Change settings when using method Smart.Format(...)

[mg72266]

Hello,

I am upgrading SmartFormat to 3.2.1 from 2.7.2 and I am running into an issue adding a custom selector char. This is for replacing values in an XML, where the replacement key uses the $ sign to indicate the text that will get replaced.

In 2.7.2 I have code that looks like this,

var format = "{$number1$}";
Smart.Default.Parser.AddAdditionalSelectorChars(" $");
IDictionary<string, object> templateData = new Dictionary<string, object>();
templateData.Add("$number1$", "test");
Console.WriteLine(Smart.Format(format, templateData)); // prints: test, works as expected

In 3.2.1, I have modified the code to use the new AddCustomSelectorChars, so the code looks as follows,

var format = "{$number1$}";
Smart.Default.Settings.Parser.AddCustomSelectorChars(" $".ToCharArray());
IDictionary<string, object> templateData = new Dictionary<string, object>();
templateData.Add("$number1$", "test");
Console.WriteLine(Smart.Format(format, templateData)); 
// exception on the Format function that says,
// SmartFormat.Core.Parsing.ParsingErrors: 'The format string has 2 issues:
// '0x24': Invalid character in the selector, '0x24': Invalid character in the selector
// In: "{$number1$}"

Is there away to get this to work in 3.2.1?

[axunonb]

This does not work:

Smart.Default.Settings.Parser.AddCustomSelectorChars(" $".ToCharArray());

As pointed out in the Wiki, changes to settings after the instances are created won't be processed. But this is what happens when calling Smart.Default: it creates default SmartSettings.

This works:

Console.WriteLine(Smart.CreateDefaultSmartFormat(Smart.Default.Settings).Format(format, templateData));