<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="5.0.0-rc2" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
    // ...
            services.AddSwaggerGen(setupAction =>
            {
                setupAction.SwaggerDoc(
                   name: "LibraryOpenAPISpecification",
                   info: new Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.OpenApiInfo()
                   {
                       Title = "Library API",
                       Version = "1",
                       Description = "Through this API you can access authors and their books.",
                       Contact = new Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.OpenApiContact()
                       {
                           Email = "name@site.com",
                           Name = "DNT",
                           Url = new Uri("https://www.dntips.ir")
                       },
                       License = new Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.OpenApiLicense()
                       {
                           Name = "MIT License",
                           Url = new Uri("https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT")
                       }
                   });
            });
        }

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
        {
    // ...
            app.UseHttpsRedirection();

            app.UseSwagger();
    // ...
        }

 https://localhost:5001/swagger/LibraryOpenAPISpecification/swagger.json

[HttpGet("{authorId}")]
public async Task<ActionResult<Author>> GetAuthor(Guid authorId)
{
    var authorFromRepo = await _authorsService.GetAuthorAsync(authorId);
    if (authorFromRepo == null)
    {
        return NotFound();
    }
    return Ok(_mapper.Map<Author>(authorFromRepo));
}

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
        {
    // ...

            app.UseHttpsRedirection();

            app.UseSwagger();
            app.UseSwaggerUI(setupAction =>
            {
                setupAction.SwaggerEndpoint(
                    "/swagger/LibraryOpenAPISpecification/swagger.json",
                    "Library API");
            });

    // ...
        }

app.UseSwaggerUI(setupAction =>
            {
                setupAction.SwaggerEndpoint(
                    "/swagger/LibraryOpenAPISpecification/swagger.json",
                    "Library API");
                setupAction.RoutePrefix = "";
            });

public class UsersController : Controller
{
    private readonly IUserService _service;

    public UsersController(IUserService service)
    {
        _service = service ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(service));
        _service.Initialize(new ModelStateWrapper(ModelState));
    }

    [HttpPost]
    public async Task<IActionResult> Create([FromForm]UserCreateModel model)
    {
        if (!ModelState.IsValid) return View(model);

        await _service.CreateAsync(model);

        //todo: Display ModelState's Errors
    }
}

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);
        }
    }
}

var client = new SoapDisposableEmailAddressDetectorClient();
 
var context = new soapContext
{
    //todo: get your API key here: http://www.nameapi.org/en/register/
    apiKey = "test"
};
var result = client.isDisposable(context, "DaDiDoo@mailinator.com"); 
 
if (result.disposable.ToString() == "YES")
{
    Console.WriteLine("YES! It's Disposable!");
}

 Additional information: The remote server returned an unexpected response: (400) Bad Request.

 <html><head><title>Bad Request</title></head><body><h1>Bad Request</h1><p>No api-key provided!</p></body></html>

<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ns1="http://disposableemailaddressdetector.email.services.v4_0.soap.server.nameapi.org/">
  <SOAP-ENV:Body>
    <ns1:isDisposable>
      <context>
        <apiKey>test</apiKey>       
      </context>
      <emailAddress>sdsdg@site.com</emailAddress>
    </ns1:isDisposable>
  </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <s:Body xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
     <isDisposable xmlns="http://disposableemailaddressdetector.email.services.v4_0.soap.server.nameapi.org/">
          <context xmlns=""><apiKey>test</apiKey></context>
          <emailAddress xmlns="">DaDiDoo@mailinator.com</emailAddress>
      </isDisposable>
  </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>

public class EndpointBehavior : IEndpointBehavior
{
    public void AddBindingParameters(ServiceEndpoint endpoint, BindingParameterCollection bindingParameters)
    { }
 
    public void ApplyDispatchBehavior(ServiceEndpoint endpoint, EndpointDispatcher endpointDispatcher)
    { }
 
    public void Validate(ServiceEndpoint endpoint)
    { }
 
    public void ApplyClientBehavior(ServiceEndpoint endpoint, ClientRuntime clientRuntime)
    {
        clientRuntime.MessageInspectors.Add(new ClientMessageInspector());
    }
}
 
public class ClientMessageInspector : IClientMessageInspector
{
    public void AfterReceiveReply(ref Message reply, object correlationState)
    { }
 
    public object BeforeSendRequest(ref Message request, System.ServiceModel.IClientChannel channel)
    {
        request = new MyCustomMessage(request);
        return request;
    }
}
 
