using System;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace AngularTemplateDrivenFormsLab.Models
{
    public class Movie
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Movie Title is Required")]
        [MinLength(3, ErrorMessage = "Movie Title must be at least 3 characters")]
        public string Title { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Movie Director is Required.")]
        public string Director { get; set; }

        [Range(0, 100, ErrorMessage = "Ticket price must be between 0 and 100.")]
        public decimal TicketPrice { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Movie Release Date is required")]
        public DateTime ReleaseDate { get; set; }
    }
}

using AngularTemplateDrivenFormsLab.Models;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace AngularTemplateDrivenFormsLab.Controllers
{
    [Route("api/[controller]")]
    public class MoviesController : Controller
    {
        [HttpPost]
        public IActionResult Post([FromBody]Movie movie)
        {
            if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                // TODO: save ...
                return Ok(movie);
            }

            ModelState.AddModelError("", "This record already exists."); // a cross field validation
            return BadRequest(ModelState);
        }
    }
}

 {"":["This record already exists."],"TicketPrice":["Ticket price must be between 0 and 100."]}

  errors: string[] = [];

  processModelStateErrors(form: NgForm, responseError: HttpErrorResponse) {
    if (responseError.status === 400) {
      const modelStateErrors = responseError.error;
      for (const fieldName in modelStateErrors) {
        if (modelStateErrors.hasOwnProperty(fieldName)) {
          const modelStateError = modelStateErrors[fieldName];
          const control = form.controls[fieldName] || form.controls[this.lowerCaseFirstLetter(fieldName)];
          if (control) {
            // integrate into Angular's validation
            control.setErrors({
              modelStateError: { error: modelStateError }
            });
          } else {
            // for cross field validations -> show the validation error at the top of the screen
            this.errors.push(modelStateError);
          }
        }
      }
    } else {
      this.errors.push("something went wrong!");
    }
  }

  lowerCaseFirstLetter(data: string): string {
    return data.charAt(0).toLowerCase() + data.slice(1);
  }

 const control = form.controls[fieldName] || form.controls[this.lowerCaseFirstLetter(fieldName)];

  model = new Movie("", "", 0, "");
  successfulSave: boolean;
  errors: string[] = [];

  constructor(private movieService: MovieService) { }

  ngOnInit() {
  }

  submitForm(form: NgForm) {
    console.log(form);

    this.errors = [];
    this.movieService.postMovieForm(this.model).subscribe(
      (data: Movie) => {
        console.log("Saved data", data);
        this.successfulSave = true;
      },
      (responseError: HttpErrorResponse) => {
        this.successfulSave = false;
        console.log("Response Error", responseError);
        this.processModelStateErrors(form, responseError);
      });
  }

<form #form="ngForm" (submit)="submitForm(form)" novalidate>
  <div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert" *ngIf="errors.length > 0">
    <ul>
      <li *ngFor="let error of errors">
        {{ error }}
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
  <div class="alert alert-success" role="alert" *ngIf="successfulSave">
    Movie saved successfully!
  </div>

control.setErrors({
  modelStateError: { error: modelStateError }
});

<ng-template #validationErrorsTemplate let-ctrl="control">
  <div *ngIf="ctrl.invalid && ctrl.touched">
    <div class="alert alert-danger"  *ngIf="ctrl.errors.required">
      This field is required.
    </div>
    <div class="alert alert-danger"  *ngIf="ctrl.errors.minlength">
      This field should be minimum {{ctrl.errors.minlength.requiredLength}} characters.
    </div>
    <div class="alert alert-danger"  *ngIf="ctrl.errors.maxlength">
      This field should be max {{ctrl.errors.maxlength.requiredLength}} characters.
    </div>
    <div class="alert alert-danger"  *ngIf="ctrl.errors.pattern">
      This field's pattern: {{ctrl.errors.pattern.requiredPattern}}
    </div>
    <div class="alert alert-danger"  *ngIf="ctrl.errors.modelStateError">
      {{ctrl.errors.modelStateError.error}}
    </div>
  </div>
</ng-template>

