Refactor using a pure function (LINQ to XML)

The following example refactors the previous example, Refactor using an extension method, to use a pure function. It moves the code that finds the text of a paragraph to the pure static method ParagraphText.

Example: Retrieve the paragraph nodes and their styles

This example processes a WordprocessingML document, retrieving the paragraph nodes. It also identifies the style of each paragraph. This example builds on the previous examples in this tutorial. The refactored code is called out in comments in the code below.

The instructions for creating the source document for this example are in Create the source Office Open XML document.

This example uses classes from the WindowsBase assembly. It uses types in the System.IO.Packaging namespace.

public static class LocalExtensions
{
    public static string StringConcatenate(this IEnumerable<string> source)
    {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        foreach (string s in source)
            sb.Append(s);
        return sb.ToString();
    }

    public static string StringConcatenate<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source,
        Func<T, string> func)
    {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        foreach (T item in source)
            sb.Append(func(item));
        return sb.ToString();
    }

    public static string StringConcatenate(this IEnumerable<string> source, string separator)
    {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        foreach (string s in source)
            sb.Append(s).Append(separator);
        return sb.ToString();
    }

    public static string StringConcatenate<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source,
        Func<T, string> func, string separator)
    {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        foreach (T item in source)
            sb.Append(func(item)).Append(separator);
        return sb.ToString();
    }
}

class Program
{
    // This is a new method that assembles the paragraph text.
    public static string ParagraphText(XElement e)
    {
        XNamespace w = e.Name.Namespace;
        return e
               .Elements(w + "r")
               .Elements(w + "t")
               .StringConcatenate(element => (string)element);
    }

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        const string fileName = "SampleDoc.docx";

        const string documentRelationshipType =
          "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/officeDocument";
        const string stylesRelationshipType =
          "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/styles";
        const string wordmlNamespace =
          "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main";
        XNamespace w = wordmlNamespace;

        XDocument xDoc = null;
        XDocument styleDoc = null;

        using (Package wdPackage = Package.Open(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
        {
            PackageRelationship docPackageRelationship =
              wdPackage.GetRelationshipsByType(documentRelationshipType).FirstOrDefault();
            if (docPackageRelationship != null)
            {
                Uri documentUri = PackUriHelper.ResolvePartUri(new Uri("/", UriKind.Relative),
                  docPackageRelationship.TargetUri);
                PackagePart documentPart = wdPackage.GetPart(documentUri);

                //  Load the document XML in the part into an XDocument instance.
                xDoc = XDocument.Load(XmlReader.Create(documentPart.GetStream()));

                //  Find the styles part. There will only be one.
                PackageRelationship styleRelation =
                  documentPart.GetRelationshipsByType(stylesRelationshipType).FirstOrDefault();
                if (styleRelation != null)
                {
                    Uri styleUri = PackUriHelper.ResolvePartUri(documentUri,
                      styleRelation.TargetUri);
                    PackagePart stylePart = wdPackage.GetPart(styleUri);

                    //  Load the style XML in the part into an XDocument instance.
                    styleDoc = XDocument.Load(XmlReader.Create(stylePart.GetStream()));
                }
            }
        }

        string defaultStyle =
            (string)(
                from style in styleDoc.Root.Elements(w + "style")
                where (string)style.Attribute(w + "type") == "paragraph" &&
                      (string)style.Attribute(w + "default") == "1"
                select style
            ).First().Attribute(w + "styleId");

        // Find all paragraphs in the document.
        var paragraphs =
            from para in xDoc
                         .Root
                         .Element(w + "body")
                         .Descendants(w + "p")
            let styleNode = para
                            .Elements(w + "pPr")
                            .Elements(w + "pStyle")
                            .FirstOrDefault()
            select new
            {
                ParagraphNode = para,
                StyleName = styleNode != null ?
                    (string)styleNode.Attribute(w + "val") :
                    defaultStyle
            };

        // Retrieve the text of each paragraph.
        var paraWithText =
            from para in paragraphs
            select new
            {
                ParagraphNode = para.ParagraphNode,
                StyleName = para.StyleName,
                Text = ParagraphText(para.ParagraphNode)
            };

        foreach (var p in paraWithText)
            Console.WriteLine("StyleName:{0} >{1}<", p.StyleName, p.Text);
    }
}

Imports <xmlns:w="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main">
Module Module1
    <System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Extension()> _
    Public Function StringConcatenate(ByVal source As IEnumerable(Of String)) As String
        Dim sb = New StringBuilder()
        For Each s In source
            sb.Append(s)
        Next
        Return sb.ToString()
    End Function

    <System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Extension()> _
    Public Function StringConcatenate(Of T)(ByVal source As IEnumerable(Of T), _
    ByVal func As Func(Of T, String)) As String
        Dim sb = New StringBuilder()
        For Each item As T In source
            sb.Append(func(item))
        Next
        Return sb.ToString()
    End Function

    <System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Extension()> _
    Public Function StringConcatenate(Of T)(ByVal source As IEnumerable(Of T), _
    ByVal separator As String) As String
        Dim sb = New StringBuilder()
        For Each s As T In source
            sb.Append(s).Append(separator)
        Next
        Return sb.ToString()
    End Function