/// <summary>
/// To customize WCF envelope and namespace prefix
/// </summary>
public class MyCustomMessage : Message
{
    private readonly Message _message;
 
    public MyCustomMessage(Message message)
    {
        _message = message;
    }
 
    public override MessageHeaders Headers
    {
        get { return _message.Headers; }
    }
 
    public override MessageProperties Properties
    {
        get { return _message.Properties; }
    }
 
    public override MessageVersion Version
    {
        get { return _message.Version; }
    }
 
    protected override void OnWriteStartBody(XmlDictionaryWriter writer)
    {
        writer.WriteStartElement("Body", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
    }
 
    protected override void OnWriteBodyContents(XmlDictionaryWriter writer)
    {
        _message.WriteBodyContents(writer);
    }
 
    protected override void OnWriteStartEnvelope(XmlDictionaryWriter writer)
    {
        writer.WriteStartElement("SOAP-ENV", "Envelope", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
        writer.WriteAttributeString("xmlns", "ns1", null, value: "http://disposableemailaddressdetector.email.services.v4_0.soap.server.nameapi.org/");
    }
}

 var client = new SoapDisposableEmailAddressDetectorClient();
client.Endpoint.Behaviors.Add(new EndpointBehavior());

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 
namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Controllers
{
    public class TestCookiesController : Controller
    {
        public IActionResult Index()
        {
            this.Response.Cookies.Append("key", "value", new CookieOptions
            {
                HttpOnly = true,
                Path = this.Request.PathBase.HasValue ? this.Request.PathBase.ToString() : "/",
                Secure = this.Request.IsHttps
            });
 
            return Content("OK!");
        }
    }
}

 Expires = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddDays(2)

 var value = this.Request.Cookies["key"];

    public interface IRequestCookieCollection : IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>>, IEnumerable
    {
        string this[string key] { get; }
        ICollection<string> Keys { get; }
        bool ContainsKey(string key);
        bool TryGetValue(string key, out string value);
    }

string cookieValue;
if (this.Request.Cookies.TryGetValue(key, out cookieValue))
{
   // TODO: use the cookieValue
}
else
{
  // this cookie doesn't exist.
}

 this.Response.Cookies.Delete("key");

public interface ISecureCookiesProvider
{
    void Add(HttpContext context, string token, string value);
    bool Contains(HttpContext context, string token);
    string GetValue(HttpContext context, string token);
    void Remove(HttpContext context, string token);
}
 
public class SecureCookiesProvider : ISecureCookiesProvider
{
    private readonly IProtectionProvider _protectionProvider;
 
    public SecureCookiesProvider(IProtectionProvider protectionProvider)
    {
 
        _protectionProvider = protectionProvider;
    }
 
    public void Add(HttpContext context, string token, string value)
    {
        value = _protectionProvider.Encrypt(value);
        context.Response.Cookies.Append(token, value, getCookieOptions(context));
    }
 
    public bool Contains(HttpContext context, string token)
    {
        return context.Request.Cookies.ContainsKey(token);
    }
 
    public string GetValue(HttpContext context, string token)
    {
        string cookieValue;
        if (!context.Request.Cookies.TryGetValue(token, out cookieValue))
        {
            return null;
        }
        return _protectionProvider.Decrypt(cookieValue);
    }
 
    public void Remove(HttpContext context, string token)
    {
        if (context.Request.Cookies.ContainsKey(token))
        {
            context.Response.Cookies.Delete(token);
        }
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Expires at the end of the browser's session.
    /// </summary>
    private CookieOptions getCookieOptions(HttpContext context)
    {
        return new CookieOptions
        {
            HttpOnly = true,
            Path = context.Request.PathBase.HasValue ? context.Request.PathBase.ToString() : "/",
            Secure = context.Request.IsHttps
        };
    }
}

public class Startup
{ 
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        services.TryAddSingleton<IProtectionProvider, ProtectionProvider>();
        services.TryAddSingleton<ISecureCookiesProvider, SecureCookiesProvider>();

How to (Find the Option to) Enable Separator Lines for C# in Visual Studio 

In this article, we will learn:
What is a Task in C# ?
Properties of Task class
Different Methods in Task class
How to create a Task in C#?
Return a Value from Task
Attaching Child Task to Parent Task
Task Factory

namespace Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting
{
    public interface IHostedService
    {
        Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken);
        Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken);
    }
}

