Copying and Pasting cs Code

In cs, like in almost any computer programming language, reading data from a file can be tricky. You add extra lines of code to tell the computer what to do. Sometimes you can copy and paste these lines from other peoples’ code.

For example, you can follow the pattern in this listing:

         public bool PublishMessage(string channelName, object message)
         {
             if (!this.CanChat)
             {
                 // TODO: log error
                 return false;
             }

             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(channelName) || message == null)
             {
                 this.LogWarning("PublishMessage parameters must be non-null and not empty.");
                 return false;
             }

             Dictionary parameters = new Dictionary
                 {
                     { (byte)ChatParameterCode.Channel, channelName },
                     { (byte)ChatParameterCode.Message, message }
                 };

             return this.chatPeer.OpCustom((byte)ChatOperationCode.Publish, parameters, true);
         }