Manage connection string using type converter

src/Bonsai.ZeroMQ/ConnectionStringConverter.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
+namespace Bonsai.ZeroMQ
+{
+    internal class ConnectionStringConverter : StringConverter
+    {
+        const char BindPrefix = '@';
+        const char ConnectPrefix = '>';
+        const string ProtocolDelimiter = "://";
+
+        static char? GetDefaultAction(object value)
+        {
+            if (value is string connectionString && connectionString.Length > 0)
+            {
+                return connectionString[0];
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        static string GetProtocol(object value)
+        {
+            if (value is string connectionString)
+            {
+                var trimString = connectionString.Trim(BindPrefix, ConnectPrefix);
+                var separatorIndex = trimString.IndexOf(ProtocolDelimiter);
+                if (separatorIndex >= 0)
+                {
+                    return trimString.Substring(0, separatorIndex);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return string.Empty;
+        }
+
+        static string GetAddress(object value)
+        {
+            if (value is string connectionString)
+            {
+                var separatorIndex = connectionString.IndexOf(ProtocolDelimiter);
+                return separatorIndex >= 0
+                    ? connectionString.Substring(separatorIndex + ProtocolDelimiter.Length)
+                    : connectionString;
+            }
+
+            return string.Empty;
+        }
+
+        static char? GetActionString(Action? value)
+        {
+            return value switch
+            {
+                Action.Connect => ConnectPrefix,
+                Action.Bind => BindPrefix,
+                _ => null
+            };
+        }
+
+        static string GetProtocolString(Protocol value)
+        {
+            return value switch
+            {
+                Protocol.InProc => "inproc",
+                Protocol.Tcp => "tcp",
+                Protocol.Ipc => "ipc",
+                Protocol.Pgm => "pgm",
+                Protocol.Epgm => "epgm",
+                _ => string.Empty
+            };
+        }
+
+        public override object CreateInstance(ITypeDescriptorContext context, IDictionary propertyValues)
+        {
+            var action = (Action?)propertyValues[nameof(Action)];
+            var protocol = (Protocol)propertyValues[nameof(Protocol)];
+            var address = propertyValues["Address"];
+            return $"{GetActionString(action)}{GetProtocolString(protocol)}{ProtocolDelimiter}{address}";
+        }
+
+        public override bool GetCreateInstanceSupported(ITypeDescriptorContext context)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public override bool GetPropertiesSupported(ITypeDescriptorContext context)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public override PropertyDescriptorCollection GetProperties(ITypeDescriptorContext context, object value, Attribute[] attributes)
+        {
+            return new PropertyDescriptorCollection(new PropertyDescriptor[]
+            {
+                new ActionDescriptor(),
+                new ProtocolDescriptor(),
+                new AddressDescriptor()
+            }).Sort(new[] { nameof(Action), nameof(Protocol) });
+        }
+
+        class ActionDescriptor : SimplePropertyDescriptor
+        {
+            public ActionDescriptor()
+                : base(typeof(string), nameof(Action), typeof(Action?))
+            {
+            }
+
+            public override Type PropertyType => typeof(string);
+
+            public override TypeConverter Converter => TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(Action?));
+
+            public override object GetValue(object component)
+            {
+                return GetDefaultAction(component) switch
+                {
+                    BindPrefix => Action.Bind,
+                    ConnectPrefix => Action.Connect,
+                    _ => null
+                };
+            }
+
+            public override void SetValue(object component, object value)
+            {
+            }
+        }
+
+        class ProtocolDescriptor : SimplePropertyDescriptor
+        {
+
+            public ProtocolDescriptor()
+                : base(typeof(string), nameof(Protocol), typeof(Protocol))
+            {
+            }
+
+            public override TypeConverter Converter => TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(Protocol));
+
+            public override object GetValue(object component)
+            {
+                return GetProtocol(component) switch
+                {
+                    "inproc" => Protocol.InProc,
+                    "tcp" => Protocol.Tcp,
+                    "ipc" => Protocol.Ipc,
+                    "pgm" => Protocol.Pgm,
+                    "epgm" => Protocol.Epgm,
+                    _ => throw new ArgumentException("Invalid protocol type string"),
+                };
+            }
+
+            public override void SetValue(object component, object value)
+            {
+            }
+        }
+
+        class AddressDescriptor : SimplePropertyDescriptor
+        {
+            public AddressDescriptor()
+                : base(typeof(string), "Address", typeof(string))
+            {
+            }
+
+            public override object GetValue(object component)
+            {
+                return GetAddress(component);
+            }
+
+            public override void SetValue(object component, object value)
+            {
+            }
+        }
+
+        internal enum Action
+        {
+            Connect,
+            Bind
+        }
+
+        internal enum Protocol
+        {
+            InProc,
+            Tcp,
+            Ipc,
+            Pgm,
+            Epgm
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Bonsai.ZeroMQ/Constants.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace Bonsai.ZeroMQ
+{
+    internal static class Constants
+    {
+        internal const string DefaultConnectionString = "tcp://localhost:5557";
+    }
+}

src/Bonsai.ZeroMQ/Dealer.cs

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ namespace Bonsai.ZeroMQ
     public class Dealer : Source<ZeroMQMessage>
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets a value specifying the <see cref="ZeroMQ.ConnectionId"/> of the <see cref="Dealer"/> socket.
+        /// Gets or sets a value specifying the connection string of the <see cref="Dealer"/> socket.
         /// </summary>
-        [TypeConverter(typeof(ConnectionIdConverter))]
-        public ConnectionId ConnectionId { get; set; } = new ConnectionId(SocketSettings.SocketConnection.Connect, SocketSettings.SocketProtocol.TCP, "localhost", "5557");
+        [TypeConverter(typeof(ConnectionStringConverter))]
+        public string ConnectionString { get; set; } = Constants.DefaultConnectionString;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// If no <see cref="Message"/> sequence is provided as source, creates a Dealer socket that acts only as a server listener.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public IObservable<ZeroMQMessage> Generate(IObservable<Message> message)
         {
             return Observable.Create<ZeroMQMessage>((observer, cancellationToken) =>
             {
-                var dealer = new DealerSocket(ConnectionId.ToString());
+                var dealer = new DealerSocket(ConnectionString);
                 cancellationToken.Register(() => { dealer.Dispose(); });
 
                 if (message != null)