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

namespace MvcTest
{
    public class SampleHostedService : IHostedService
    {
        private readonly ILogger<SampleHostedService> _logger;

        public SampleHostedService(ILogger<SampleHostedService> logger)
        {
            _logger = logger;
        }

        public async Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
        {
            _logger.LogInformation("Starting Hosted service");

            while (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
            {
                _logger.LogInformation("Hosted service executing - {0}", DateTime.Now);
                await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), cancellationToken);
            }
        }

        public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
        {
            _logger.LogInformation("Stopping Hosted service");
            return Task.CompletedTask;
        }
    }
}

namespace MvcTest
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddSingleton<IHostedService, SampleHostedService>();

services.AddHostedService<SampleHostedService>();

 public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)

Startup.cs(82,56): error CS0104: 'IHostingEnvironment' is an ambiguous reference between
'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IHostingEnvironment' and 'Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.IHostingEnvironment'

D:\MvcTest>dotnet run
info: MvcTest.SampleHostedService[0]
      Starting Hosted service
info: MvcTest.SampleHostedService[0]
      Hosted service executing - 02/19/2019 14:45:10
info: MvcTest.SampleHostedService[0]
      Hosted service executing - 02/19/2019 14:45:12
info: MvcTest.SampleHostedService[0]
      Hosted service executing - 02/19/2019 14:45:14
Ctrl+C
Application is shutting down...
Hosting environment: Development
Content root path: D:\MvcTest
Now listening on: https://localhost:5001
Now listening on: http://localhost:5000
Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.

namespace Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting
{
    public abstract class BackgroundService : IHostedService, IDisposable
    {
        protected BackgroundService();
        public virtual void Dispose();
        public virtual Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken);
        public virtual Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken);
        protected abstract Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken);
    }
}

namespace MvcTest
{
    public class PrinterHostedService : BackgroundService
    {
        private readonly ILogger<SampleHostedService> _logger;

        public PrinterHostedService(ILogger<SampleHostedService> logger)
        {
            _logger = logger;
        }

        protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
        {
            _logger.LogInformation("Starting Hosted service");

            while (!stoppingToken.IsCancellationRequested)
            {
                _logger.LogInformation("Hosted service executing - {0}", DateTime.Now);
                await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), stoppingToken);
            }
        }
    }
}

namespace MvcTest
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddHostedService<PrinterHostedService>();

D:\MvcTest>dotnet run
Hosting environment: Development
infoContent root path: D:\MvcTest
Now listening on: https://localhost:5001
Now listening on: http://localhost:5000
Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
: MvcTest.SampleHostedService[0]
      Starting Hosted service
info: MvcTest.SampleHostedService[0]
      Hosted service executing - 02/19/2019 15:00:23
info: MvcTest.SampleHostedService[0]
      Hosted service executing - 02/19/2019 15:00:25
info: MvcTest.SampleHostedService[0]
      Hosted service executing - 02/19/2019 15:00:27
Application is shutting down...
^C

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;

public abstract class ScopedBackgroundService : BackgroundService
{
    private readonly IServiceScopeFactory _serviceScopeFactory;

    public ScopedBackgroundService(IServiceScopeFactory serviceScopeFactory)
    {
        _serviceScopeFactory = serviceScopeFactory;
    }

    protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
    {
        using (var scope = _serviceScopeFactory.CreateScope())
        {
            await ExecuteInScope(scope.ServiceProvider, stoppingToken);
        }
    }

    public abstract Task ExecuteInScope(IServiceProvider serviceProvider, CancellationToken stoppingToken);
}

 dotnet add package ncrontab

┌───────────── minute (0 - 59) 
│ ┌───────────── hour (0 - 23) 
│ │ ┌───────────── day of month (1 - 31) 
│ │ │ ┌───────────── month (1 - 12) 
│ │ │ │ ┌───────────── day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday to Saturday; 
│ │ │ │ │                                       7 is also Sunday on some systems) 
│ │ │ │ │ 
│ │ │ │ │ 
* * * * *

* * * * * *
- - - - - -
| | | | | |
| | | | | +--- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0)
| | | | +----- month (1 - 12)
| | | +------- day of month (1 - 31)
| | +--------- hour (0 - 23)
| +----------- min (0 - 59)
+------------- sec (0 - 59)

