Interpolation

The string interpolation removes calls to string.Format. Instead of using 

numbered format placeholders in the string, the placeholders can include

expressions:

In C# 5

public override ToString()

{

  return string.Format("{0}, {1}",Title, Publisher);

}

In C# 6

public override ToString()=> $"{Title} {Publisher}";

The C# 6 sample is reduced that much compared to the C# 5 syntax becauseit

uses not only string interpolation but also an expression-bodied method.

String interpolation can also use string formats and get special featureson

assigning it to a FormattableString. Stringinterpolation is covered in Chapter 10,

“Strings and Regular Expressions.”

Dictionary Initializers

Dictionaries can now be initialized with a dictionary initializer—similarto the

collection initializer.

In C# 5

var dict = newDictionary<int, string>();

dict.Add(3,"three");

dict.Add(7,"seven");

In C# 6

var dict = newDictionary<int, string>()

{

  [3] ="three",

  [7] ="seven"

};

Dictionary initializers are covered in Chapter 11, “Collections.”

Exception Filters

Exception filters allow you to filter exceptions before catching them.

In C# 5

try

{

  //etc.

}

catch (MyException ex)

{

  if (ex.ErrorCode != 405) throw;

  // etc.

}

In C# 6

try

{

  //etc.

}

catch (MyException ex)when (ex.ErrorCode == 405)

{

  // etc.

}

A big advantage of the new syntax is not only that it reduces the codelength but

also that the stack trace is not changed—which happens with the C# 5variant.

Exception filters are covered in Chapter 14, “Errors and Exceptions.”

Await in Catch

await can now be usedin the catch clause. C# 5required a workaround.

In C# 5

bool hasError = false;

string errorMessage =null;

try

{

  //etc.

}

catch (MyException ex)

{

  hasError = true;

  errorMessage = ex.Message;

}

if (hasError)

{

  await newMessageDialog().ShowAsync(errorMessage);

}

In C# 6

try

{

  //etc.

}

catch (MyException ex)

{

  await newMessageDialog().ShowAsync(ex.Message);

}

This feature doesn’t need an enhancement of the C# syntax; it’sfunctionality

that’s working now. This enhancement required a lot of investment from

Microsoft to make it work, but that really doesn’t matter to you usingthis

platform. For you, it means less code is needed—just compare the twoversions. 

NOTE The new C# 6 language features are covered in the mentioned

chapters, and in all chapters of this book the new C# syntax isused.