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+using System.Globalization;
+
+namespace BrackeysBot.API;
+
+///
+/// Provides methods for encoding and decoding Discord mention strings.
+///
+///
+/// The implementations in this class are designed to resemble MentionUtils as provided by Discord.NET. The source is
+/// available here.
+///
+public static class MentionUtility
+{
+ ///
+ /// Returns a channel mention string built from the specified channel ID.
+ ///
+ /// The ID of the channel to mention.
+ /// A channel mention string in the format <#123>.
+ public static string MentionChannel(ulong id)
+ {
+ return $"<#{id}>";
+ }
+
+ ///
+ /// Returns a role mention string built from the specified role ID.
+ ///
+ /// The ID of the role to mention.
+ /// A role mention string in the format <@&123>.
+ public static string MentionRole(ulong id)
+ {
+ return $"<@&{id}>";
+ }
+
+ ///
+ /// Returns a user mention string built from the specified user ID.
+ ///
+ /// The ID of the user to mention.
+ ///
+ /// if the mention string should account for nicknames; otherwise, .
+ ///
+ ///
+ /// A user mention string in the format <@!123> if is ,
+ /// or in the format <@123> if is .
+ ///
+ public static string MentionUser(ulong id, bool nickname = true)
+ {
+ return nickname ? $"<@!{id}>" : $"<@{id}>";
+ }
+
+ ///
+ /// Parses a provided channel mention string to a 64-bit unsigned integer representing the channel ID. A return value
+ /// indicates whether the parse succeeded.
+ ///
+ /// A string containing a mention string to parse, in the format <#123>.
+ ///
+ /// When this method returns, contains the 64-bit unsigned integer value representing the channel ID contained within
+ /// , if the conversion succeeded, or zero if the conversion failed. The conversion fails if the
+ /// parameter is or , is not of the correct
+ /// format, or represents a number less than or greater than .
+ ///
+ ///
+ public static bool TryParseChannel(string? value, out ulong result)
+ {
+ result = 0;
+ if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value)) return false;
+
+ if (value.Length >= 3 && value[0] == '<' && value[1] == '#' && value[^1] == '>')
+ {
+ value = value.Substring(2, value.Length - 3); // <#123>
+
+ if (ulong.TryParse(value, NumberStyles.None, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out result))
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ ///
+ /// Parses a provided role mention string to a 64-bit unsigned integer representing the role ID. A return value indicates
+ /// whether the parse succeeded.
+ ///
+ /// A string containing a mention string to parse, in the format <@&123>.
+ ///
+ /// When this method returns, contains the 64-bit unsigned integer value representing the role ID contained within
+ /// , if the conversion succeeded, or zero if the conversion failed. The conversion fails if the
+ /// parameter is or , is not of the correct
+ /// format, or represents a number less than or greater than .
+ ///
+ ///
+ public static bool TryParseRole(string? value, out ulong result)
+ {
+ result = 0;
+ if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value)) return false;
+
+ if (value.Length >= 4 && value[0] == '<' && value[1] == '@' && value[2] == '&' && value[^1] == '>')
+ {
+ value = value.Substring(3, value.Length - 4); // <@&123>
+
+ if (ulong.TryParse(value, NumberStyles.None, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out result))
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ ///
+ /// Parses a provided user mention string to a 64-bit unsigned integer representing the user ID. A return value indicates
+ /// whether the parse succeeded.
+ ///
+ ///
+ /// A string containing a mention string to parse, in the format <@123> or <@!123>.
+ ///
+ ///
+ /// When this method returns, contains the 64-bit unsigned integer value representing the user ID contained within
+ /// , if the conversion succeeded, or zero if the conversion failed. The conversion fails if the
+ /// parameter is or , is not of the correct
+ /// format, or represents a number less than or greater than .
+ ///
+ ///
+ public static bool TryParseUser(string? value, out ulong result)
+ {
+ result = 0;
+ if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value)) return false;
+
+ if (value.Length >= 3 && value[0] == '<' && value[1] == '@' && value[^1] == '>')
+ {
+ if (value.Length >= 4 && value[2] == '!')
+ value = value.Substring(3, value.Length - 4); // <@!123>
+ else
+ value = value.Substring(2, value.Length - 3); // <@123>
+
+ if (ulong.TryParse(value, NumberStyles.None, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out result))
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ return false;
+ }
+}