public static class ApmWrapper
    {
        public static Task<int> ReadAsync(this Stream stream, byte[] data, int offset, int count)
        {
            return Task<int>.Factory.FromAsync(stream.BeginRead, stream.EndRead, data, offset, count, null);
        }
    }

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Async06
{
    public static class ApmWrapper
    {
        public static Task<int> ReadAsync(this Stream stream, byte[] data, int offset, int count)
        {
            return Task<int>.Factory.FromAsync(stream.BeginRead, stream.EndRead, data, offset, count, null);
        }
    }

    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (var stream = File.OpenRead(@"..\..\program.cs"))
            {
                var data = new byte[10000];
                var task = stream.ReadAsync(data, 0, data.Length);
                Console.WriteLine("Read bytes: {0}", task.Result);
            }
        }
    }
}

using (var stream = File.OpenRead(@"..\..\program.cs"))
{
    var data = new byte[10000];
    var task = stream.ReadAsync(data, 0, data.Length);
    task.ContinueWith(t => Console.WriteLine("Read bytes: {0}", t.Result)).Wait();
}

    public static class WebClientExtensions
    {
        public static Task<string> DownloadTextTaskAsync(this WebClient web, string url)
        {
            var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<string>();

            DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler handler = null;
            handler = (sender, args) =>
            {
                web.DownloadStringCompleted -= handler;

                if (args.Cancelled)
                {
                    tcs.SetCanceled();
                }
                else if(args.Error!=null)
                {
                    tcs.SetException(args.Error);
                }
                else
                {
                    tcs.SetResult(args.Result);
                }
            };

            web.DownloadStringCompleted += handler;
            web.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri(url));

            return tcs.Task;
        }
    }

Install-package Microsoft.FeatureManagement.AspNetCore

@addTagHelper *, Microsoft.FeatureManagement.AspNetCore // put this line in _ViewImports

<feature name="feature1,feature2,feature3">
  <li>
        <a asp-area="" asp-controller="Chat" asp-action="index">Stay in contact</a>
    </li>
</feature>

using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf.parser;

namespace TestReaders
{
    class Program
    {
        private static void readPdf1()
        {
            var reader = new PdfReader("test.pdf");
            int intPageNum = reader.NumberOfPages;
            for (int i = 1; i <= intPageNum; i++)
            {
               var text = PdfTextExtractor.GetTextFromPage(reader, i, new SimpleTextExtractionStrategy());
                File.WriteAllText("page-" + i + "-text.txt", text);
            }
            reader.Close();
        }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            readPdf1();
        }
    }
}

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Hello People

        private static void readPdf2()
        {
            var reader = new PdfReader("test.pdf");
            int intPageNum = reader.NumberOfPages;
            for (int i = 1; i <= intPageNum; i++)
            {
                var text = PdfTextExtractor.GetTextFromPage(reader, i, new LocationTextExtractionStrategy());
                File.WriteAllText("page-" + i + "-text.txt", text);
            }
            reader.Close();
        }

 Test
Hello World
Hello People

        static void writePdf2()
        {
            using (var document = new Document(PageSize.A4))
            {
                var writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream("test.pdf", FileMode.Create));
                document.Open();

                FontFactory.Register("c:\\windows\\fonts\\tahoma.ttf");
                var tahoma = FontFactory.GetFont("tahoma", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H);

                ColumnText.ShowTextAligned(
                            canvas: writer.DirectContent,
                            alignment: Element.ALIGN_CENTER,
                            phrase: new Phrase("تست می‌شود", tahoma),
                            x: 100,
                            y: 100,
                            rotation: 0,
                            runDirection: PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL,
                            arabicOptions: 0);                
            }

            Process.Start("test.pdf");
        }

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        private static void readPdf2()
        {
            var reader = new PdfReader("test.pdf");
            int intPageNum = reader.NumberOfPages;
            for (int i = 1; i <= intPageNum; i++)
            {
                var text = PdfTextExtractor.GetTextFromPage(reader, i, new LocationTextExtractionStrategy());                
                text = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text));
                File.WriteAllText("page-" + i + "-text.txt", text, Encoding.UTF8);
            }
            reader.Close();
        }

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Security;

namespace TestReaders
{
    [SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity]
    class GdiMethods
    {
        [DllImport("GDI32.dll")]
        public static extern bool DeleteObject(IntPtr hgdiobj);

        [DllImport("gdi32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
        public static extern uint GetCharacterPlacement(IntPtr hdc, string lpString, int nCount, int nMaxExtent, [In, Out] ref GcpResults lpResults, uint dwFlags);

        [DllImport("GDI32.dll")]
        public static extern IntPtr SelectObject(IntPtr hdc, IntPtr hgdiobj);
    }