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using NCrontab;
using static NCrontab.CrontabSchedule;

public abstract class ScheduledScopedBackgroundService : ScopedBackgroundService
{
    private CrontabSchedule _schedule;
    private DateTime _nextRun;

    protected abstract string Schedule { get; }

    public ScheduledScopedBackgroundService(IServiceScopeFactory serviceScopeFactory)
     : base(serviceScopeFactory)
    {
        _schedule = CrontabSchedule.Parse(Schedule, new ParseOptions { IncludingSeconds = true });
        _nextRun = _schedule.GetNextOccurrence(DateTime.Now);
    }

    public override async Task ExecuteInScope(IServiceProvider serviceProvider, CancellationToken stoppingToken)
    {
        do
        {
            var now = DateTime.Now;
            if (now > _nextRun)
            {
                await ScheduledExecuteInScope(serviceProvider, stoppingToken);
                _nextRun = _schedule.GetNextOccurrence(DateTime.Now);
            }
            await Task.Delay(1000, stoppingToken); //1 second delay
        }
        while (!stoppingToken.IsCancellationRequested);
    }

    public abstract Task ScheduledExecuteInScope(IServiceProvider serviceProvider, CancellationToken stoppingToken);
}

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

public class MyScheduledTask : ScheduledScopedBackgroundService
{
    private readonly ILogger<MyScheduledTask> _logger;

    public MyScheduledTask(
        IServiceScopeFactory serviceScopeFactory,
        ILogger<MyScheduledTask> logger) : base(serviceScopeFactory)
    {
        _logger = logger;
    }

    protected override string Schedule => "*/10 * * * * *"; //Runs every 10 seconds

    public override Task ScheduledExecuteInScope(IServiceProvider serviceProvider, CancellationToken stoppingToken)
    {
        _logger.LogInformation("MyScheduledTask executing - {0}", DateTime.Now);
        return Task.CompletedTask;
    }
}

namespace MvcTest
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddHostedService<MyScheduledTask>();

D:\MvcTest>dotnet run
Hosting environment: Development
Content root path: D:\MvcTest
Now listening on: https://localhost:5001
Now listening on: http://localhost:5000
Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
info: MyScheduledTask[0]
      MyScheduledTask executing - 02/19/2019 19:18:50
info: MyScheduledTask[0]
      MyScheduledTask executing - 02/19/2019 19:19:00
info: MyScheduledTask[0]
      MyScheduledTask executing - 02/19/2019 19:19:10
Application is shutting down...
^C

 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() }
    });   

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Data.Entity.Migrations;
using System.Linq;
using System.Linq.Expressions;

namespace Sample
{
    public abstract class BaseEntity
    {
        public int Id { set; get; }
    }

    public class Receipt : BaseEntity
    {
        public int TotalPrice { set; get; }
    }

    public class MyContext : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<Receipt> Receipts { get; set; }
    }

    public class Configuration : DbMigrationsConfiguration<MyContext>
    {
        public Configuration()
        {
            AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = true;
            AutomaticMigrationDataLossAllowed = true;
        }

        protected override void Seed(MyContext context)
        {
            if (!context.Receipts.Any())
            {
                for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++)
                {
                    context.Receipts.Add(new Receipt { TotalPrice = i });
                }
            }
            base.Seed(context);
        }
    }

    public static class EFUtils
    {
        public static IList<T> LoadEntities<T>(this DbContext ctx, Expression<Func<T, bool>> predicate) where T : class
        {
            return ctx.Set<T>().Where(predicate).ToList();
        }

        public static IList<T> LoadData<T>(this DbContext ctx, Func<T, bool> predicate) where T : class
        {
            return ctx.Set<T>().Where(predicate).ToList();
        }
    }

    public static class Test
    {
        public static void RunTests()
        {
            startDB();

            using (var context = new MyContext())
            {
                var list1 = context.LoadEntities<Receipt>(x => x.TotalPrice == 10);
                var list2 = context.LoadData<Receipt>(x => x.TotalPrice == 20);
            }
        }

        private static void startDB()
        {
            Database.SetInitializer(new MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<MyContext, Configuration>());
            // Forces initialization of database on model changes.
            using (var context = new MyContext())
            {
                context.Database.Initialize(force: true);
            }
        }
    }
}

 SELECT
[Extent1].[Id] AS [Id],
[Extent1].[TotalPrice] AS [TotalPrice]
FROM [dbo].[Receipts] AS [Extent1]
WHERE 10 = [Extent1].[TotalPrice]

 SELECT
[Extent1].[Id] AS [Id],
[Extent1].[TotalPrice] AS [TotalPrice]
FROM [dbo].[Receipts] AS [Extent1]

 public static IQueryable<TSource> Where<TSource>(this IQueryable<TSource> source, Expression<Func<TSource, bool>> predicate);
public static IEnumerable<TSource> Where<TSource>(this IEnumerable<TSource> source, Func<TSource, bool> predicate);