  <div class="form-group" [class.has-error]="releaseDate.invalid && releaseDate.touched">
    <label class="control-label" for="releaseDate">Release Date</label>
    <input type="text" name="releaseDate" #releaseDate="ngModel"  class="form-control"
      required [(ngModel)]="model.releaseDate" />
    <ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="validationErrorsTemplate; context:{ control: releaseDate }"></ng-container>
  </div>

public interface IUnitOfWork
{
    Lazy<IDbSet<TEntity>> LazySet<TEntity>() where TEntity : class; 
    int SaveChanges(); 
}

Lazy <IDbSet<TEntity>> LazySet<TEntity>()  where  TEntity :  class

    [ServiceContract]
    public interface IScannerService
    {
        [OperationContract]
        [WebInvoke(Method = "GET",
           BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Wrapped,
           RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json,
           ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json,
           UriTemplate = "GetScan")]
        string GetScan();
    }

    public class ScannerService : IScannerService
    {
        public string GetScan()
        {
            // TODO Add code here
        }
    }

using WIA;

        public string GetScan()
        {
            var imgResult = String.Empty;
            var dialog = new CommonDialogClass();
            try
            {
                // نمایش فرم پیشفرض اسکنر
                var image = dialog.ShowAcquireImage(WiaDeviceType.ScannerDeviceType);
                
                // ذخیره تصویر در یک فایل موقت
                var filename = Path.GetTempFileName();
                image.SaveFile(filename);
                var img = Image.FromFile(filename);

                // img جهت ارسال سمت کاربر و نمایش در تگ Base64 تبدیل تصویر به 
                imgResult = ImageHelper.ImageToBase64(img, ImageFormat.Jpeg);
            }
            catch
            {
                // از آنجاییه که امکان نمایش خطا وجود ندارد در صورت بروز خطا رشته خالی 
                // بازگردانده می‌شود که به معنای نبود تصویر می‌باشد
            }

            return imgResult;
        }

        public static string ImageToBase64(Image image, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat format)
        {
            if (image != null)
            {
                using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
                {
                    // Convert Image to byte[]
                    image.Save(ms, format);
                    byte[] imageBytes = ms.ToArray();

                    // Convert byte[] to Base64 String
                    string base64String = Convert.ToBase64String(imageBytes);
                    return base64String;
                }
            }
            return String.Empty;
        }

        private readonly Uri _baseAddress = new Uri("http://localhost:6019");
        private ServiceHost _host;

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            _host = new ServiceHost(typeof(WcfServiceScanner.ScannerService), _baseAddress);
            _host.Open();
        }

        private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
        {
            _host.Close();
        }

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
    <startup> 
        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
    </startup>

  <system.serviceModel>
    <behaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
        <behavior name="BehaviourMetaData">
          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
        </behavior>
      </serviceBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
    <services>
      <service name="WcfServiceScanner.ScannerService"
               behaviorConfiguration="BehaviourMetaData">
        <endpoint address=""
                  binding="basicHttpBinding"
                  contract="WcfServiceScanner.IScannerService" />
      </service>
    </services>
  </system.serviceModel>

</configuration>

<a href="#" id="get-scan">Get Scan</a>
<img src="" id="img-scanned" />
<script>
    $("#get-scan").click(function () {
        var url = 'http://localhost:6019/';
        $.get(url, function (data) {
            $("#img-scanned").attr("src","data:image/Jpeg;base64,  "+ data.GetScanResult);
        });
    });
</script>

    public class CORSSupport : IDispatchMessageInspector
    {
        Dictionary<string, string> requiredHeaders;
        public CORSSupport(Dictionary<string, string> headers)
        {
            requiredHeaders = headers ?? new Dictionary<string, string>();
        }

        public object AfterReceiveRequest(ref System.ServiceModel.Channels.Message request, System.ServiceModel.IClientChannel channel, System.ServiceModel.InstanceContext instanceContext)
        {
            var httpRequest = request.Properties["httpRequest"] as HttpRequestMessageProperty;
            if (httpRequest.Method.ToLower() == "options")
                instanceContext.Abort();
            return httpRequest;
        }

