dasherize names over camel case

JsonApiDotNetCore/Abstractions/JsonApiContext.cs

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public Type GetJsonApiResourceType()
  public string GetEntityName()
  {
  return (!(Route is RelationalRoute) ? Route.BaseRouteDefinition.ContextPropertyName
- : Configuration.Routes.Single(r => r.ModelType == ((RelationalRoute)Route).RelationalType).ContextPropertyName).ToCamelCase();
+ : Configuration.Routes.Single(r => r.ModelType == ((RelationalRoute)Route).RelationalType).ContextPropertyName).Dasherize();
  }
 
  public Type GetEntityType()

JsonApiDotNetCore/Abstractions/ModelAccessor.cs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public static Type GetTypeFromModelRelationshipName(Type modelType, string relat
  {
  var properties = modelType.GetProperties().Where(propertyInfo => propertyInfo.GetMethod.IsVirtual).ToList();
  var relationshipType = properties.FirstOrDefault(
- virtualProperty => virtualProperty.Name.ToCamelCase() == relationshipName.ToCamelCase())?.PropertyType;
+ virtualProperty => virtualProperty.Name.Dasherize() == relationshipName.Dasherize())?.PropertyType;
  if(relationshipType.GetTypeInfo().IsGenericType)
  {
  return relationshipType.GetGenericArguments().Single();

JsonApiDotNetCore/Data/ResourceRepository.cs

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public object Get(string id)
  private object GetRelated(string id, RelationalRoute relationalRoute)
  {
  var entity = GetEntityById(relationalRoute.BaseModelType, id, relationalRoute.RelationshipName);
- return relationalRoute.BaseModelType.GetProperties().FirstOrDefault(pi => pi.Name.ToCamelCase() == relationalRoute.RelationshipName.ToCamelCase())?.GetValue(entity);
+ return relationalRoute.BaseModelType.GetProperties().FirstOrDefault(pi => pi.Name.Dasherize() == relationalRoute.RelationshipName.Dasherize())?.GetValue(entity);
  }
 
  private IQueryable GetDbSet(Type modelType, string includedRelationship)

JsonApiDotNetCore/Extensions/StringExtensions.cs

@@ -1,26 +1,49 @@
 using System;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace JsonApiDotNetCore.Extensions
 {
  public static class StringExtensions
  {
  public static string ToCamelCase(this string str)
  {
- var splittedPhraseChars = str.ToCharArray();
- if (splittedPhraseChars.Length > 0)
+ var chars = str.ToCharArray();
+ if (chars.Length > 0)
  {
- splittedPhraseChars[0] = new string(splittedPhraseChars[0], 1).ToLower().ToCharArray()[0];
- return new String(splittedPhraseChars);
+ chars[0] = new string(chars[0], 1).ToLower().ToCharArray()[0];
+ return new String(chars);
  }
  return str;
  }
+
  public static string ToProperCase(this string str)
  {
- var splittedPhraseChars = str.ToCharArray();
- if (splittedPhraseChars.Length > 0)
+ var chars = str.ToCharArray();
+ if (chars.Length > 0)
+ {
+ chars[0] = new string(chars[0], 1).ToUpper().ToCharArray()[0];
+ return new String(chars);
+ }
+ return str;
+ }
+
+ public static string Dasherize(this string str)
+ {
+ var chars = str.ToCharArray();
+ if (chars.Length > 0)
  {
- splittedPhraseChars[0] = new string(splittedPhraseChars[0], 1).ToUpper().ToCharArray()[0];
- return new String(splittedPhraseChars);
+ var builder = new StringBuilder();
+ for(var i = 0; i < chars.Length; i++)
+ {
+ if(char.IsUpper(chars[i])) {
+ var hashedString = (i > 0) ? $"-{char.ToLower(chars[i])}" : $"{char.ToLower(chars[i])}";
+ builder.Append(hashedString);
+ }
+ else {
+ builder.Append(chars[i]);
+ }
+ }
+ return builder.ToString();
  }
  return str;
  }

JsonApiDotNetCore/JsonApi/DocumentBuilder.cs

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ private Dictionary<string, object> BuildRelationshipsObject(IJsonApiResource res
  _context.GetEntityType().GetProperties().Where(propertyInfo => propertyInfo.GetMethod.IsVirtual).ToList().ForEach(
  virtualProperty =>
  {
- relationships.Add(virtualProperty.Name, GetRelationshipLinks(resource, virtualProperty.Name.ToCamelCase()));
+ relationships.Add(virtualProperty.Name.Dasherize(), GetRelationshipLinks(resource, virtualProperty.Name.Dasherize().Dasherize()));
  });
  return relationships;
  }

JsonApiDotNetCoreTests/Extensions/UnitTests/StringExtensionsTests.cs

@@ -28,5 +28,19 @@ public void ToProperCase_ConvertsString_ToProperCase(string input, string expect
  // assert
  Assert.Equal(expectedOutput, result);
  }
+
+ [Theory]
+ [InlineData("todoItem", "todo-item")]
+ [InlineData("TodoItem", "todo-item")]
+ [InlineData("TodoItemS", "todo-item-s")]
+ public void Dasherize_Converts_StringToDashed(string input, string expectedOutput)
+ {
+ // arrange
+ // act
+ var result = input.Dasherize();
+
+ // assert
+ Assert.Equal(expectedOutput, result);
+ }
  }
 }