csulpizi.ChainSharp 1.0.1

.NET 8.0 .NET Standard 2.0 .NET Framework 4.6.1

dotnet add package csulpizi.ChainSharp --version 1.0.1

NuGet\Install-Package csulpizi.ChainSharp -Version 1.0.1

This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.

<PackageReference Include="csulpizi.ChainSharp" Version="1.0.1" />

For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.

<PackageVersion Include="csulpizi.ChainSharp" Version="1.0.1" />
                    

                            Directory.Packages.props

<PackageReference Include="csulpizi.ChainSharp" />
                    

                            Project file

For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.

paket add csulpizi.ChainSharp --version 1.0.1

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#r "nuget: csulpizi.ChainSharp, 1.0.1"

#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.

#:package csulpizi.ChainSharp@1.0.1

#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.

#addin nuget:?package=csulpizi.ChainSharp&version=1.0.1
                    

                            Install as a Cake Addin

#tool nuget:?package=csulpizi.ChainSharp&version=1.0.1
                    

                            Install as a Cake Tool

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C#ainSharp

A functional chaining library allowing you to chain both synchronous and asynchronous functions together. Enables writing idiomatic lambdas and closures without deeply nested functions or unnecessary bindings.

Usage

Func<HttpListenerContext, User?> GetUserFromRequest = Chain.Init<HttpListenerContext>()
    .Then(x => x.Request)
    .Then(ValidateRequest) // throws if failed auth, otherwise returns value
    .Then(x => x.QueryString)
    .Then(x => x["userId"])
    .Then(ValidateNotNull) // throws if null, otherwise returns value
    .Then(int.Parse)
    .Then(GetUser); // null if no user found

Asynchronous functions / tasks can be chained together similarly, using .WaitThen(), which will evaluate the return value of the task once completed. e.g.

Func<int, Task<string>> GetEmployeeName = Chain.Init<int>
    .Then(DB.GetEmployeeById)
    .WaitThen(employee => employee.Name);

await GetEmployeeName(2310); => David

Null Handling

Chaining can be combined with monads or wrappers for graceful handling of errors or null values mid-chain. C#hainSharp provides out of the box Nullable<T> monad support through .ThenOrNull(), which provides graceful null coalescence. e.g.

int? GetUserIdForEmail(Email email) { ... }
string GetNameForUser(int userId) { ... }

Func<Email, string?> GetUserNameForEmail = Chain<Email>()
    .Then(GetUserIdForEmail)
        // no need to write a custom version of GetNameForUser to handle null values
    .ThenOrNull(GetNameForUser);

Error Handling

Similarly, using a custom monad can be useful for handling errors mid-chain. For example, in middleware or API routing, you could define a monad e.g. ValueOrHttpError<T> that can be used to catch specific exceptions and pass them through to the end of the chain for handling by the server loop.

Product	Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
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.NET Core	netcoreapp2.0 was computed. netcoreapp2.1 was computed. netcoreapp2.2 was computed. netcoreapp3.0 was computed. netcoreapp3.1 was computed.
.NET Standard	netstandard2.0 is compatible. netstandard2.1 was computed.
.NET Framework	net461 is compatible. net462 was computed. net463 was computed. net47 was computed. net471 was computed. net472 was computed. net48 was computed. net481 was computed.
MonoAndroid	monoandroid was computed.
MonoMac	monomac was computed.
MonoTouch	monotouch was computed.
Tizen	tizen40 was computed. tizen60 was computed.
Xamarin.iOS	xamarinios was computed.
Xamarin.Mac	xamarinmac was computed.
Xamarin.TVOS	xamarintvos was computed.
Xamarin.WatchOS	xamarinwatchos was computed.

Compatible target framework(s)

Included target framework(s) (in package)

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.NETFramework 4.6.1
- No dependencies.
.NETStandard 2.0
- No dependencies.
net8.0
- No dependencies.

NuGet packages

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Version	Downloads	Last Updated
1.0.1	107	6/10/2026
1.0.0	165	6/10/2026