        public void BeforeSendReply(ref System.ServiceModel.Channels.Message reply, object correlationState)
        {
            var httpResponse = reply.Properties["httpResponse"] as HttpResponseMessageProperty;
            var httpRequest = correlationState as HttpRequestMessageProperty;

            foreach (var item in requiredHeaders)
            {
                httpResponse.Headers.Add(item.Key, item.Value);
            }
            var origin = httpRequest.Headers["origin"];
            if (origin != null)
                httpResponse.Headers.Add("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", origin);

            var method = httpRequest.Method;
            if (method.ToLower() == "options")
                httpResponse.StatusCode = System.Net.HttpStatusCode.NoContent;

        }
    }

    // Simply apply this attribute to a DataService-derived class to get
    // CORS support in that service
    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class)]
    public class CORSSupportBehaviorAttribute : Attribute, IServiceBehavior
    {
        #region IServiceBehavior Members

        void IServiceBehavior.AddBindingParameters(ServiceDescription serviceDescription, ServiceHostBase serviceHostBase, System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection<ServiceEndpoint> endpoints, BindingParameterCollection bindingParameters)
        {
        }

        void IServiceBehavior.ApplyDispatchBehavior(ServiceDescription serviceDescription, ServiceHostBase serviceHostBase)
        {
            var requiredHeaders = new Dictionary<string, string>();

            //Chrome doesn't accept wildcards when authorization flag is true
            //requiredHeaders.Add("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
            requiredHeaders.Add("Access-Control-Request-Method", "POST,GET,PUT,DELETE,OPTIONS");
            requiredHeaders.Add("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Accept, Origin, Authorization, X-Requested-With,Content-Type");
            requiredHeaders.Add("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials", "true");
            foreach (ChannelDispatcher cd in serviceHostBase.ChannelDispatchers)
            {
                foreach (EndpointDispatcher ed in cd.Endpoints)
                {
                    ed.DispatchRuntime.MessageInspectors.Add(new CORSSupport(requiredHeaders));
                }
            }
        }

        void IServiceBehavior.Validate(ServiceDescription serviceDescription, ServiceHostBase serviceHostBase)
        {
        }

        #endregion
    }

using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Channels;
using System.ServiceModel.Description;
using System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher;

    [CORSSupportBehavior]
    public class ScannerService : IScannerService
    {

class $safeitemrootname$
    {
    }

========= To

public class $safeitemrootname$
    {
    }

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using Lucene.Net.Analysis.Standard;
using Lucene.Net.Documents;
using Lucene.Net.Index;
using Lucene.Net.Store;

namespace ShaahnamehAnalysis
{
    public static class CreateIndex
    {
        static readonly Lucene.Net.Util.Version _version = Lucene.Net.Util.Version.LUCENE_CURRENT;

