LightResults - Operation Result Patterns for .NET

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LightResults is an extremely light and modern .NET library that provides a simple and flexible implementation of the Result Pattern. The Result Pattern is a way of representing the outcome of an operation, whether it's successful or has encountered an error, in a more explicit and structured manner. This project is heavily inspired by Michael Altmann's excellent work with FluentResults.

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References

This library targets .NET Standard 2.0, .NET 6.0, .NET 7.0, .NET 8.0, and .NET 9.0.

Dependencies

This library has no dependencies.

Advantages of this library

  • 🪶 Lightweight — Only contains what's necessary to implement the Result Pattern.
  • ⚙️ Extensible — Simple interfaces and base classes make it easy to adapt.
  • 🧱 Immutable — Results and errors are immutable and cannot be changed after being created.
  • 🧵 Thread-safe — The Error list and Metadata dictionary use Immutable classes for thread-safety.
  • ✨ Modern — Built against the latest version of .NET using the most recent best practices.
  • 🧪 Native — Written, compiled, and tested against the latest versions of .NET.
  • ❤️ Compatible — Available for dozens of versions of .NET as a .NET Standard 2.0 library.
  • 🪚 Trimmable — Compatible with ahead-of-time compilation (AOT) as of .NET 7.0.
  • 🚀 Performant — Heavily optimized and benchmarked to aim for the highest possible performance.

Extensions

Several extensions are available to simplify implementation that use LightResults.

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