Rename

editorconfig

.editorconfig

@@ -88,14 +88,22 @@ dotnet_code_quality.CAXXXX.api_surface = private, internal
 dotnet_diagnostic.CA1825.severity = warning # CA1823: Avoid zero-length array allocations
 dotnet_diagnostic.CA1829.severity = warning # CA1829: Use Length/Count property instead of Count() when available
 dotnet_diagnostic.CA1834.severity = warning # CA1834: Consider using 'StringBuilder.Append(char)' when applicable
+dotnet_diagnostic.CA1860.severity = error # CA1860: Prefer comparing 'Count' to 0 rather than using 'Any()', both for clarity and for performance
+dotnet_diagnostic.CA1869.severity = none # CA1869: Avoid creating a new 'JsonSerializerOptions' instance for every serialization operation. Cache and reuse instances instead.
+dotnet_diagnostic.CA2254.severity = none # CA2254: The logging message template should not vary between calls to 'LoggerExtensions.LogInformation(ILogger, string?, params object?[])'
 dotnet_diagnostic.IDE0001.severity = warning # IDE0001: Simplify name
-dotnet_diagnostic.IDE0004.severity = warning # IDE0004: Cast is redundant.
 dotnet_diagnostic.IDE0002.severity = warning # Simplify (member access) - System.Version.Equals("1", "2"); Version.Equals("1", "2");
+dotnet_diagnostic.IDE0004.severity = warning # IDE0004: Cast is redundant.
 dotnet_diagnostic.IDE0005.severity = warning # Using directive is unnecessary
+dotnet_diagnostic.IDE0028.severity = error # IDE0028: Collection initialization can be simplified
 dotnet_diagnostic.IDE0031.severity = warning # Use null propagation (IDE0031)
 dotnet_diagnostic.IDE0047.severity = warning # IDE0047: Parentheses can be removed
 dotnet_diagnostic.IDE0049.severity = warning # Use language keywords instead of framework type names for type references (IDE0049)
 dotnet_diagnostic.IDE0060.severity = warning # IDE0060: Remove unused parameter
+dotnet_diagnostic.IDE0290.severity = none # Use primary constructor [Distance]csharp(IDE0290)
+dotnet_diagnostic.IDE0300.severity = error # IDE0300: Collection initialization can be simplified
+dotnet_diagnostic.IDE0301.severity = error #IDE0301: Collection initialization can be simplified
+dotnet_diagnostic.IDE0305.severity = none # IDE0305: Collection initialization can be simplified
 dotnet_naming_rule.abstract_method_should_be_pascal_case.severity = warning
 dotnet_naming_rule.abstract_method_should_be_pascal_case.style = pascal_case
 dotnet_naming_rule.abstract_method_should_be_pascal_case.symbols = abstract_method

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@
         "Dlib",
         "DSCN",
         "Exif",
+        "eyeα",
         "Getα",
         "Greyscale",
         "Hasher",
+        "Hmmss",
+        "Hmmssfff",
         "jfif",
         "JOSN",
         "mmod",

BlurHash.Core/Base83.cs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ internal static class Base83
     static Base83()
     {
         // Build inverse lookup table for fast decoding
-        Dictionary<char, int> charIndices = new();
+        Dictionary<char, int> charIndices = [];
         int index = 0;
         foreach (char c in _Charset)
         {

BlurHash/Models/BlurHasher.cs

@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ public class C2_BlurHasher : IBlurHasher
 
     public C2_BlurHasher(IPropertyConfiguration propertyConfiguration)
     {
-        _FileGroups = new();
+        _FileGroups = [];
         _PropertyConfiguration = propertyConfiguration;
     }
 
     public void Update(string resultsFullGroupDirectory)
     {
         _FileGroups.Clear();
-        Dictionary<string, string[]> keyValuePairs = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(_PropertyConfiguration, resultsFullGroupDirectory, new string[] { _PropertyConfiguration.ResultContent, _PropertyConfiguration.ResultSingleton });
+        Dictionary<string, string[]> keyValuePairs = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(_PropertyConfiguration, resultsFullGroupDirectory, [_PropertyConfiguration.ResultContent, _PropertyConfiguration.ResultSingleton]);
         foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string[]> keyValuePair in keyValuePairs)
             _FileGroups.Add(keyValuePair.Key, keyValuePair.Value);
     }

Copy-Distinct/CopyDistinct.cs

@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ public class CopyDistinct
         _Configuration = configuration;
         logger?.LogInformation(propertyConfiguration.RootDirectory);
         (bool move, List<string[]> filesCollection, bool anyLenFiles, bool moveBack) = Verify();
-        _FileGroups = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(propertyConfiguration, appSettings.CopyTo, new string[] { appSettings.ResultDirectoryKey });
+        _FileGroups = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(propertyConfiguration, appSettings.CopyTo, [appSettings.ResultDirectoryKey]);
         List<string> lines = CopyDistinctFilesInDirectories(logger, move, filesCollection, anyLenFiles, moveBack);
-        if (lines.Any())
+        if (lines.Count != 0)
             File.WriteAllLines($"D:/Tmp/Phares/{DateTime.Now.Ticks}.tsv", lines);
         _ = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.DeleteEmptyDirectories(propertyConfiguration.RootDirectory);
     }
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class CopyDistinct
                 moveBack = false;
             else
             {
-                if (!Directory.GetFiles(directory, "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories).Any())
+                if (Directory.GetFiles(directory, "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories).Length == 0)
                     moveBack = false;
                 else
                 {
@@ -93,16 +93,16 @@ public class CopyDistinct
 
     private static (string[], List<(FileHolder, string?, string)>) GetMoveBackToDoCollection(List<string[]> filesCollection)
     {
-        List<(FileHolder, string?, string)> results = new();
+        List<(FileHolder, string?, string)> results = [];
         string key;
         string? value;
         string fileName;
         string? directory;
         string destinationFile;
-        List<string> distinctFound = new();
+        List<string> distinctFound = [];
-        List<string> distinctNeeded = new();
+        List<string> distinctNeeded = [];
-        List<string> distinctDirectories = new();
+        List<string> distinctDirectories = [];
-        Dictionary<string, string> nameToPath = new();
+        Dictionary<string, string> nameToPath = [];
         for (int i = 1; i < 3; i++)
         {
             foreach (string[] files in filesCollection)
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public class CopyDistinct
 
     private List<string> CopyDistinctFilesInDirectories(ILogger<Program>? logger, bool move, List<string[]> filesCollection, bool anyLenFiles, bool moveBack)
     {
-        List<string> results = new();
+        List<string> results = [];
         ProgressBar progressBar;
         string[] distinctDirectories;
         ConsoleKey? consoleKey = null;

Copy-Distinct/Program.cs

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class Program
         if (args is not null)
             Secondary(logger, args.ToList());
         else
-            Secondary(logger, new List<string>());
+            Secondary(logger, []);
     }
 
 }

Date-Group/DateGroup.cs

@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ public class DateGroup
         _Logger = logger;
         _AppSettings = appSettings;
         _IsEnvironment = isEnvironment;
-        _Exceptions = new List<string>();
+        _Exceptions = [];
-        _FileKeyValuePairs = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();
+        _FileKeyValuePairs = [];
-        _FilePropertiesKeyValuePairs = new Dictionary<string, List<Tuple<string, Shared.Models.Property>>>();
+        _FilePropertiesKeyValuePairs = [];
         Property.Models.Configuration propertyConfiguration = Property.Models.Binder.Configuration.Get(isEnvironment, configurationRoot);
         Models.Configuration configuration = Models.Binder.Configuration.Get(isEnvironment, configurationRoot, propertyConfiguration);
         _Logger?.LogInformation(propertyConfiguration.RootDirectory);
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ public class DateGroup
             _ = Directory.CreateDirectory(aPropertySingletonDirectory);
         (int t, Container[] containers) = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IContainer.GetContainers(propertyConfiguration, aPropertySingletonDirectory);
         A_Property propertyLogic = GetPropertyLogic(reverse, aResultsFullGroupDirectory, aResultsFullGroupDirectory);
-        if (propertyLogic.ExceptionsDirectories.Any())
+        if (propertyLogic.ExceptionsDirectories.Count != 0)
             throw new Exception();
         if (propertyConfiguration.PopulatePropertyId && (configuration.ByCreateDateShortcut || configuration.ByHash) && Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IProperty.Any(containers))
         {
             propertyLogic.SavePropertyParallelWork(ticks, metadata, t, containers);
-            if (propertyLogic.ExceptionsDirectories.Any())
+            if (propertyLogic.ExceptionsDirectories.Count != 0)
                 throw new Exception();
         }
         if (configuration.ByCreateDateShortcut)
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class DateGroup
 
     private List<(Item Item, long LastWriteTimeTicks, long MinimumDateTimeTicks, string[] Destination)> GetMoveFileCollection(string destinationDirectory, string topDirectory, Item[] filteredItems)
     {
-        List<(Item Item, long LastWriteTimeTicks, long MinimumDateTimeTicks, string[] Destination)> results = new();
+        List<(Item Item, long LastWriteTimeTicks, long MinimumDateTimeTicks, string[] Destination)> results = [];
         char flag;
         string day;
         int season;
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ public class DateGroup
         string[]? matches = null;
         string[] directorySegments;
         List<string> destinationCollection;
-        List<string> directoryNames = new();
+        List<string> directoryNames = [];
-        List<string> topDirectorySegments = new();
+        List<string> topDirectorySegments = [];
         StringBuilder destinationDirectoryName = new();
         Calendar calendar = new CultureInfo("en-US").Calendar;
         for (int z = 1; z < 3; z++)
@@ -179,16 +179,16 @@ public class DateGroup
                 directorySegments = directoryName.Split(' ');
                 topDirectorySegments.AddRange(directorySegments);
                 (_, matches) = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IProperty.IsWrongYear(directorySegments, string.Empty);
-                if (matches.Any())
+                if (matches.Length != 0)
                     break;
             }
-            if (matches is not null && matches.Any())
+            if (matches is not null && matches.Length != 0)
                 break;
         }
         foreach (Item item in filteredItems)
         {
             directoryNames.Clear();
-            destinationCollection = new();
+            destinationCollection = [];
             _ = destinationDirectoryName.Clear();
             if (item.Property is not null)
                 dateTimes = item.Property.GetDateTimes();
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public class DateGroup
             {
                 if (item.ImageFileHolder.LastWriteTime is null)
                     throw new Exception();
-                dateTimes = new() { item.ImageFileHolder.LastWriteTime.Value };
+                dateTimes = [item.ImageFileHolder.LastWriteTime.Value];
             }
             if (item.Property is not null && item.Property.DateTimeOriginal is not null)
                 dateTime = item.Property.DateTimeOriginal.Value;
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ public class DateGroup
 