        static HashSet<string> getStopWords()
        {
            var result = new HashSet<string>();
            var stopWords = new[]
            {
                "به",
                "با",
                "از",
                "تا",
                "و",
                "است",
                "هست",
                "هستم",
                "هستیم",
                "هستید",
                "هستند",
                "نیست",
                "نیستم",
                "نیستیم",
                "نیستند",
                "اما",
                "یا",
                "این",
                "آن",
                "اینجا",
                "آنجا",
                "بود",
                "باد",
                "برای",
                "که",
                "دارم",
                "داری",
                "دارد",
                "داریم",
                "دارید",
                "دارند",
                "چند",
                "را",
                "ها",
                "های",
                "می",
                "هم",
                "در",
                "باشم",
                "باشی",
                "باشد",
                "باشیم",
                "باشید",
                "باشند",
                "اگر",
                "مگر",
                "بجز",
                "جز",
                "الا",
                "اینکه",
                "چرا",
                "کی",
                "چه",
                "چطور",
                "چی",
                "چیست",
                "آیا",
                "چنین",
                "اینچنین",
                "نخست",
                "اول",
                "آخر",
                "انتها",
                "صد",
                "هزار",
                "میلیون",
                "ملیون",
                "میلیارد",
                "ملیارد",
                "یکهزار",
                "تریلیون",
                "تریلیارد",
                "میان",
                "بین",
                "زیر",
                "بیش",
                "روی",
                "ضمن",
                "همانا",
                "ای",
                "بعد",
                "پس",
                "قبل",
                "پیش",
                "هیچ",
                "همه",
                "واما",
                "شد",
                "شده",
                "شدم",
                "شدی",
                "شدیم",
                "شدند",
                "یک",
                "یکی",
                "نبود",
                "میکند",
                "میکنم",                
                "میکنیم",
                "میکنید",
                "میکنند",
                "میکنی",
                "طور",
                "اینطور",
                "آنطور",
                "هر",
                "حال",
                "مثل",
                "خواهم",
                "خواهی",
                "خواهد",
                "خواهیم",
                "خواهید",
                "خواهند",
                "داشته",
                "داشت",
                "داشتی",
                "داشتم",
                "داشتیم",
                "داشتید",
                "داشتند",
                "آنکه",
                "مورد",
                "کنید",
                "کنم",
                "کنی",
                "کنند",
                "کنیم",
                "نکنم",
                "نکنی",
                "نکند",
                "نکنیم",
                "نکنید",
                "نکنند",
                "نکن",
                "بگو",
                "نگو",
                "مگو",
                "بنابراین",
                "بدین",
                "من",
                "تو",
                "او",
                "ما",
                "شما",
                "ایشان",
                "ی",
                "ـ",
                "هایی",
                "خیلی",
                "بسیار",
                "1",
                "بر",
                "l",
                "شود",
                "کرد",
                "کرده",
                "نیز",
                "خود",
                "شوند",
                "اند",
                "داد",
                "دهد",
                "گشت",
                "ز",
                "گفت",
                "آمد",
                "اندر",
                "چون",
                "بد",
                "چو",
                "همی",
                "پر",
                "سوی",
                "دو",
                "گر",
                "بی",
                "گرد",
                "زین",
                "کس",
                "زان",
                "جای",
                "آید"
            };

            foreach (var item in stopWords)
                result.Add(item);

            return result;
        }

        public static void CreateShaahnamehIndex(string file = "shaahnameh.txt")
        {
            var directory = FSDirectory.Open(new DirectoryInfo(Environment.CurrentDirectory + "\\LuceneIndex"));
            var analyzer = new StandardAnalyzer(_version, getStopWords());
            using (var writer = new IndexWriter(directory, analyzer, create: true, mfl: IndexWriter.MaxFieldLength.UNLIMITED))
            {
                var section = string.Empty;
                foreach (var line in File.ReadAllLines(file))
                {
                    int result;
                    if (int.TryParse(line, out result))
                    {
                        var postDocument = new Document();
                        postDocument.Add(new Field("Id", result.ToString(), Field.Store.YES, Field.Index.NOT_ANALYZED));
                        postDocument.Add(new Field("Body", section, Field.Store.YES, Field.Index.ANALYZED, Field.TermVector.WITH_POSITIONS_OFFSETS));
                        writer.AddDocument(postDocument);
                        section = string.Empty;
                    }
                    else
                        section += line;
                }

                writer.Optimize();
                writer.Commit();
                writer.Close();
                directory.Close();
            }
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using Lucene.Net.Index;
using Lucene.Net.Store;

namespace ShaahnamehAnalysis
{
    [DebuggerDisplay("{Frequency}, {Text}")]
    public class Tag
    {
        public string Text { set; get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The frequency of a term is defined as the number of 
        /// documents in which a specific term appears.
        /// </summary>
        public int Frequency { set; get; }
    }

    public static class WordsCloud
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Create Words Cloud
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="threshold">every term that appears in more than x Body</param>
        public static IList<Tag> Create(int threshold = 200)
        {
            var path = Environment.CurrentDirectory + "\\LuceneIndex";

            var results = new List<Tag>();
            var field = "Body";