    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
    struct GcpResults
    {
        public uint lStructSize;
        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)]
        public string lpOutString;
        public IntPtr lpOrder;
        public IntPtr lpDx;
        public IntPtr lpCaretPos;
        public IntPtr lpClass;
        public IntPtr lpGlyphs;
        public uint nGlyphs;
        public int nMaxFit;
    }

    public class UnicodeCharacterPlacement
    {
        const int GcpReorder = 0x0002;
        GCHandle _caretPosHandle;
        GCHandle _classHandle;
        GCHandle _dxHandle;
        GCHandle _glyphsHandle;
        GCHandle _orderHandle;

        public Font Font { set; get; }

        public string Apply(string lines)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(lines))
                return string.Empty;

            return Apply(lines.Split('\n')).Aggregate((s1, s2) => s1 + s2);
        }

        public IEnumerable<string> Apply(IEnumerable<string> lines)
        {
            if (Font == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("Font is null.");

            if (!hasUnicodeText(lines))
                return lines;

            var graphics = Graphics.FromHwnd(IntPtr.Zero);
            var hdc = graphics.GetHdc();
            try
            {
                var font = (Font)Font.Clone();
                var hFont = font.ToHfont();
                var fontObject = GdiMethods.SelectObject(hdc, hFont);
                try
                {
                    var results = new List<string>();
                    foreach (var line in lines)
                        results.Add(modifyCharactersPlacement(line, hdc));
                    return results;
                }
                finally
                {
                    GdiMethods.DeleteObject(fontObject);
                    GdiMethods.DeleteObject(hFont);
                    font.Dispose();
                }
            }
            finally
            {
                graphics.ReleaseHdc(hdc);
                graphics.Dispose();
            }
        }

        void freeResources()
        {
            _orderHandle.Free();
            _dxHandle.Free();
            _caretPosHandle.Free();
            _classHandle.Free();
            _glyphsHandle.Free();
        }

        static bool hasUnicodeText(IEnumerable<string> lines)
        {
            return lines.Any(line => line.Any(chr => chr >= '\u00FF'));
        }

        void initializeResources(int textLength)
        {
            _orderHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(new int[textLength], GCHandleType.Pinned);
            _dxHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(new int[textLength], GCHandleType.Pinned);
            _caretPosHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(new int[textLength], GCHandleType.Pinned);
            _classHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(new byte[textLength], GCHandleType.Pinned);
            _glyphsHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(new short[textLength], GCHandleType.Pinned);
        }

        string modifyCharactersPlacement(string text, IntPtr hdc)
        {
            var textLength = text.Length;
            initializeResources(textLength);
            try
            {
                var gcpResult = new GcpResults
                {
                    lStructSize = (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(GcpResults)),
                    lpOutString = new String('\0', textLength),
                    lpOrder = _orderHandle.AddrOfPinnedObject(),
                    lpDx = _dxHandle.AddrOfPinnedObject(),
                    lpCaretPos = _caretPosHandle.AddrOfPinnedObject(),
                    lpClass = _classHandle.AddrOfPinnedObject(),
                    lpGlyphs = _glyphsHandle.AddrOfPinnedObject(),
                    nGlyphs = (uint)textLength,
                    nMaxFit = 0
                };
                var result = GdiMethods.GetCharacterPlacement(hdc, text, textLength, 0, ref gcpResult, GcpReorder);
                return result != 0 ? gcpResult.lpOutString : text;
            }
            finally
            {
                freeResources();
            }
        }
    }
}

        private static void readPdf2()
        {
            var reader = new PdfReader("test.pdf");
            int intPageNum = reader.NumberOfPages;
            for (int i = 1; i <= intPageNum; i++)
            {
                var text = PdfTextExtractor.GetTextFromPage(reader, i, new LocationTextExtractionStrategy());
                text = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text));
                text = new UnicodeCharacterPlacement
                {
                    Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 12)
                }.Apply(text);
                File.WriteAllText("page-" + i + "-text.txt", text, Encoding.UTF8);
            }
            reader.Close();
        }

/// <summary>
/// Get an author by his/her id
/// </summary>
/// <param name="authorId">The id of the author you want to get</param>
/// <returns>An ActionResult of type Author</returns>
[HttpGet("{authorId}")]
public async Task<ActionResult<Author>> GetAuthor(Guid authorId)

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
    <AspNetCoreHostingModel>InProcess</AspNetCoreHostingModel>
    <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
  </PropertyGroup>

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddSwaggerGen(setupAction =>
            {
                setupAction.SwaggerDoc(
                    // ... 
                   );

                var xmlCommentsFile = $"{Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Name}.xml";
                var xmlCommentsFullPath = Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, xmlCommentsFile);
                setupAction.IncludeXmlComments(xmlCommentsFullPath);
            });
        }

using System;

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Models
{
    /// <summary>
    /// An author with Id, FirstName and LastName fields
    /// </summary>
    public class Author
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The id of the author
        /// </summary>
        public Guid Id { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The first name of the author
        /// </summary>
        public string FirstName { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The last name of the author
        /// </summary>
        public string LastName { get; set; }
    }
}