     private static Item[] GetFilterItems(Container container)
     {
-        List<Item> results = new();
+        List<Item> results = [];
         foreach (Item item in container.Items)
         {
             if (item.ImageFileHolder is not null)
@@ -326,11 +326,11 @@ public class DateGroup
         string? topDirectory;
         string? checkDirectory;
         string destinationDirectory;
-        List<(Item Item, long LastWriteTimeTicks, long MinimumDateTimeTicks, string[] Destination)> fileMoveCollection = new();
+        List<(Item Item, long LastWriteTimeTicks, long MinimumDateTimeTicks, string[] Destination)> fileMoveCollection = [];
         List<(Item Item, long LastWriteTimeTicks, long MinimumDateTimeTicks, string[] Destination)> fileMoveCollectionDirectory;
         foreach (Container container in containers)
         {
-            if (!container.Items.Any())
+            if (container.Items.Count == 0)
                 continue;
             if (!_Configuration.KeepFullPath)
                 destinationDirectory = destinationRoot;
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ public class DateGroup
                 continue;
             topDirectory = checkDirectory;
             filteredItems = GetFilterItems(container);
-            if (!filteredItems.Any())
+            if (filteredItems.Length == 0)
                 continue;
             fileMoveCollectionDirectory = GetMoveFileCollection(destinationDirectory, topDirectory, filteredItems);
             fileMoveCollection.AddRange(fileMoveCollectionDirectory);
@@ -366,9 +366,9 @@ public class DateGroup
         string directoryName;
         WindowsShortcut windowsShortcut;
         string duplicate = "-Duplicates";
-        List<string> filesDistinct = new();
+        List<string> filesDistinct = [];
-        List<string> filesDuplicate = new();
+        List<string> filesDuplicate = [];
-        List<string> directoriesDistinct = new();
+        List<string> directoriesDistinct = [];
         (Item Item, long LastWriteTimeTicks, long MinimumDateTimeTicks, string[] Destination)[] fileMoveCollectionAll = GetFileMoveCollectionAll(configuration, destinationRoot, containers);
         foreach ((Item item, long lastWriteTimeTicks, long minimumDateTimeTicks, string[] destination) in fileMoveCollectionAll)
         {
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ public class DateGroup
         string aPropertyContentDirectory = Property.Models.Stateless.IResult.GetResultsDateGroupDirectory(configuration, nameof(A_Property), "()");
         foreach (Container container in containers)
         {
-            if (!container.Items.Any())
+            if (container.Items.Count == 0)
                 continue;
             selectedTotal = 0;
             threeStandardDeviationHigh = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IProperty.GetThreeStandardDeviationHigh(minimum, container);

Date-Group/Program.cs

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class Program
         if (args is not null)
             Secondary(logger, args.ToList());
         else
-            Secondary(logger, new List<string>());
+            Secondary(logger, []);
     }
 
 }

Delete-By-Distinct/DeleteByDistinct.cs

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class DeleteByDistinct
         if (console is null)
         { }
         long ticks = DateTime.Now.Ticks;
-        Dictionary<string, List<string>> keyValuePairs = new();
+        Dictionary<string, List<string>> keyValuePairs = [];
         Configuration configuration = Property.Models.Binder.Configuration.Get(isEnvironment, configurationRoot);
         ProgressBarOptions options = new() { ProgressCharacter = '─', ProgressBarOnBottom = true, DisableBottomPercentage = true };
         logger?.LogInformation(configuration.RootDirectory);
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ public class DeleteByDistinct
         List<string>? fileNames;
         ProgressBar progressBar;
         ConsoleKey? consoleKey = null;
-        List<string> deletedFiles = new();
+        List<string> deletedFiles = [];
         int pad = ticks.ToString().Length + 1;
-        List<string> deletedDirectories = new();
+        List<string> deletedDirectories = [];
-        Dictionary<long, List<string>> longToCollectionB = new();
+        Dictionary<long, List<string>> longToCollectionB = [];
-        List<(string Source, string Destination)> renameFiles = new();
+        List<(string Source, string Destination)> renameFiles = [];
         logger?.LogInformation($"Gathering {appSettings.SearchPattern} files from <{directory}>");
         (string directory, string[] files)[] leftCollection = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IFileHolder.GetFiles(directory, appSettings.SearchPattern).ToArray();
         totalSeconds = (int)Math.Floor(new TimeSpan(DateTime.Now.Ticks - ticks).TotalSeconds);
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ public class DeleteByDistinct
                     throw new Exception();
                 if (!keyValuePairs.TryGetValue(check, out fileNames))
                 {
-                    keyValuePairs.Add(check, new());
+                    keyValuePairs.Add(check, []);
                     if (!keyValuePairs.TryGetValue(check, out fileNames))
                         throw new Exception();
                 }
                 checkName = fileInfo.Name.ToLower().Replace(".jpeg", ".jpg");
-                if (!fileNames.Any())
+                if (fileNames.Count == 0)
                     fileNames.Add(checkName);
                 else if (!logOnly && appSettings.RenameToMatch && fileNames.Count == 1 && fileInfo.DirectoryName is not null && fileInfo.Name != fileNames.First())
                     renameFiles.Add((fileInfo.FullName, Path.Combine(fileInfo.DirectoryName, fileNames.First())));
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class DeleteByDistinct
         logFile = $"{ticks}-{variable}-Files-A.lsv";
         if (!logOnly)
             File.WriteAllLines(Path.Combine(directory, logFile), deletedFiles);
-        if (deletedFiles.Any() && !logOnly)
+        if (deletedFiles.Count != 0 && !logOnly)
         {
             logger?.LogInformation($"Ready to delete {deletedFiles.Count} from {variable} {appSettings.SearchPattern} file(s)? See <{logFile}>");
             for (int y = 0; y < int.MaxValue; y++)
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ public class DeleteByDistinct
                 for (int i = 1; i < 5; i++)
                 {
                     progressBar.Tick();
-                    List<string> collection = new();
+                    List<string> collection = [];
                     Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.DeleteEmptyDirectories(directory, collection);
-                    if (!collection.Any())
+                    if (collection.Count == 0)
                         break;
                     deletedDirectories.AddRange(collection);
                 }
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public class DeleteByDistinct
                 File.WriteAllLines(Path.Combine(directory, logFile), deletedDirectories.Distinct());
             }
         }
-        if (!logOnly && renameFiles.Any())
+        if (!logOnly && renameFiles.Count != 0)
         {
             logFile = $"{ticks}-{variable}-Files-B.lsv";
             File.WriteAllLines(Path.Combine(directory, logFile), renameFiles.Select(l => l.Source));

Delete-By-Distinct/Program.cs

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class Program
         if (args is not null)
             Secondary(logger, args.ToList());
         else
-            Secondary(logger, new List<string>());
+            Secondary(logger, []);
     }
 
 }

Delete-By-Relative/DeleteByRelative.cs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class DeleteByRelative
         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(appSettings.CompareRootDirectory) || Path.GetFullPath(appSettings.CompareRootDirectory) == Path.GetFullPath(configuration.RootDirectory))
             throw new Exception("Check AppSettings file!");
         IEnumerable<(string directory, string[] files)> leftCollection = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IFileHolder.GetFiles(configuration.RootDirectory, searchPattern);
-        List<string> leftRelativeFiles = new();
+        List<string> leftRelativeFiles = [];
         foreach ((_, string[] files) in leftCollection)
         {
             foreach (string file in files)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class DeleteByRelative
                 leftRelativeFiles.Add(Path.GetFullPath(string.Concat(appSettings.CompareRootDirectory, relativePath)));
             }
         }
-        List<string> deleteFiles = new();
+        List<string> deleteFiles = [];
         IEnumerable<(string, string[])> rightCollection = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IFileHolder.GetFiles(appSettings.CompareRootDirectory, searchPattern);
         foreach ((_, string[] files) in rightCollection)
         {

Delete-By-Relative/Program.cs

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class Program
         if (args is not null)
             Secondary(logger, args.ToList());
         else
-            Secondary(logger, new List<string>());
+            Secondary(logger, []);
     }
 
 }

Distance/Models/DistanceLimits.cs

@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ public class DistanceLimits : IDistanceLimits
     string IDistanceLimits.GetCounts()
     {
         string result;
-        List<(int Value, string Name)> results = new()
+        List<(int Value, string Name)> results =
-        {
+        [
             new(_Days, nameof(_Days)),
             new(_Distance, nameof(_Distance))
-        };
+        ];
         result = string.Join(' ', from l in results orderby l.Value descending select $"{l.Name}_{l.Value};");
         return result;
     }

Distance/Models/_E_Distance.cs

@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ public partial class E_Distance : IDistance<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
 
     public E_Distance(bool distanceMoveUnableToMatch, bool distanceRenameToMatch, int faceConfidencePercent, float[] rangeDistanceTolerance, float[] rectangleIntersectMinimums)
     {
-        _Debug = new();
+        _Debug = [];
-        _Moved = new();
+        _Moved = [];
-        _Renamed = new();
+        _Renamed = [];
-        _AllMappedFaceFiles = new();
+        _AllMappedFaceFiles = [];
-        _AllMappedFaceFileNames = new();
+        _AllMappedFaceFileNames = [];
-        _DuplicateMappedFaceFiles = new();
+        _DuplicateMappedFaceFiles = [];
         _DistanceRenameToMatch = distanceRenameToMatch;
         _FaceConfidencePercent = faceConfidencePercent;
         _DistanceMoveUnableToMatch = distanceMoveUnableToMatch;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public partial class E_Distance : IDistance<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
         int confidencePercent;
         FaceDistance faceDistance;
         FaceDistanceContainer faceDistanceContainer;
-        List<FaceDistanceContainer> collection = new();
+        List<FaceDistanceContainer> collection = [];
         foreach (Face face in intersectFaces)
         {
             if (face.FaceEncoding is null || face.Location is null || face.OutputResolution is null)
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public partial class E_Distance : IDistance<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
 
     private static ReadOnlyCollection<FaceDistance> GetFaceDistanceEncodings(FaceDistanceContainer[] faceDistanceContainers)
     {
-        List<FaceDistance> faceDistanceEncodings = new();
+        List<FaceDistance> faceDistanceEncodings = [];
         foreach (FaceDistanceContainer faceDistanceContainer in faceDistanceContainers)
         {
             if (faceDistanceContainer.FaceDistance.Encoding is null)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public partial class E_Distance : IDistance<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
 
