Tvans.Kenteken 1.0.1

Tvans.Kenteken

Allows parsing, formatting, and validating dutch license plates.

Kenteken will accept any case, with- and without hypens. Formatted means all uppercase with hyphens. Kentekens are considered equal when their formatted value is equal.

All non-try functions will throw a FormatException on an invalid format.

As of 2023-04-04, some available sidecodes that this library considers valid, haven't been distributed yet.

Usage

// create instance
var kenteken = new Kenteken("55-GJ-GJ");

// instance properties
int sidecode = new Kenteken("55-GJ-GJ").Sidecode;       // 1
string formatted = new Kenteken("55gjgj").Formatted;    // 55-GJ-GJ

// static functions
bool valid = Kenteken.Validate("55-GJ-GJ");
int sidecode = Kenteken.GetSidecode("55-GJ-GJ");
bool valid = Kenteken.TryParse("55-GJ-GJ", out Kenteken? kenteken);
Kenteken kenteken = Kenteken.Parse("55-GJ-GJ");

// extension method
Kenteken kenteken = "55-GJ-GJ".ToKenteken();

// equality comparison
var unformatted = new Kenteken("55gjgj");
var formatted = new Kenteken("55-GJ-GJ");

bool isEqual = formatted == unformatted;                // true