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
    <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddSwaggerGen(setupAction =>
            {
                setupAction.SwaggerDoc(
  // ...
                   );
                var xmlFiles = Directory.GetFiles(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "*.xml", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly).ToList();
                xmlFiles.ForEach(xmlFile => setupAction.IncludeXmlComments(xmlFile));
            });
        }

[HttpPut("{authorId}")]
public async Task<ActionResult<Author>> UpdateAuthor(Guid authorId, AuthorForUpdate authorForUpdate)

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Models
{
    /// <summary>
    /// An author for update with FirstName and LastName fields
    /// </summary>
    public class AuthorForUpdate
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The first name of the author
        /// </summary>
        [Required]
        [MaxLength(150)]
        public string FirstName { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The last name of the author
        /// </summary>
        [Required]
        [MaxLength(150)]
        public string LastName { get; set; }
    }
}

[HttpPut("{authorId}")]
public async Task<ActionResult<Author>> UpdateAuthor(Guid authorId, AuthorForUpdate authorForUpdate)

[HttpPatch("{authorId}")]
public async Task<ActionResult<Author>> UpdateAuthor(
            Guid authorId,
            JsonPatchDocument<AuthorForUpdate> patchDocument)

/// <summary>
/// Partially update an author
/// </summary>
/// <param name="authorId">The id of the author you want to get</param>
/// <param name="patchDocument">The set of operations to apply to the author</param>
/// <returns>An ActionResult of type Author</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// Sample request (this request updates the author's first name) \
/// PATCH /authors/id \
/// [ \
///     { \
///       "op": "replace", \
///       "path": "/firstname", \
///       "value": "new first name" \
///       } \
/// ] \
/// </remarks>
[HttpPatch("{authorId}")]
public async Task<ActionResult<Author>> UpdateAuthor(
    Guid authorId,
    JsonPatchDocument<AuthorForUpdate> patchDocument)

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
    <AspNetCoreHostingModel>InProcess</AspNetCoreHostingModel>

    <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>false</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
    <WarningsAsErrors>NU1605;</WarningsAsErrors>
    <NoWarn>1701;1702;1591</NoWarn>
  </PropertyGroup>

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace MvcApplication28.Helpers
{
    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Method, Inherited = true, AllowMultiple = true)]
    public sealed class SiteAuthorizeAttribute : AuthorizeAttribute
    {
        protected override void HandleUnauthorizedRequest(AuthorizationContext filterContext)
        {
            if (filterContext.HttpContext.Request.IsAuthenticated)
            {
                throw new UnauthorizedAccessException(); //to avoid multiple redirects
            }
            else
            {
                handleAjaxRequest(filterContext);
                base.HandleUnauthorizedRequest(filterContext);
            }
        }

        private static void handleAjaxRequest(AuthorizationContext filterContext)
        {
            var ctx = filterContext.HttpContext;
            if (!ctx.Request.IsAjaxRequest())
                return;

            ctx.Response.StatusCode = (int)HttpStatusCode.Forbidden;
            ctx.Response.End();
        }
    }
}

using System.Web.Mvc;
using MvcApplication28.Helpers;

namespace MvcApplication28.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }

        [SiteAuthorize]
        [HttpPost]        
        public ActionResult SaveData(string data)
        {
            if(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(data))
                return Content("NOk!");

            return Content("Ok!");
        }
    }
}

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
    var postUrl = this.Url.Action(actionName: "SaveData", controllerName: "Home");
}
<h2>
    Index</h2>
@using (Html.BeginForm(actionName: "SaveData", controllerName: "Home",
                method: FormMethod.Post, htmlAttributes: new { id = "form1" }))
{
    @Html.TextBox(name: "data")
    <br />
    <span id="btnSave">Save Data</span>
}
@section Scripts
{
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("#btnSave").click(function (event) {
                $.ajax({
                    type: "POST",
                    url: "@postUrl",
                    data: $("#form1").serialize(),
                    // controller is returning a simple text, not json  
                    complete: function (xhr, status) {
                        var data = xhr.responseText;
                        if (xhr.status == 403) {
                            window.location = "/login";
                        }
                    }
                });
            });
        });
    </script>
}

filterContext.Result =  new JavaScriptResult { Script="window.location = '" + redirectToUrl + "'"};

    public class Person_BeforeCS8
    {
        [Required]
        public string FirstName { get; set; }  // NOT NULL

        public string MiddleName { get; set; } // NULL
    }

    public class Person_AfterCS8
    {
        public string FirstName { get; set; } = null!; // NOT NULL

        public string? MiddleName { get; set; } // NULL
    }

var parentPosts = db.Posts.Where(p => p.ParentPost.Id == postId).ToList();

var parentPosts = db.Posts.Where(p => p.ParentPost!.Id == postId).ToList();