     private List<(Face Face, double? Length)> GetValues(MappingFromItem mappingFromItem, List<Face> intersectFaces, Shared.Models.FaceEncoding modelsFaceEncoding)
     {
-        List<(Face Face, double? Length)> results = new();
+        List<(Face Face, double? Length)> results = [];
         Face face;
         FaceDistance faceDistanceLength;
         FaceRecognitionDotNet.FaceEncoding faceRecognitionDotNetFaceEncoding = FaceRecognition.LoadFaceEncoding(modelsFaceEncoding.RawEncoding);
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public partial class E_Distance : IDistance<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
 
     private static List<(Face, double?)> GetMatchingFacesByFaceEncoding(Face[] filteredFaces, string? json)
     {
-        List<(Face, double?)> results = new();
+        List<(Face, double?)> results = [];
         string check;
         foreach (Face face in filteredFaces)
         {
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public partial class E_Distance : IDistance<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
     {
         string checkFile;
         FileInfo fileInfo = new(file);
-        List<(long Length, string FullName)> collection = new();
+        List<(long Length, string FullName)> collection = [];
         if (fileInfo.Exists)
             collection.Add(new(fileInfo.Length, fileInfo.FullName));
         lock (_DuplicateMappedFaceFiles)
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public partial class E_Distance : IDistance<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
         string[] matches;
         FileInfo? fileInfo;
         List<Face> intersectFaces;
-        List<(Face, double?)> checkFaces = new();
+        List<(Face, double?)> checkFaces = [];
         Shared.Models.FaceEncoding? modelsFaceEncoding;
         Face[] filteredFaces = (from l in faces where l.FaceEncoding is not null && l.Location is not null && l.OutputResolution is not null select l).ToArray();
         if (filteredFaces.Length != faces.Count)
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ public partial class E_Distance : IDistance<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
 
     public static void PreFilterSetFaceDistances(int maxDegreeOfParallelism, long ticks, ReadOnlyCollection<Face> distinctFilteredFaces)
     {
-        List<Face> faces = new();
+        List<Face> faces = [];
         foreach (Face face in distinctFilteredFaces)
         {
             if (face.Mapping?.MappingFromFilterPre is null)
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ public partial class E_Distance : IDistance<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
 
     private static List<SortingContainer> GetSortingContainers(Map.Models.Configuration mapConfiguration, IDistanceLimits distanceLimits, Face face, FaceDistance faceDistanceEncoding, List<Sorting> sortingCollection)
     {
-        List<SortingContainer> results = new();
+        List<SortingContainer> results = [];
         SortingContainer sortingContainer;
         int days = 0, distance = 0;
         Sorting[] collection = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.ISorting.Sort(sortingCollection);
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ public partial class E_Distance : IDistance<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
         ReadOnlyCollection<FaceDistanceContainer> results;
         FaceDistance faceDistance;
         FaceDistanceContainer faceDistanceContainer;
-        List<FaceDistanceContainer> collection = new();
+        List<FaceDistanceContainer> collection = [];
         foreach (Face face in distinctFilteredFaces)
         {
             if (face.Mapping?.MappingFromLocation is null)
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ public partial class E_Distance : IDistance<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
 
     public static FaceDistanceContainer[] FilteredPostLoadFaceDistanceContainers(Map.Models.MapLogic mapLogic, ReadOnlyCollection<FaceDistanceContainer> faceDistanceContainers, long? skipOlderThan, DistanceLimits distanceLimits)
     {
-        List<FaceDistanceContainer> results = new();
+        List<FaceDistanceContainer> results = [];
         foreach (FaceDistanceContainer faceDistanceContainer in faceDistanceContainers)
         {
             if (faceDistanceContainer.FaceDistance is null || faceDistanceContainer.Face.Mapping?.MappingFromLocation is null)
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ public partial class E_Distance : IDistance<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
 
     public static ReadOnlyCollection<SortingContainer> SetFaceMappingSortingCollectionThenGetSortedSortingContainers(int maxDegreeOfParallelism, Map.Models.Configuration mapConfiguration, long ticks, Map.Models.MapLogic mapLogic, IDistanceLimits distanceLimits, ReadOnlyCollection<FaceDistance> faceDistanceEncodings, FaceDistanceContainer[] filteredFaceDistanceContainers)
     {
-        List<SortingContainer> results = new();
+        List<SortingContainer> results = [];
         int totalSeconds = (int)Math.Floor(new TimeSpan(DateTime.Now.Ticks - ticks).TotalSeconds);
         ParallelOptions parallelOptions = new() { MaxDegreeOfParallelism = maxDegreeOfParallelism };
         string message = $") {filteredFaceDistanceContainers.Length:000} Get Sorting Containers Then Set Face Mapping Sorting Collection - {totalSeconds} total second(s)";
@@ -479,16 +479,16 @@ public partial class E_Distance : IDistance<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
 
     private static ReadOnlyCollection<RelationContainer> GetRelationCollections(int faceDistancePermyriad, int locationContainerDistanceTake, float distanceTolerance, List<Record> records)
     {
-        List<RelationContainer> results = new();
+        List<RelationContainer> results = [];
         string fileName;
         FileHolder fileHolder;
         int distancePermyriad;
-        List<string> files = new();
+        List<string> files = [];
         long ticks = DateTime.Now.Ticks;
         FaceDistance? faceDistanceEncoding;
         List<Relation> mappedRelations;
         List<FaceDistance> faceDistanceLengths;
-        List<FaceDistance> faceDistanceEncodings = new();
+        List<FaceDistance> faceDistanceEncodings = [];
         foreach (Record record in records)
         {
             files.Add(record.File);
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ public partial class E_Distance : IDistance<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
         }
         foreach (Record record in records)
         {
-            mappedRelations = new();
+            mappedRelations = [];
             fileHolder = new(record.File);
             if (files.Count > 1)
             {
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ public partial class E_Distance : IDistance<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
     {
         ReadOnlyCollection<RelationContainer> result;
         string? json;
-        List<Record> records = new();
+        List<Record> records = [];
         Shared.Models.FaceEncoding? modelsFaceEncoding;
         FaceRecognitionDotNet.FaceEncoding faceRecognitionDotNetFaceEncoding;
         foreach (LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory> locationContainer in locationContainers)

Drag-Drop-Explorer/DragDropExplorer.cs

@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ public partial class DragDropExplorer : Form
             {
                 string converted;
                 FileInfo fileInfo;
-                List<MatchNginx> files = new();
+                List<MatchNginx> files = [];
                 DateTime dateTime = DateTime.Now;
-                List<MatchNginx> directories = new();
+                List<MatchNginx> directories = [];
                 _FirstTextBox.Text = GetConverted(paths[0]);
                 string weekOfYear = _Calendar.GetWeekOfYear(dateTime, CalendarWeekRule.FirstDay, DayOfWeek.Sunday).ToString("00");
                 string directory = Path.Combine(_WorkingDirectory, $"{dateTime.Year}_{weekOfYear}");
@@ -144,9 +144,7 @@ public partial class DragDropExplorer : Form
                     else
                         files.Add(new(fileInfo.Name, "File", fileInfo.LastWriteTime, fileInfo.Length, converted));
                 }
-                List<MatchNginx> collection = new();
+                List<MatchNginx> collection = [.. directories, .. files];
-                collection.AddRange(directories);
-                collection.AddRange(files);
                 _JsonTextBox.Text = JsonSerializer.Serialize(collection, new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true });
                 File.WriteAllText(_PathTextBox.Text, _JsonTextBox.Text);
             }

Drag-Drop-Search/DragDropSearch.cs

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public partial class DragDropSearch : Form
     public DragDropSearch()
     {
         InitializeComponent();
-        _IdToItem = new();
+        _IdToItem = [];
         AppSettings appSettings;
         string workingDirectory;
         IsEnvironment isEnvironment;
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public partial class DragDropSearch : Form
     public static string? GetFaceEncoding(string file)
     {
         string? result;
-        List<string> results = new();
+        List<string> results = [];
         const string comment = "Comment: ";
         if (File.Exists(file))
         {
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public partial class DragDropSearch : Form
                 }
             }
         }
-        result = results.Any() ? results[0][comment.Length..] : null;
+        result = results.Count != 0 ? results[0][comment.Length..] : null;
         return result;
     }
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public partial class DragDropSearch : Form
             name = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path);
             Text = name;
             segments = name.Split('.');
-            if (!_IdToItem.Any())
+            if (_IdToItem.Count == 0)
                 LoadData();
             if (int.TryParse(segments[0], out int id) && _IdToItem.TryGetValue(id, out Item? item))
             {

Drag-Drop-Search/Models/Binder/Configuration.cs

@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ public class Configuration
         if (configuration.ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration.ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime));
         if (configuration.ForceResizeLastWriteTimeToCreationTime is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration.ForceResizeLastWriteTimeToCreationTime));
         if (configuration.IgnoreExtensions is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration.IgnoreExtensions));
-        configuration.LoadOrCreateThenSaveDistanceResultsForOutputResolutions ??= Array.Empty<string>();
+        configuration.LoadOrCreateThenSaveDistanceResultsForOutputResolutions ??= [];
-        configuration.LoadOrCreateThenSaveImageFacesResultsForOutputResolutions ??= Array.Empty<string>();
+        configuration.LoadOrCreateThenSaveImageFacesResultsForOutputResolutions ??= [];
         if (configuration.MixedYearRelativePaths is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration.MixedYearRelativePaths));
         if (configuration.NumberOfJitters is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration.NumberOfJitters));
         if (configuration.NumberOfTimesToUpsample is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration.NumberOfTimesToUpsample));
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ public class Configuration
         if (configuration.PropertiesChangedForMetadata is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration.PropertiesChangedForMetadata));
         if (configuration.PropertiesChangedForResize is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration.PropertiesChangedForResize));
         if (configuration.Reverse is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration.Reverse));
-        configuration.SaveFaceLandmarkForOutputResolutions ??= Array.Empty<string>();
+        configuration.SaveFaceLandmarkForOutputResolutions ??= [];
         if (configuration.SaveFullYearOfRandomFiles is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration.SaveFullYearOfRandomFiles));
-        configuration.SaveFilteredOriginalImagesFromJLinksForOutputResolutions ??= Array.Empty<string>();
+        configuration.SaveFilteredOriginalImagesFromJLinksForOutputResolutions ??= [];
         if (configuration.SaveResizedSubfiles is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration.SaveResizedSubfiles));
-        configuration.SaveShortcutsForOutputResolutions ??= Array.Empty<string>();
+        configuration.SaveShortcutsForOutputResolutions ??= [];
         if (configuration.SkipSearch is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration.SkipSearch));
         if (configuration.TestDistanceResults is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration.TestDistanceResults));
         if (configuration.ValidResolutions is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration.ValidResolutions));

