jeremiahredekop · July 21, 2017 17:50 · Jul 2, 2016 · Feb 10, 2015
diff --git a/Sample.cs b/Sample.cs
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+//Adapter production usage which parses an NLog log level input and returns a custom enum
+private static CustomLogLevel GetCustomLevel(LogLevel input)
+{
+    return input.ToString()
+        .Pipe(str => Enum.Parse(typeof (SdLogLevel), str))
+        .Pipe(o => (CustomLogLevel) o);
+
+    // OR:
+    //return (CustomLogLevel) Enum.Parse(typeof(CustomLogLevel), input.ToString());
+}
diff --git a/PipingExtensions.cs b/PipingExtensions.cs
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+    public static class PipingExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Take an object, pipe it into a function, and return the result.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
+        /// <typeparam name="T2"></typeparam>
+        /// <param name="obj"></param>
+        /// <param name="f"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static T2 Pipe<T, T2>(this T obj, Func<T, T2> f)
+        {
+            return f(obj);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///  Pipes object it into a function, and returns object.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
+        /// <param name="obj"></param>
+        /// <param name="f"></param>
+        /// <remarks>useful for encapsulating procedural void method calls</remarks>
+        public static T PipeKeep<T>(this T obj, Action<T> f)
+        {
+            f(obj);
+            return obj;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Pipes object into a void function (action)
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
+        /// <param name="obj"></param>
+        /// <param name="f"></param>
+        /// <remarks>for cases where the output is to be ignored</remarks>
+        public static void PipeVoid<T>(this T obj, Action<T> f)
+        {
+            f(obj);
+        }
+    }
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