            IndexReader indexReader = IndexReader.Open(FSDirectory.Open(path ), true);

            var termFrequency = indexReader.Terms();
            while (termFrequency.Next())
            {
                if (termFrequency.DocFreq() >= threshold && termFrequency.Term.Field == field)
                {
                    results.Add(new Tag { Text = termFrequency.Term.Text, Frequency = termFrequency.DocFreq() });
                }
            }
            return results.OrderByDescending(x => x.Frequency).ToList();
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;

namespace ShaahnamehAnalysis
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            CreateIndex.CreateShaahnamehIndex();
            var wordsCloudList = WordsCloud.Create();

            var data = wordsCloudList.Select(x => x.Text + ", " + x.Frequency)
                                     .Aggregate((s1, s2) => s1 + Environment.NewLine + s2);
            var output = "ShaahnamehAnalysis.txt";
            File.WriteAllText(output, data);
            Process.Start(output);
        }
    }
}

@page "/hotel-room/create"

@page "/hotel-room/create"
@page "/hotel-room/edit/{Id:int}"

@code
{
    // ...

    [Parameter] public int? Id { get; set; }

    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
    {
        if (Id.HasValue)
        {
            // Update Mode
            Title = "Update";
            HotelRoomModel = await HotelRoomService.GetHotelRoomAsync(Id.Value);
        }
        else
        {
            // Create Mode
            HotelRoomModel = new HotelRoomDTO();
        }
    }

    // ...
}

<EditForm Model="HotelRoomModel" OnValidSubmit="HandleHotelRoomUpsert">

<tr>
    <td>@room.Name</td>
    <td>@room.Occupancy</td>
    <td>@room.RegularRate.ToString("c")</td>
    <td>@room.SqFt</td>
    <td>
        <NavLink href="@($"hotel-room/edit/{room.Id}")" class="btn btn-primary">Edit</NavLink>
    </td>
</tr>

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public interface IHotelRoomService
    {
        Task<bool> IsRoomUniqueAsync(string name, int roomId);

        // ...
    }
}

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public class HotelRoomService : IHotelRoomService
    {
        // ...
 
        public Task<bool> IsRoomUniqueAsync(string name, int roomId)
        {
            if (roomId == 0)
            {
                // Create Mode
                return _dbContext.HotelRooms
                                .ProjectTo<HotelRoomDTO>(_mapperConfiguration)
                                .AnyAsync(x => x.Name != name);
            }
            else
            {
                // Edit Mode
                return _dbContext.HotelRooms
                                .ProjectTo<HotelRoomDTO>(_mapperConfiguration)
                                .AnyAsync(x => x.Name != name && x.Id != roomId);
            }
        }
    }
}

// ...
@inject IJSRuntime JsRuntime


@code
{
   // ...

    private async Task HandleHotelRoomUpsert()
    {
        var isRoomUnique = await HotelRoomService.IsRoomUniqueAsync(HotelRoomModel.Name, HotelRoomModel.Id);
        if (!isRoomUnique)
        {
            await JsRuntime.ToastrError($"The room name: `{HotelRoomModel.Name}` already exists.");
            return;
        }

        if (HotelRoomModel.Id != 0 && Title == "Update")
        {
            // Update Mode
            var updateResult = await HotelRoomService.UpdateHotelRoomAsync(HotelRoomModel.Id, HotelRoomModel);
            await JsRuntime.ToastrSuccess($"The `{HotelRoomModel.Name}` updated successfully.");
        }
        else
        {
            // Create Mode
            var createResult = await HotelRoomService.CreateHotelRoomAsync(HotelRoomModel);
            await JsRuntime.ToastrSuccess($"The `{HotelRoomModel.Name}` created successfully.");
        }

        NavigationManager.NavigateTo("hotel-room");
    }
}

 PM> install-package Newtonsoft.Json

 var roles = new List<string>
{
   "Admin",
   "User"
};
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(roles, Formatting.Indented);

 var jsonString = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new
{
   Id =1,
   Name = "Test"
}, Formatting.Indented);

var jsonData = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new
{
   Id = 1,
   Name = "Test",
   DateTime = DateTime.Now
}, new JsonSerializerSettings
{
   Formatting = Formatting.Indented,
   Converters =
   {
      new JavaScriptDateTimeConverter()
   }
});