Drag-Drop-Search/Program.cs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class Program
 
     private static Item[] GetFilterItems(Models.Configuration configuration, Container container)
     {
-        List<Item> results = new();
+        List<Item> results = [];
         foreach (Item item in container.Items)
         {
             if (item.ImageFileHolder is not null
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ public class Program
 
     public static List<Item> GetItemCollection(Models.Configuration configuration, Container[] containers)
     {
-        List<Item> results = new();
+        List<Item> results = [];
         Item[] filteredItems;
         foreach (Container container in containers)
         {
-            if (!container.Items.Any())
+            if (container.Items.Count == 0)
                 continue;
             filteredItems = GetFilterItems(configuration, container);
-            if (!filteredItems.Any())
+            if (filteredItems.Length == 0)
                 continue;
             foreach (Item item in filteredItems)
                 results.Add(item);

Drag-Drop-Set-Property-Item/DragDropSetPropertyItem.cs

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public partial class DragDropSetPropertyItem : Form
 
     private List<Record> GetRecords(ASCIIEncoding asciiEncoding, int tagId, List<string> files)
     {
-        List<Record> results = new();
+        List<Record> results = [];
         int? id;
         string? value;
         string? message;
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ public partial class DragDropSetPropertyItem : Form
         short type = 1;
         ASCIIEncoding asciiEncoding = new();
         int xpKeywords = (int)IExif.Tags.XPKeywords;
-        ConstructorInfo? constructorInfo = typeof(PropertyItem).GetConstructor(BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public, null, Array.Empty<Type>(), null) ?? throw new Exception();
+        ConstructorInfo? constructorInfo = typeof(PropertyItem).GetConstructor(BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public, null, [], null) ?? throw new Exception();
         List<Record> records = GetRecords(asciiEncoding, xpKeywords, files);
-        if (!records.Any())
+        if (records.Count == 0)
             SetMessage("No data");
         else
             SetPropertyItem(setTo, xpKeywords, type, asciiEncoding, constructorInfo, records);
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public partial class DragDropSetPropertyItem : Form
     private void SetPropertyItem(string[] paths, string setTo)
     {
         FileInfo fileInfo;
-        List<string> files = new();
+        List<string> files = [];
         foreach (string path in paths.OrderBy(l => l))
         {
             fileInfo = new(path);
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public partial class DragDropSetPropertyItem : Form
                 files.AddRange(Directory.GetFiles(path, "*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly));
             }
         }
-        if (!files.Any())
+        if (files.Count == 0)
             SetMessage("No data");
         else
             SetPropertyItem(setTo, files);
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public partial class DragDropSetPropertyItem : Form
     {
         try
         {
-            if (e.Data is not null && e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.FileDrop) is string[] paths && paths.Any())
+            if (e.Data is not null && e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.FileDrop) is string[] paths && paths.Length != 0)
                 SetPropertyItem(paths);
             else
             {

Duplicate-Search/DuplicateSearch.cs

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public class DuplicateSearch
 
     private static Dictionary<int, List<MappingFromItem?>> GetIdToCollection(string argZero, Configuration configuration, bool argZeroIsConfigurationRootDirectory, Container[] containers, string destinationRoot, List<int> preloadIds)
     {
-        Dictionary<int, List<MappingFromItem?>> results = new();
+        Dictionary<int, List<MappingFromItem?>> results = [];
         string directory;
         const int zero = 0;
         Item[] filteredItems;
@@ -151,19 +151,19 @@ public class DuplicateSearch
         MappingFromItem? mappingFromItem;
         List<MappingFromItem?>? collection;
         const string duplicates = "-Duplicate(s)";
-        if (containers.Any())
+        if (containers.Length != 0)
         {
             foreach (int id in preloadIds)
-                results.Add(id, new() { null });
+                results.Add(id, [null]);
         }
         foreach (Container container in containers)
         {
-            if (!container.Items.Any())
+            if (container.Items.Count == 0)
                 continue;
             if (!argZeroIsConfigurationRootDirectory && !container.SourceDirectory.StartsWith(argZero))
                 continue;
             filteredItems = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IContainer.GetFilterItems(configuration, container);
-            if (!filteredItems.Any())
+            if (filteredItems.Length == 0)
                 continue;
             containerDateTimes = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IContainer.GetContainerDateTimes(filteredItems);
             foreach (Item item in filteredItems)
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public class DuplicateSearch
                     continue;
                 }
                 if (!results.TryGetValue(item.Property.Id.Value, out collection))
-                    results.Add(item.Property.Id.Value, new());
+                    results.Add(item.Property.Id.Value, []);
                 if (collection is null && !results.TryGetValue(item.Property.Id.Value, out collection))
                     continue;
                 if (collection.Count == 0)
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public class DuplicateSearch
                     if (mappingFromItem is not null)
                     {
                         resizedFileHolder = new(mappingFromItem.ResizedFileHolder.FullName.Replace($"0{duplicates}", $"1{duplicates}"));
-                        collection[0] = new(mappingFromItem.ContainerDateTimes, item.Property.DateTimeDigitized, item.Property.DateTimeOriginal, mappingFromItem.Id, mappingFromItem.ImageFileHolder, mappingFromItem.IsWrongYear, item.Property.Keywords ?? Array.Empty<string>(), mappingFromItem.MinimumDateTime, item.Property.Model, mappingFromItem.RelativePath, resizedFileHolder);
+                        collection[0] = new(mappingFromItem.ContainerDateTimes, item.Property.DateTimeDigitized, item.Property.DateTimeOriginal, mappingFromItem.Id, mappingFromItem.ImageFileHolder, mappingFromItem.IsWrongYear, item.Property.Keywords ?? [], mappingFromItem.MinimumDateTime, item.Property.Model, mappingFromItem.RelativePath, resizedFileHolder);
                     }
                 }
                 resizedFileHolder = new(string.Concat(Path.Combine(destinationRoot, directory), item.RelativePath));
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ public class DuplicateSearch
 
     private static List<(FileHolder ImageFileHolder, string Destination)> GetCollectionAndCreateDirectories(Dictionary<int, List<MappingFromItem?>> idToCollection)
     {
-        List<(FileHolder ImageFileHolder, string Destination)> results = new();
+        List<(FileHolder ImageFileHolder, string Destination)> results = [];
-        List<string> collection = new();
+        List<string> collection = [];
         foreach (KeyValuePair<int, List<MappingFromItem?>> keyValuePair in idToCollection)
         {
             foreach (MappingFromItem? mappingFromItem in keyValuePair.Value)
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public class DuplicateSearch
 
     private static List<int> GetPreloadIds(string destinationRoot)
     {
-        List<int> results = new();
+        List<int> results = [];
         string[] lines;
         string preloadDirectory = Path.Combine(destinationRoot, "Preload");
         if (!Directory.Exists(preloadDirectory))

Duplicate-Search/Program.cs

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class Program
         if (args is not null)
             Secondary(logger, args.ToList());
         else
-            Secondary(logger, new List<string>());
+            Secondary(logger, []);
     }
 
 }

Face/Models/_D_Face.cs

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class D_Face
         float[] rectangleIntersectMinimums)
     {
         _ArgZero = argZero;
-        _FileGroups = new();
+        _FileGroups = [];
         _ImageCodecInfo = imageCodecInfo;
         _EncoderParameters = encoderParameters;
         _FileNameExtension = filenameExtension;
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class D_Face
         _Model = model;
         _PredictorModel = predictorModel;
         _ModelParameter = modelParameter;
-        ConstructorInfo? constructorInfo = typeof(PropertyItem).GetConstructor(BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public, null, Array.Empty<Type>(), null) ?? throw new Exception();
+        ConstructorInfo? constructorInfo = typeof(PropertyItem).GetConstructor(BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public, null, [], null) ?? throw new Exception();
         _ConstructorInfo = constructorInfo;
         _WriteIndentedAndWhenWritingNull = new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true, DefaultIgnoreCondition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingNull };
     }
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class D_Face
     public void Update(string dResultsFullGroupDirectory)
     {
         _FileGroups.Clear();
-        Dictionary<string, string[]> keyValuePairs = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(_PropertyConfiguration, dResultsFullGroupDirectory, new string[] { _PropertyConfiguration.ResultCollection, _PropertyConfiguration.ResultContent });
+        Dictionary<string, string[]> keyValuePairs = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(_PropertyConfiguration, dResultsFullGroupDirectory, [_PropertyConfiguration.ResultCollection, _PropertyConfiguration.ResultContent]);
         foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string[]> keyValuePair in keyValuePairs)
             _FileGroups.Add(keyValuePair.Key, keyValuePair.Value);
     }
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public class D_Face
             throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(_PropertyConfiguration.NumberOfJitters));
         if (_PropertyConfiguration.NumberOfTimesToUpsample is null)
             throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(_PropertyConfiguration.NumberOfTimesToUpsample));
-        List<Shared.Models.Face> results = new();
+        List<Shared.Models.Face> results = [];
         FaceRecognitionDotNet.Image? unknownImage;
         try
         { unknownImage = FaceRecognition.LoadImageFile(mappingFromItem.ResizedFileHolder.FullName); }
@@ -262,11 +262,11 @@ public class D_Face
 
     private static List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>> GetLocationContainers(string outputResolution, ReadOnlyCollection<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>> locationContainers, Dictionary<string, int[]> outputResolutionToResize, List<Shared.Models.Face> faces)
     {
-        List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>> results = new();
+        List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>> results = [];
         string? json;
         Location? location;
         Rectangle? rectangle;
-        List<int> skip = new();
+        List<int> skip = [];
         OutputResolution? outputResolutionCheck = null;
         (int outputResolutionWidth, int outputResolutionHeight, int outputResolutionOrientation) = Resize.Models.Stateless.Methods.IResize.Get(outputResolution, outputResolutionToResize);
         foreach (Shared.Models.Face face in faces)
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ public class D_Face
             throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(dResultsFullGroupDirectory));
         string? json;
         List<Location>? locations;
-        string[] changesFrom = new string[] { nameof(A_Property), nameof(B_Metadata), nameof(C_Resize) };
+        string[] changesFrom = [nameof(A_Property), nameof(B_Metadata), nameof(C_Resize)];
         List<DateTime> dateTimes = (from l in subFileTuples where changesFrom.Contains(l.Item1) select l.Item2).ToList();
         (_, int directoryIndex) = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetDirectoryNameAndIndex(_PropertyConfiguration.ResultAllInOneSubdirectoryLength, mappingFromItem.ImageFileHolder.Name);
         FileInfo fileInfo = new(Path.Combine(_FileGroups[_PropertyConfiguration.ResultCollection][directoryIndex], $"{mappingFromItem.ImageFileHolder.NameWithoutExtension}{mappingFromItem.ImageFileHolder.ExtensionLowered}.json"));
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ public class D_Face
         }
         List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>> collection;
         if (results is null || locationContainers is null)
-            collection = new();
+            collection = [];
         else
             collection = GetLocationContainers(outputResolution, locationContainers, outputResolutionToResize, results);
         if (!_LoadPhotoPrismLocations || mappingFromPhotoPrismCollection is null || results is null)
@@ -396,11 +396,11 @@ public class D_Face
 