    <System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Extension()> _
    Public Function StringConcatenate(Of T)(ByVal source As IEnumerable(Of T), _
    ByVal func As Func(Of T, String), ByVal separator As String) As String
        Dim sb = New StringBuilder()
        For Each item As T In source
            sb.Append(func(item)).Append(separator)
        Next
        Return sb.ToString()
    End Function

    ' This is a new method that assembles the paragraph text.
    Public Function ParagraphText(ByVal e As XElement) As String
        Dim w = e.Name.Namespace
        Return (e.<w:r>.<w:t>).StringConcatenate(Function(element) CStr(element))
    End Function

    ' Following function is required because Visual Basic doesn't support short circuit evaluation
    Private Function GetStyleOfParagraph(ByVal styleNode As XElement, _
                                         ByVal defaultStyle As String) As String
        If styleNode Is Nothing Then
            Return defaultStyle
        Else
            Return styleNode.@w:val
        End If
    End Function

    Sub Main()
        Dim fileName = "SampleDoc.docx"

        Dim documentRelationshipType = _
          "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/officeDocument"
        Dim stylesRelationshipType = _
          "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/styles"
        Dim wordmlNamespace = _
          "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main"
        Dim xDoc As XDocument = Nothing
        Dim styleDoc As XDocument = Nothing

        Using wdPackage As Package = Package.Open(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
            Dim docPackageRelationship As PackageRelationship = _
              wdPackage.GetRelationshipsByType(documentRelationshipType).FirstOrDefault()
            If (docPackageRelationship IsNot Nothing) Then
                Dim documentUri As Uri = PackUriHelper.ResolvePartUri(New Uri("/", UriKind.Relative), _
                  docPackageRelationship.TargetUri)
                Dim documentPart As PackagePart = wdPackage.GetPart(documentUri)

                '  Load the document XML in the part into an XDocument instance.
                xDoc = XDocument.Load(XmlReader.Create(documentPart.GetStream()))

                '  Find the styles part. There will only be one.
                Dim styleRelation As PackageRelationship = _
                  documentPart.GetRelationshipsByType(stylesRelationshipType).FirstOrDefault()
                If styleRelation IsNot Nothing Then
                    Dim styleUri As Uri = _
                      PackUriHelper.ResolvePartUri(documentUri, styleRelation.TargetUri)
                    Dim stylePart As PackagePart = wdPackage.GetPart(styleUri)

                    '  Load the style XML in the part into an XDocument instance.
                    styleDoc = XDocument.Load(XmlReader.Create(stylePart.GetStream()))
                End If
            End If
        End Using

        Dim defaultStyle = _
            ( _
                From style In styleDoc.Root.<w:style> _
                Where style.@w:type = "paragraph" And _
                      style.@w:default = "1" _
                Select style _
            ).First().@w:styleId

        ' Find all paragraphs in the document.
        Dim paragraphs = _
            From para In xDoc.Root.<w:body>...<w:p> _
        Let styleNode = para.<w:pPr>.<w:pStyle>.FirstOrDefault _
        Select New With { _
            .ParagraphNode = para, _
            .StyleName = GetStyleOfParagraph(styleNode, defaultStyle) _
        }

        ' Retrieve the text of each paragraph.
        Dim paraWithText = _
            From para In paragraphs _
            Select New With { _
                .ParagraphNode = para.ParagraphNode, _
                .StyleName = para.StyleName, _
                .Text = ParagraphText(para.ParagraphNode) _
            }

        For Each p In paraWithText
            Console.WriteLine("StyleName:{0} >{1}<", p.StyleName, p.Text)
        Next
    End Sub
End Module

This example produces the same output as before the refactoring:

StyleName:Heading1 >Parsing WordprocessingML with LINQ to XML<
StyleName:Normal ><
StyleName:Normal >The following example prints to the console.<
StyleName:Normal ><
StyleName:Code >using System;<
StyleName:Code ><
StyleName:Code >class Program {<
StyleName:Code >    public static void (string[] args) {<
StyleName:Code >        Console.WriteLine("Hello World");<
StyleName:Code >    }<
StyleName:Code >}<
StyleName:Normal ><
StyleName:Normal >This example produces the following output:<
StyleName:Normal ><
StyleName:Code >Hello World<

StyleName:Heading1 >Parsing WordprocessingML with LINQ to XML<
StyleName:Normal ><
StyleName:Normal >The following example prints to the console.<
StyleName:Normal ><
StyleName:Code >Imports System<
StyleName:Code ><
StyleName:Code >Class Program<
StyleName:Code >    Public Shared  Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)<
StyleName:Code >        Console.WriteLine("Hello World")<
StyleName:Code >   End Sub<
StyleName:Code >End Class<
StyleName:Normal ><
StyleName:Normal >This example produces the following output:<
StyleName:Normal ><
StyleName:Code >Hello World<

The next article in this tutorial shows how to project XML into a different shape:

• Project XML in a different shape

See also

• Tutorial: Manipulate content in a WordprocessingML document
• Refactor using an extension method
• Refactor into pure functions