 {
  "Id": 1,
  "Name": "Test",
  "DateTime": new Date(1409821985245)
}

using (var stream = File.CreateText(@"c:\output.json"))
{
    var jsonSerializer = new JsonSerializer
   {
      Formatting = Formatting.Indented
   };
   jsonSerializer.Serialize(stream, new
   {
     Id = 1,
     Name = "Test",
     DateTime = DateTime.Now
   });
}

public class User
{
   public int Id { set; get; }
   public string Name { set; get; }
   public DateTime DateTime { set; get; }
}

 var user = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<User>(jsonData);

var user = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<User>(jsonData, new JsonSerializerSettings
{
   Converters = {  new JavaScriptDateTimeConverter() }
});

 JsonConvert.PopulateObject(jsonData, user);

var jsonData = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(object, new JsonSerializerSettings
{
   NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore,
   Formatting = Formatting.Indented
});

public class Employee
{
    public string Name { set; get; }
}

public class Manager : Employee
{
    public IList<Employee> Reports { set; get; }
}

 var employee = new Employee { Name = "User1" };
var manager1 = new Manager { Name = "User2" };
var manager2 = new Manager { Name = "User3" };
manager1.Reports = new[] { employee, manager2 };
manager2.Reports = new[] { employee };

 var list = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(manager1, Formatting.Indented);

{
  "Reports": [
    {
      "Name": "User1"
    },
    {
      "Reports": [
        {
          "Name": "User1"
        }
      ],
      "Name": "User3"
    }
  ],
  "Name": "User2"
}

var list = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(manager1, new JsonSerializerSettings
{
   Formatting = Formatting.Indented,
   TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Objects,
   PreserveReferencesHandling = PreserveReferencesHandling.Objects
});
 

{
  "$id": "1",
  "$type": "JsonNetTests.Manager, JsonNetTests",
  "Reports": [
    {
      "$id": "2",
      "$type": "JsonNetTests.Employee, JsonNetTests",
      "Name": "User1"
    },
    {
      "$id": "3",
      "$type": "JsonNetTests.Manager, JsonNetTests",
      "Reports": [
        {
          "$ref": "2"
        }
      ],
      "Name": "User3"
    }
  ],
  "Name": "User2"
}

public class User
{
   public int Id { set; get; }

   [JsonIgnore]
   public string Name { set; get; }

   public DateTime DateTime { set; get; }
}

[JsonProperty(PropertyName = "m_name", NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore)]
public string Name { set; get; }

[JsonObject(MemberSerialization.OptIn)]
public class User
{
    public int Id { set; get; }

    [JsonProperty]
    public string Name { set; get; }
 
    public DateTime DateTime { set; get; }
}

[JsonConverter(typeof(JavaScriptDateTimeConverter))]
public DateTime DateTime { set; get; }

public class HtmlColor
{
   public int Red { set; get; }
   public int Green { set; get; }
   public int Blue { set; get; }
}

var colorJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new HtmlColor
{
  Red = 255,
  Green = 0,
  Blue = 0
}, Formatting.Indented);

    public class HtmlColorConverter : JsonConverter
    {

        public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)
        {
            return objectType == typeof(HtmlColor);
        }

        public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType,
                                        object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
        {
            throw new NotSupportedException();
        }

        public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)
        {
            var color = value as HtmlColor;
            if (color == null)
                return;

            writer.WriteValue("#" + color.Red.ToString("X2")
                + color.Green.ToString("X2") + color.Blue.ToString("X2"));
        }
    }

var colorJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new HtmlColor
{
  Red = 255,
  Green = 0,
  Blue = 0
},  new JsonSerializerSettings
    {
      Formatting = Formatting.Indented,
      Converters = { new HtmlColorConverter() }
    });   

public static IQueryable<T> PagedForQuery<T>(this IQueryable<T> query, int pageIndex, int pageSize)
        {
            return query.Skip(() => pageSize * (pageIndex - 1)).Take(() => pageSize);
        }

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