     public List<(Shared.Models.Face, FileInfo?, string, bool)> SaveFaces(string f, string dResultsFullGroupDirectory, List<Tuple<string, DateTime>> subFileTuples, List<string> parseExceptions, MappingFromItem mappingFromItem, List<Shared.Models.Face> faces)
     {
-        List<(Shared.Models.Face, FileInfo?, string, bool Save)> results = new();
+        List<(Shared.Models.Face, FileInfo?, string, bool Save)> results = [];
         bool save;
         FileInfo fileInfo;
         string deterministicHashCodeKey;
-        string[] changesFrom = new string[] { nameof(A_Property), nameof(B_Metadata), nameof(C_Resize) };
+        string[] changesFrom = [nameof(A_Property), nameof(B_Metadata), nameof(C_Resize)];
         List<DateTime> dateTimes = (from l in subFileTuples where changesFrom.Contains(l.Item1) select l.Item2).ToList();
         (_, int directoryIndex) = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetDirectoryNameAndIndex(_PropertyConfiguration.ResultAllInOneSubdirectoryLength, mappingFromItem.ImageFileHolder.Name);
         string directory = Path.Combine(_FileGroups[_PropertyConfiguration.ResultContent][directoryIndex], mappingFromItem.ImageFileHolder.NameWithoutExtension);

FaceParts/Models/_D2_FaceParts.cs

@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ public class D2_FaceParts
 
     public D2_FaceParts(IPropertyConfiguration propertyConfiguration, ImageCodecInfo imageCodecInfo, EncoderParameters encoderParameters, string filenameExtension, bool checkDFaceAndUpWriteDates, bool overrideForFaceLandmarkImages)
     {
-        _FileGroups = new();
+        _FileGroups = [];
         _ImageCodecInfo = imageCodecInfo;
         _EncoderParameters = encoderParameters;
         _FileNameExtension = filenameExtension;
-        _AngleBracketCollection = new List<string>();
+        _AngleBracketCollection = [];
         _PropertyConfiguration = propertyConfiguration;
         _CheckDFaceAndUpWriteDates = checkDFaceAndUpWriteDates;
         _OverrideForFaceLandmarkImages = overrideForFaceLandmarkImages;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class D2_FaceParts
     public void Update(string dResultsFullGroupDirectory)
     {
         _FileGroups.Clear();
-        Dictionary<string, string[]> keyValuePairs = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(_PropertyConfiguration, dResultsFullGroupDirectory, new string[] { _PropertyConfiguration.ResultContent });
+        Dictionary<string, string[]> keyValuePairs = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(_PropertyConfiguration, dResultsFullGroupDirectory, [_PropertyConfiguration.ResultContent]);
         foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string[]> keyValuePair in keyValuePairs)
             _FileGroups.Add(keyValuePair.Key, keyValuePair.Value);
     }
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class D2_FaceParts
     public string GetFacePartsDirectory(Configuration configuration, string dResultsFullGroupDirectory, Item item, bool includeNameWithoutExtension)
     {
         string result;
-        bool angleBracketCollectionAny = _AngleBracketCollection.Any();
+        bool angleBracketCollectionAny = _AngleBracketCollection.Count != 0;
         if (!angleBracketCollectionAny)
         {
             if (item.ImageFileHolder.DirectoryName is null)
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ public class D2_FaceParts
         // Rotate the image's corners to see how big
         // it will be after rotation.
         PointF[] points =
-        {
+        [
-                new (0, 0),
+                new(0, 0),
-                new (bitmap.Width, 0),
+            new(bitmap.Width, 0),
-                new (bitmap.Width, bitmap.Height),
+            new(bitmap.Width, bitmap.Height),
-                new (0, bitmap.Height),
+            new(0, bitmap.Height),
-            };
+        ];
         rotate_at_origin.TransformPoints(points);
         float xMinimum, xMaximum, yMinimum, yMaximum;
         GetPointBounds(points, out xMinimum, out xMaximum, out yMinimum, out yMaximum);
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public class D2_FaceParts
                 using (Image image = Image.FromFile(resizedFileHolder.FullName))
                 {
                     using Graphics graphic = Graphics.FromImage(image);
-                    if (face.FaceParts is null || !face.FaceParts.Any())
+                    if (face.FaceParts is null || face.FaceParts.Count == 0)
                     {
                         if (face.Location is null)
                             continue;
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ public class D2_FaceParts
         long ticks = DateTime.Now.Ticks;
         string deterministicHashCodeKey;
         bool updateDateWhenMatches = false;
-        List<(Shared.Models.Face, string, string)> collection = new();
+        List<(Shared.Models.Face, string, string)> collection = [];
-        string[] changesFrom = new string[] { nameof(A_Property), nameof(B_Metadata), nameof(C_Resize), nameof(D_Face) };
+        string[] changesFrom = [nameof(A_Property), nameof(B_Metadata), nameof(C_Resize), nameof(D_Face)];
         List<DateTime> dateTimes = (from l in subFileTuples where changesFrom.Contains(l.Item1) select l.Item2).ToList();
         (_, int directoryIndex) = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetDirectoryNameAndIndex(_PropertyConfiguration.ResultAllInOneSubdirectoryLength, mappingFromItem.ImageFileHolder.Name);
         string directory = Path.Combine(_FileGroups[_PropertyConfiguration.ResultContent][directoryIndex], mappingFromItem.ImageFileHolder.NameWithoutExtension);
@@ -283,11 +283,11 @@ public class D2_FaceParts
                 check = true;
             else if (saveRotated && !rotatedFileInfo.Exists)
                 check = true;
-            else if (_CheckDFaceAndUpWriteDates && dateTimes.Any() && dateTimes.Max() > fileInfo.LastWriteTime)
+            else if (_CheckDFaceAndUpWriteDates && dateTimes.Count != 0 && dateTimes.Max() > fileInfo.LastWriteTime)
                 check = true;
             if (check && !updateDateWhenMatches)
             {
-                updateDateWhenMatches = dateTimes.Any() && fileInfo.Exists && dateTimes.Max() > fileInfo.LastWriteTime;
+                updateDateWhenMatches = dateTimes.Count != 0 && fileInfo.Exists && dateTimes.Max() > fileInfo.LastWriteTime;
                 dateTime = !updateDateWhenMatches ? null : dateTimes.Max();
             }
         }
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ public class D2_FaceParts
         using Graphics graphic = Graphics.FromImage(image);
         foreach ((Shared.Models.Face face, FileInfo? fileInfo, string _, bool _) in faceCollection)
         {
-            if (face.FaceEncoding is null || face.Location is null || face.OutputResolution is null || face.FaceParts is null || !face.FaceParts.Any())
+            if (face.FaceEncoding is null || face.Location is null || face.OutputResolution is null || face.FaceParts is null || face.FaceParts.Count == 0)
                 continue;
             pen = face.Mapping?.MappingFromPerson is null ? Pens.Red : Pens.GreenYellow;
             try
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ public class D2_FaceParts
     {
         bool hasNotMapped = GetNotMapped(facePartsCollectionDirectory, faceCollection);
         string fileName = Path.Combine(facePartsCollectionDirectory, $"{mappingFromItem.ImageFileHolder.Name}{_FileNameExtension}");
-        bool save = faceCollection.Any(l => l.Face.FaceEncoding is not null && l.Face.Location is not null && l.Face.OutputResolution is not null && l.Face.FaceParts is not null && l.Face.FaceParts.Any());
+        bool save = faceCollection.Any(l => l.Face.FaceEncoding is not null && l.Face.Location is not null && l.Face.OutputResolution is not null && l.Face.FaceParts is not null && l.Face.FaceParts.Count != 0);
         FileInfo fileInfo = new(fileName);
         if (save && (!fileInfo.Exists || new TimeSpan(DateTime.Now.Ticks - fileInfo.LastWriteTime.Ticks).TotalDays > 10))
         {

FaceRecognitionDotNet/Dlib/Python/CnnFaceDetectionModelV1.cs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ internal sealed class CnnFaceDetectionModelV1
     public static IEnumerable<MModRect> Detect(LossMmod net, Image image, int upsampleNumTimes)
     {
         using PyramidDown? pyr = new(2);
-        List<MModRect>? rects = new();
+        List<MModRect>? rects = [];
 
         // Copy the data into dlib based objects
         using Matrix<RgbPixel>? matrix = new();
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ internal sealed class CnnFaceDetectionModelV1
 
     public static IEnumerable<IEnumerable<MModRect>> DetectMulti(LossMmod net, IEnumerable<Image> images, int upsampleNumTimes, int batchSize = 128)
     {
-        List<Matrix<RgbPixel>>? destImages = new();
+        List<Matrix<RgbPixel>>? destImages = [];
-        List<IEnumerable<MModRect>>? allRects = new();
+        List<IEnumerable<MModRect>>? allRects = [];
 
         try
         {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ internal sealed class CnnFaceDetectionModelV1
             OutputLabels<IEnumerable<MModRect>>? dets = net.Operator(destImages, (ulong)batchSize);
             foreach (IEnumerable<MModRect>? det in dets)
             {
-                List<MModRect>? rects = new();
+                List<MModRect>? rects = [];
                 foreach (MModRect? d in det)
                 {
                     DRectangle drect = pyr.RectDown(new DRectangle(d.Rect), (uint)upsampleNumTimes);

FaceRecognitionDotNet/Dlib/Python/FaceRecognitionModelV1.cs

@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ internal sealed class FaceRecognitionModelV1
 
     public static Matrix<double> ComputeFaceDescriptor(LossMetric net, Image img, FullObjectDetection face, int numberOfJitters)
     {
-        FullObjectDetection[]? faces = new[] { face };
+        FullObjectDetection[]? faces = [face];
         return ComputeFaceDescriptors(net, img, faces, numberOfJitters).First();
     }
 
     public static IEnumerable<Matrix<double>> ComputeFaceDescriptors(LossMetric net, Image img, IEnumerable<FullObjectDetection> faces, int numberOfJitters)
     {
-        Image[]? batchImage = new[] { img };
+        Image[]? batchImage = [img];
-        IEnumerable<FullObjectDetection>[]? batchFaces = new[] { faces };
+        IEnumerable<FullObjectDetection>[]? batchFaces = [faces];
         return BatchComputeFaceDescriptors(net, batchImage, batchFaces, numberOfJitters).First();
     }
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ internal sealed class FaceRecognitionModelV1
             }
 
