Installation

a) Available NuGet Packages

SmartFormat comes with the following packages:

• SmartFormat.NET - includes all SmartFormat extensions listed below.
• SmartFormat - The "Core" package
• SmartFormat.Extensions.Newtonsoft.Json - An ISource extension for Newtonsoft.Json variables
• SmartFormat.Extensions.System.Text.Json - An ISource extension for System.Text.Json variables
• SmartFormat.Extensions.Time - The formatter for DateTime, DateTimeOffset and TimeSpan variables
• SmartFormat.Extensions.Xml - Brings the ISource extension for XElement variables, and a formatter for XElements

c) The 'SmartFormat' NuGet Package

SmartFormat is the core package. It comes with the most frequently used extensions built-in:

i. Source extensions:

• GlobalVariablesSource
• PersistentVariablesSource
• StringSource ✔️
• ListFormatter (implementing ISource) ✔️
• DictionarySource ✔️
• ValueTupleSource ✔️
• ReflectionSource ✔️
• DefaultSource ✔️
• KeyValuePairSource ✔️

ii. Formatter extensions:

• ListFormatter (implementing IFormatter) ✔️
• PluralLocalizationFormatter ✔️
• ConditionalFormatter ✔️
• IsMatchFormatter ✔️
• NullFormatter ✔️
• LocalizationFormatter
• TemplateFormatter
• ChooseFormatter ✔️
• SubStringFormatter ✔️
• DefaultFormatter ✔️

Note: Extensions marked (✔️) are included when calling Smart.CreateDefaultFormatter(...) and also when using Smart.Format(...).

Some extensions (like PersistentVariablesSource and TemplateFormatter) require configuration to be useful.