         List<Array<Matrix<RgbPixel>>>? faceChipsArray = new(batchImages.Count);
-        List<Matrix<RgbPixel>>? faceChips = new();
+        List<Matrix<RgbPixel>>? faceChips = [];
         for (int i = 0; i < batchImages.Count; ++i)
         {
             IEnumerable<FullObjectDetection>? faces = batchFaces[i];
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ internal sealed class FaceRecognitionModelV1
                 det.Dispose();
         }
 
-        List<List<Matrix<double>>>? faceDescriptors = new();
+        List<List<Matrix<double>>>? faceDescriptors = [];
         for (int i = 0, count = batchImages.Count; i < count; i++)
-            faceDescriptors.Add(new List<Matrix<double>>());
+            faceDescriptors.Add([]);
 
         if (numberOfJitters <= 1)
         {
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ internal sealed class FaceRecognitionModelV1
 
     private static IEnumerable<Matrix<RgbPixel>> JitterImage(Matrix<RgbPixel> img, int numberOfJitters)
     {
-        List<Matrix<RgbPixel>>? crops = new();
+        List<Matrix<RgbPixel>>? crops = [];
         for (int i = 0; i < numberOfJitters; ++i)
             crops.Add(DlibDotNet.Dlib.JitterImage(img, _Rand));
 

FaceRecognitionDotNet/Dlib/Python/SimpleObjectDetector.cs

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ internal sealed class SimpleObjectDetector
                                                                  List<double> detectionConfidences,
                                                                  List<ulong> weightIndices)
     {
-        List<Rectangle>? rectangles = new();
+        List<Rectangle>? rectangles = [];
 
         if (img.Mode == Mode.Greyscale)
         {
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ internal sealed class SimpleObjectDetector
         detector.ThrowIfDisposed();
         image.ThrowIfDisposed();
 
-        List<double>? detectionConfidences = new();
+        List<double>? detectionConfidences = [];
-        List<ulong>? weightIndices = new();
+        List<ulong>? weightIndices = [];
         const double adjustThreshold = 0.0;
 
         Rectangle[]? rects = RunDetectorWithUpscale1(detector,

FaceRecognitionDotNet/FaceRecognition.cs

@@ -71,15 +71,13 @@ public class FaceRecognition : DisposableObject
 
     private static FacePoint[] Join(IEnumerable<FacePoint> facePoints1, IEnumerable<FacePoint> facePoints2)
     {
-        List<FacePoint> results = new();
+        List<FacePoint> results = [.. facePoints1, .. facePoints2];
-        results.AddRange(facePoints1);
-        results.AddRange(facePoints2);
         return results.ToArray();
     }
 
     private List<(FacePart, FacePoint[])> GetFaceParts(FullObjectDetection fullObjectDetection)
     {
-        List<(FacePart, FacePoint[])> results = new();
+        List<(FacePart, FacePoint[])> results = [];
         FacePoint[] facePoints = Enumerable.Range(0, (int)fullObjectDetection.Parts)
                                  .Select(index => new FacePoint(index, fullObjectDetection.GetPart((uint)index).X, fullObjectDetection.GetPart((uint)index).Y))
                                  .ToArray();
@@ -141,7 +139,7 @@ public class FaceRecognition : DisposableObject
             throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(image));
         image.ThrowIfDisposed();
         ThrowIfDisposed();
-        List<Location> results = new();
+        List<Location> results = [];
         System.Drawing.Rectangle rectangle;
         IEnumerable<MModRect> mModRects = GetMModRects(image);
         foreach (MModRect? mModRect in mModRects)
@@ -156,7 +154,7 @@ public class FaceRecognition : DisposableObject
 
     private List<FullObjectDetection> GetFullObjectDetections(Image image, List<Location> locations)
     {
-        List<FullObjectDetection> results = new();
+        List<FullObjectDetection> results = [];
         if (_PredictorModel == PredictorModel.Custom)
         {
             if (CustomFaceLandmarkDetector is null)
@@ -182,9 +180,9 @@ public class FaceRecognition : DisposableObject
 
     private List<Location> GetLocations(Image image)
     {
-        List<Location> results = new();
+        List<Location> results = [];
         MModRect[] mModRects = GetMModRects(image);
-        if (mModRects.Any())
+        if (mModRects.Length != 0)
         {
             Location location;
             System.Drawing.Rectangle rectangle;
@@ -201,7 +199,7 @@ public class FaceRecognition : DisposableObject
 
     public List<(Location, FaceEncoding?, Dictionary<FacePart, FacePoint[]>?)> GetCollection(Image image, List<Location>? locations, bool includeFaceEncoding, bool includeFaceParts)
     {
-        List<(Location, FaceEncoding?, Dictionary<FacePart, FacePoint[]>?)> results = new();
+        List<(Location, FaceEncoding?, Dictionary<FacePart, FacePoint[]>?)> results = [];
         if (image is null)
             throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(image));
         image.ThrowIfDisposed();
@@ -210,14 +208,14 @@ public class FaceRecognition : DisposableObject
             throw new NotSupportedException("FaceRecognition.PredictorModel.Custom is not supported.");
         if (locations is null)
             locations = GetLocations(image);
-        else if (!locations.Any())
+        else if (locations.Count == 0)
             locations.AddRange(GetLocations(image));
         List<FullObjectDetection> fullObjectDetections = GetFullObjectDetections(image, locations);
         if (fullObjectDetections.Count != locations.Count)
             throw new Exception();
-        List<(Location Location, List<FaceEncoding?> FaceEncodings, List<List<(FacePart, FacePoint[])>> FaceParts)> collection = new();
+        List<(Location Location, List<FaceEncoding?> FaceEncodings, List<List<(FacePart, FacePoint[])>> FaceParts)> collection = [];
         foreach (Location location in locations)
-            collection.Add(new(location, new(), new()));
+            collection.Add(new(location, [], []));
         if (locations.Count != collection.Count)
             throw new Exception();
         if (!includeFaceEncoding)
@@ -239,7 +237,7 @@ public class FaceRecognition : DisposableObject
         if (!includeFaceParts)
         {
             for (int i = 0; i < collection.Count; i++)
-                collection[i].FaceParts.Add(new());
+                collection[i].FaceParts.Add([]);
         }
         else
         {
@@ -258,11 +256,11 @@ public class FaceRecognition : DisposableObject
         {
             if (faceEncodings.Count != 1 || faceParts.Count != 1)
                 continue;
-            if (!faceParts[indexZero].Any())
+            if (faceParts[indexZero].Count == 0)
                 results.Add(new(location, faceEncodings[indexZero], null));
             else
             {
-                keyValuePairs = new();
+                keyValuePairs = [];
                 foreach ((FacePart facePart, FacePoint[] facePoints) in faceParts[indexZero])
                     keyValuePairs.Add(facePart, facePoints);
                 results.Add(new(location, faceEncodings[indexZero], keyValuePairs));
@@ -412,7 +410,7 @@ public class FaceRecognition : DisposableObject
 
     public static List<FaceDistance> FaceDistances(ReadOnlyCollection<FaceDistance> faceDistances, FaceDistance faceDistanceToCompare)
     {
-        List<FaceDistance> results = new();
+        List<FaceDistance> results = [];
         if (faceDistances is null)
             throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(faceDistances));
         if (faceDistances.Count != 0)

Instance/DlibDotNet.cs

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ namespace View_by_Distance.Instance;
 public partial class DlibDotNet
 {
 
+    [GeneratedRegex(@"[\\,\/,\:,\*,\?,\"",\<,\>,\|]")]
+    private static partial Regex CameraRegex();
+
     private readonly D_Face _Faces;
     private readonly C_Resize _Resize;
     private readonly F_Random _Random;
@@ -58,8 +61,8 @@ public partial class DlibDotNet
         _AppSettings = appSettings;
         _IsEnvironment = isEnvironment;
         long ticks = DateTime.Now.Ticks;
-        _Exceptions = new List<string>();
+        _Exceptions = [];
-        _JLinkResolvedDirectories = new();
+        _JLinkResolvedDirectories = [];
         if (ticks.ToString().Last() == '0')
             ticks += 1;
         ReadOnlyCollection<PersonContainer> personContainers;
@@ -203,7 +206,7 @@ public partial class DlibDotNet
     {
         string[] sourceDirectoryNames;
         if (args.Count == 0)
-            sourceDirectoryNames = Array.Empty<string>();
+            sourceDirectoryNames = [];
         else
         {
             string? century;
@@ -325,7 +328,7 @@ public partial class DlibDotNet
             (t, containers) = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IContainer.GetContainers(_Configuration.PropertyConfiguration, aPropertySingletonDirectory, filesCollectionRootDirectory, filesCollection);
             progressBar.Tick();
         }
-        fileNameToCollection = !Directory.Exists(fPhotoPrismSingletonDirectory) ? fileNameToCollection = new() : F_PhotoPrism.GetFileNameToCollection(fPhotoPrismSingletonDirectory);
+        fileNameToCollection = !Directory.Exists(fPhotoPrismSingletonDirectory) ? fileNameToCollection = [] : F_PhotoPrism.GetFileNameToCollection(fPhotoPrismSingletonDirectory);
         B_Metadata metadata = new(_Configuration.PropertyConfiguration, _Configuration.ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime, _Configuration.PropertiesChangedForMetadata, bResultsFullGroupDirectory);
         mapLogic ??= new(_AppSettings.MaxDegreeOfParallelism, _Configuration.PropertyConfiguration, _MapConfiguration, _Distance, personContainers, ticks, a2PeopleContentDirectory, a2PeopleSingletonDirectory, eDistanceContentDirectory);
         FullDoWork(argZero, propertyRoot, ticks, aResultsFullGroupDirectory, bResultsFullGroupDirectory, t, containers, propertyLogic, metadata, fileNameToCollection, mapLogic);
@@ -395,13 +398,13 @@ public partial class DlibDotNet
         string eDistanceContentDirectory = Property.Models.Stateless.IResult.GetResultsDateGroupDirectory(_Configuration.PropertyConfiguration, nameof(E_Distance), _Configuration.PropertyConfiguration.ResultContent);
         (int season, string seasonName) = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IProperty.GetSeason(dateTime.DayOfYear);
         FileSystemInfo fileSystemInfo = new DirectoryInfo(eDistanceContentDirectory);
-        string[] checkDirectories = new string[]
+        string[] checkDirectories =
-        {
+        [
             Path.Combine(rootDirectory, "Ancestry"),
             Path.Combine(rootDirectory, "Facebook"),
             Path.Combine(rootDirectory, "LinkedIn"),
             rootDirectory,
-        };
+        ];
         foreach (string checkDirectory in checkDirectories)
         {
             if (checkDirectory == rootDirectory)
@@ -487,7 +490,7 @@ public partial class DlibDotNet
         string c2ResultsFullGroupDirectory;
         string d2ResultsFullGroupDirectory;
         int containersLength = containers.Length;
-        List<Tuple<string, DateTime>> sourceDirectoryChanges = new();
+        List<Tuple<string, DateTime>> sourceDirectoryChanges = [];
         int maxDegreeOfParallelism = _AppSettings.MaxDegreeOfParallelism;
         string dResultsDateGroupDirectory = Property.Models.Stateless.IResult.GetResultsDateGroupDirectory(_Configuration.PropertyConfiguration, nameof(D_Face));
         foreach (string outputResolution in _Configuration.OutputResolutions)
@@ -565,11 +568,11 @@ public partial class DlibDotNet
         bool anyValidFaces;
         string focusRelativePath;
         bool? isFocusRelativePath;
-        List<int> distinct = new();
+        List<int> distinct = [];
         DateTime[] containerDateTimes;
         IEnumerable<Item> filteredItems;
         MappingFromItem mappingFromItem;
-        List<Mapping> mappingCollection = new();
+        List<Mapping> mappingCollection = [];
         foreach (Container container in containers)
         {
             if (container.Items.Count == 0)
@@ -641,9 +644,9 @@ public partial class DlibDotNet
         string directory;
         bool? isWrongYear;
         List<DateTime> dateTimes;
-        List<string> distinct = new();
+        List<string> distinct = [];
         WindowsShortcut windowsShortcut;
-        List<(string, string, string)> collection = new();
+        List<(string, string, string)> collection = [];
         foreach (Item item in distinctFilteredItems)
         {
             if (item.Property?.Id is null || item.ImageFileHolder.LastWriteTime is null)
@@ -666,7 +669,7 @@ public partial class DlibDotNet
             if (isWrongYear is null || !isWrongYear.Value)
                 continue;
             // Remove-Item -LiteralPath "\\?\D:\Tmp\a\EX-Z70     "
-            model = string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.Property.Model) ? "Unknown" : Regex.Replace(item.Property.Model.Trim(), @"[\\,\/,\:,\*,\?,\"",\<,\>,\|]", "_");
+            model = string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.Property.Model) ? "Unknown" : CameraRegex().Replace(item.Property.Model.Trim(), "_");
             directory = Path.Combine($"{eDistanceContentDirectory[..^1]}{nameof(Item)})", item.Property.DateTimeOriginal.Value.Year.ToString(), model);
             fileName = item.IsNotUniqueAndNeedsReview is not null && item.IsNotUniqueAndNeedsReview.Value ? Path.Combine(directory, $"{item.ImageFileHolder.Name} {item.ImageFileHolder.Length}.lnk") : Path.Combine(directory, $"{item.ImageFileHolder.Name}.lnk");
             collection.Add((item.ImageFileHolder.FullName, directory, fileName));
@@ -914,9 +917,9 @@ public partial class DlibDotNet
         long ticks = DateTime.Now.Ticks;
         DateTime dateTime = DateTime.Now;
         Shared.Models.Property? property;
-        List<string> parseExceptions = new();
+        List<string> parseExceptions = [];
-        List<Tuple<string, DateTime>> subFileTuples = new();
+        List<Tuple<string, DateTime>> subFileTuples = [];
-        string[] changesFrom = new string[] { nameof(A_Property) };
+        string[] changesFrom = [nameof(A_Property)];
         FileHolder resizedFileHolder = _Resize.GetResizedFileHolder(cResultsFullGroupDirectory, item, outputResolutionHasNumber);
         ReadOnlyCollection<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>> locationContainers = mapLogic.GetLocationContainers(item);
         if (item.Property is null || item.Property.Id is null || !item.SourceDirectoryFileHolder.Exists || item.SourceDirectoryFileHolder.CreationTime is null || item.SourceDirectoryFileHolder.LastWriteTime is null || item.Any())
@@ -994,9 +997,9 @@ public partial class DlibDotNet
         if (_Configuration.SaveResizedSubfiles)
             _Resize.SaveResizedSubfile(_Configuration.PropertyConfiguration, outputResolution, cResultsFullGroupDirectory, subFileTuples, item, item.Property, mappingFromItem, outputResolutionToResize);
         if (!_Configuration.LoadOrCreateThenSaveImageFacesResultsForOutputResolutions.Contains(outputResolution))
-            faces = new();
+            faces = [];
         else if (!mappingFromItem.ResizedFileHolder.Exists && !File.Exists(mappingFromItem.ResizedFileHolder.FullName))
-            faces = new();
+            faces = [];
         else
         {
             List<MappingFromPhotoPrism>? mappingFromPhotoPrismCollection;
@@ -1187,7 +1190,7 @@ public partial class DlibDotNet
         ReadOnlyCollection<FaceDistanceContainer> faceDistanceContainers = E_Distance.GetFaceDistanceContainers(distinctFilteredFaces);
         if (faceDistanceContainers.Count > 0)
         {
-            List<FaceDistance> faceDistanceEncodings = new();
+            List<FaceDistance> faceDistanceEncodings = [];
             foreach (FaceDistanceContainer faceDistanceContainer in faceDistanceContainers)
             {
                 if (faceDistanceContainer.FaceDistance.Encoding is null)
@@ -1203,7 +1206,7 @@ public partial class DlibDotNet
         ProgressBar progressBar;
         string filesCollectionRootDirectory = _Configuration.PropertyConfiguration.RootDirectory;
         (string cResultsFullGroupDirectory, _, _, _) = GetResultsFullGroupDirectories(outputResolution);
-        IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string[]> fileGroups = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(_Configuration.PropertyConfiguration, cResultsFullGroupDirectory, new string[] { _Configuration.PropertyConfiguration.ResultContent });
+        IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string[]> fileGroups = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(_Configuration.PropertyConfiguration, cResultsFullGroupDirectory, [_Configuration.PropertyConfiguration.ResultContent]);
         List<string[]> filesCollection = IDirectory.GetFilesCollection(filesCollectionRootDirectory, directorySearchFilter, fileSearchFilter, useCeilingAverage: false);
         int count = filesCollection.Select(l => l.Length).Sum();
         string message = $") Selecting for ## pattern directory - {(int)Math.Floor(new TimeSpan(DateTime.Now.Ticks - ticks).TotalSeconds)} total second(s)";

Instance/Models/Binder/Configuration.cs

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public class Configuration
         result = new(propertyConfiguration,
                      configuration.CheckDFaceAndUpWriteDates.Value,
                      configuration.CheckJsonForDistanceResults.Value,
-                     configuration.CopyFacesAndSaveFaceLandmarkForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.CopyFacesAndSaveFaceLandmarkForOutputResolutions ?? [],
                      configuration.CrossDirectoryMaxItemsInDistanceCollection.Value,
                      configuration.DeletePossibleDuplicates.Value,
                      configuration.DistanceFactor.Value,
@@ -218,10 +218,10 @@ public class Configuration
                      configuration.ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime.Value,
                      configuration.ForceResizeLastWriteTimeToCreationTime.Value,
                      configuration.GenealogicalDataCommunicationFile,
-                     configuration.IgnoreExtensions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.IgnoreExtensions ?? [],
-                     configuration.JLinks ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.JLinks ?? [],
-                     configuration.LoadOrCreateThenSaveDistanceResultsForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.LoadOrCreateThenSaveDistanceResultsForOutputResolutions ?? [],
-                     configuration.LoadOrCreateThenSaveImageFacesResultsForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.LoadOrCreateThenSaveImageFacesResultsForOutputResolutions ?? [],
                      configuration.LoadPhotoPrismLocations.Value,
                      configuration.LocationContainerDebugDirectory,
                      configuration.LocationContainerDirectoryPattern,
@@ -234,13 +234,13 @@ public class Configuration
                      configuration.MappingDefaultName,
                      configuration.MappingUseDeterministicHashCodeUnknownFaceKeyValuePairsForAddToMapping.Value,
                      configuration.MappingUseDeterministicHashCodeUnknownFaceKeyValuePairsForSaveMapping.Value,
-                     configuration.MixedYearRelativePaths ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.MixedYearRelativePaths ?? [],
                      configuration.ModelDirectory,
                      configuration.ModelName,
                      configuration.MoveToDecade.Value,
                      configuration.OutputExtension,
                      configuration.OutputQuality.Value,
-                     configuration.OutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.OutputResolutions ?? [],
                      configuration.OverrideForFaceImages.Value,
                      configuration.OverrideForFaceLandmarkImages.Value,
                      configuration.OverrideForResizeImages.Value,
@@ -256,26 +256,26 @@ public class Configuration
                      configuration.PropertiesChangedForMetadata.Value,
                      configuration.PropertiesChangedForResize.Value,
                      configuration.RadomUseBirthdayMinimum.Value,
-                     configuration.RangeDaysDeltaTolerance ?? Array.Empty<int>(),
+                     configuration.RangeDaysDeltaTolerance ?? [],
-                     configuration.RangeDistanceTolerance ?? Array.Empty<float>(),
+                     configuration.RangeDistanceTolerance ?? [],
-                     configuration.RangeFaceAreaTolerance ?? Array.Empty<float>(),
+                     configuration.RangeFaceAreaTolerance ?? [],
-                     configuration.RangeFaceConfidence ?? Array.Empty<float>(),
+                     configuration.RangeFaceConfidence ?? [],
-                     configuration.RectangleIntersectMinimums ?? Array.Empty<float>(),
+                     configuration.RectangleIntersectMinimums ?? [],
                      configuration.ReMap.Value,
                      configuration.Reverse.Value,
-                     configuration.SaveBlurHashForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveBlurHashForOutputResolutions ?? [],
-                     configuration.SaveFaceDistancesForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveFaceDistancesForOutputResolutions ?? [],
-                     configuration.SaveFaceLandmarkForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveFaceLandmarkForOutputResolutions ?? [],
-                     configuration.SaveFilteredOriginalImagesFromJLinksForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveFilteredOriginalImagesFromJLinksForOutputResolutions ?? [],
                      configuration.SaveFullYearOfRandomFiles.Value,
                      configuration.SaveIndividually.Value,
-                     configuration.SaveMappedForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveMappedForOutputResolutions ?? [],
-                     configuration.SavePropertyShortcutsForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SavePropertyShortcutsForOutputResolutions ?? [],
-                     configuration.SaveRandomForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveRandomForOutputResolutions ?? [],
                      configuration.SaveResizedSubfiles.Value,
-                     configuration.SaveShortcutsForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveShortcutsForOutputResolutions ?? [],
                      configuration.SaveSortingWithoutPerson.Value,
-                     configuration.SkipNotSkipDirectories ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SkipNotSkipDirectories ?? [],
                      configuration.SkipOlderThanDays,
                      configuration.SkipPersonWithMoreThen,
                      configuration.SkipSearch.Value,
@@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ public class Configuration
                      configuration.SortingMinimumToUseSigma.Value,
                      configuration.TestDistanceResults.Value,
                      configuration.UseFilterTries.Value,
-                     configuration.ValidKeyWordsToIgnoreInRandom ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.ValidKeyWordsToIgnoreInRandom ?? [],
-                     configuration.ValidResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>());
+                     configuration.ValidResolutions ?? []);
         return result;
     }
 

Instance/Models/Binder/Place.cs

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class Place
 
     internal static ReadOnlyCollection<Models.Place> GetPlaces(string[]? places)
     {
-        List<Models.Place> results = new();
+        List<Models.Place> results = [];
         if (places is not null)
         {
             Place? place;

Instance/Models/_F_Random.cs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ internal class F_Random
 
     private static ReadOnlyDictionary<string, List<string>> GetDayToRelativePaths(ReadOnlyCollection<Shared.Models.Mapping> mappingCollection, string dateFormat, ReadOnlyDictionary<int, List<long>> idToPersonKeys)
     {
-        Dictionary<string, List<string>> results = new();
+        Dictionary<string, List<string>> results = [];
         string key;
         DateTime dateTime;
         List<long>? personKeys;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ internal class F_Random
             key = dateTime.ToString(dateFormat);
             if (!results.TryGetValue(key, out relativePaths))
             {
-                results.Add(key, new());
+                results.Add(key, []);
                 if (!results.TryGetValue(key, out relativePaths))
                     throw new Exception();
             }
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ internal class F_Random
         Random random = new();
         List<string>? collection;
         string dateFormat = "MM-dd";
-        List<string> relativePaths = new();
+        List<string> relativePaths = [];
-        List<int> distinctCollection = new();
+        List<int> distinctCollection = [];
         DateTime dateTime = new(2024, 1, 1); //Leap year
         ReadOnlyDictionary<int, List<long>> idToPersonKeys = Map.Models.Stateless.Methods.IMapLogic.GetIdToPersonKeys(personKeyToIds);
         ReadOnlyDictionary<string, List<string>> dayToRelativePaths = GetDayToRelativePaths(mappingCollection, dateFormat, idToPersonKeys);

Instance/Program.cs

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class Program
         if (args is not null)
             Secondary(logger, args.ToList());
         else
-            Secondary(logger, new List<string>());
+            Secondary(logger, []);
     }
 
 }

Map/Models/MapLogic.cs

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
         string fileName;
         string checkFile;
         string sourceFile;
-        List<string> distinct = new();
+        List<string> distinct = [];
         WindowsShortcut windowsShortcut;
         string[] directories = (from l in saveContainers select l.Directory).Distinct().ToArray();
         int totalSeconds = (int)Math.Floor(new TimeSpan(DateTime.Now.Ticks - _Ticks).TotalSeconds);
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
 
     private List<SaveShortcutsForOutputResolutions> GetCollectionForSaveShortcutsForOutputResolutionsPreMapLogic(string eDistanceContentDirectory, ReadOnlyDictionary<long, List<int>> personKeyToIds, ReadOnlyCollection<Mapping> mappingCollection)
     {
-        List<SaveShortcutsForOutputResolutions> results = new();
+        List<SaveShortcutsForOutputResolutions> results = [];
         if (_Configuration is null)
             throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(_Configuration));
         int season;
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
 
     private void LookForAbandoned(Property.Models.Configuration propertyConfiguration, List<int> distinctFilteredIds)
     {
-        List<string> renameCollection = new();
+        List<string> renameCollection = [];
         foreach (KeyValuePair<int, List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>>> keyValuePair in _IdToLocationContainers)
         {
             if (distinctFilteredIds.Contains(keyValuePair.Key))
@@ -226,10 +226,10 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
         _Configuration = configuration;
         _PropertyConfiguration = propertyConfiguration;
         ReadOnlyDictionary<long, int> readOnlyPersonKeyToCount;
-        List<PersonContainer> notMappedPersonContainers = new();
+        List<PersonContainer> notMappedPersonContainers = [];
-        Dictionary<int, List<(string, int)>> skipCollection = new();
+        Dictionary<int, List<(string, int)>> skipCollection = [];
-        Dictionary<int, List<(string, int)>> skipNotSkipCollection = new();
+        Dictionary<int, List<(string, int)>> skipNotSkipCollection = [];
-        List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>> locationContainers = new();
+        List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>> locationContainers = [];
         string? rootDirectoryParent = Path.GetDirectoryName(propertyConfiguration.RootDirectory);
         string eDistanceContentTicksDirectory = Path.Combine(eDistanceContentDirectory, ticks.ToString());
         ReadOnlyDictionary<int, ReadOnlyDictionary<int, ReadOnlyCollection<PersonContainer>>> idThenWholePercentagesToPersonContainers;
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
                 throw new Exception("Confirm Manual files and then restart!");
             Stateless.MapLogic.SetSkipCollections(configuration, personContainers, a2PeopleSingletonDirectory, skipCollection, skipNotSkipCollection);
             {
-                List<string> personKeyFormattedCollection = new();
+                List<string> personKeyFormattedCollection = [];
-                Dictionary<string, string> personKeyFormattedToNewestPersonKeyFormatted = new();
+                Dictionary<string, string> personKeyFormattedToNewestPersonKeyFormatted = [];
                 Stateless.MapLogic.SetPersonCollections(configuration, personContainers, personKeyFormattedToNewestPersonKeyFormatted, personKeyFormattedCollection);
                 readOnlyPersonKeyFormattedCollection = new(personKeyFormattedCollection);
                 readOnlyPersonKeyFormattedToNewestPersonKeyFormatted = new(personKeyFormattedToNewestPersonKeyFormatted);
@@ -264,11 +264,11 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
             ReadOnlyCollection<Stateless.MapLogic.PersonKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages> personKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentagesCollection = Stateless.MapLogic.GetPersonKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages(configuration, ticks, records);
             //
             {
-                Dictionary<long, int> personKeyToCount = new();
+                Dictionary<long, int> personKeyToCount = [];
-                Dictionary<long, PersonContainer> personKeyToPersonContainer = new();
+                Dictionary<long, PersonContainer> personKeyToPersonContainer = [];
-                Dictionary<string, PersonContainer> personKeyFormattedToPersonContainer = new();
+                Dictionary<string, PersonContainer> personKeyFormattedToPersonContainer = [];
-                Dictionary<long, List<PersonContainer>> personKeyToPersonContainerCollection = new();
+                Dictionary<long, List<PersonContainer>> personKeyToPersonContainerCollection = [];
-                List<(Stateless.MapLogic.PersonKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages, PersonContainer)> possiblyNewPersonDisplayDirectoryNamesAndPersonContainer = new();
+                List<(Stateless.MapLogic.PersonKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages, PersonContainer)> possiblyNewPersonDisplayDirectoryNamesAndPersonContainer = [];
                 Stateless.MapLogic.SetKeyValuePairsAndAddToCollections(configuration,
                                                                        personContainers,
                                                                        personKeyToPersonContainer,
@@ -335,26 +335,26 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
     {
         LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>[] results;
         if (item.Property?.Id is null)
-            results = Array.Empty<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>>();
+            results = [];
         else
         {
             List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>>? locationContainers;
             if (_IdToLocationContainers.TryGetValue(item.Property.Id.Value, out locationContainers))
                 results = locationContainers.ToArray();
             else
-                results = Array.Empty<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>>();
+                results = [];
         }
         return new(results);
     }
 
     public ReadOnlyDictionary<long, List<int>> GetPersonKeyToIds()
     {
-        Dictionary<long, List<int>> results = new();
+        Dictionary<long, List<int>> results = [];
         long personKey;
         const int zero = 0;
         List<int>? collection;
         PersonBirthday personBirthday;
-        List<string> shouldMove = new();
+        List<string> shouldMove = [];
         foreach (KeyValuePair<int, ReadOnlyDictionary<int, ReadOnlyCollection<PersonContainer>>> idToCollection in _IdThenWholePercentagesToPersonContainers)
         {
             foreach (KeyValuePair<int, ReadOnlyCollection<PersonContainer>> wholePercentagesToPersonContainers in idToCollection.Value)
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
                     personKey = personBirthday.Value.Ticks;
                     if (!results.TryGetValue(personKey, out collection))
                     {
-                        results.Add(personKey, new());
+                        results.Add(personKey, []);
                         if (!results.TryGetValue(personKey, out collection))
                             throw new Exception();
                     }
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
     {
         if (_Configuration is null)
             throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(_Configuration));
-        List<SaveContainer> results = new();
+        List<SaveContainer> results = [];
         string by;
         Record record;
         List<int>? ids;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
     {
         if (_Configuration is null)
             throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(_Configuration));
-        List<Sorting> results = new();
+        List<Sorting> results = [];
         Sorting sorting;
         FaceDistance faceDistanceLength;
         for (int j = 0; j < faceDistanceLengths.Count; j++)
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
         string? segmentC;
         string personKeyFormatted;
         MappingFromPerson mappingFromPerson;
-        Dictionary<string, int> keyToCount = new();
+        Dictionary<string, int> keyToCount = [];
         foreach (SortingContainer sortingContainer in sortingContainers)
         {
             if (sortingContainer.Question is null)
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
             string counts = distanceLimits.GetCounts();
             _ = Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(_EDistanceContentTicksDirectory, counts));
         }
-        List<SaveContainer> results = new();
+        List<SaveContainer> results = [];
         string by;
         Record record;
         bool isBySorting;
@@ -866,16 +866,16 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
             string counts = distanceLimits.GetCounts();
             _ = Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(_EDistanceContentTicksDirectory, counts));
         }
-        List<SortingContainer> results = new();
+        List<SortingContainer> results = [];
         Sorting sorting;
         Mapping? keyMapping;
         List<int>? wholePercentagesCollection;
         MappingFromFilterPre mappingFromFilterPre;
-        Dictionary<string, int> keyToCount = new();
+        Dictionary<string, int> keyToCount = [];
         MappingFromFilterPost mappingFromFilterPost;
         ReadOnlyCollection<PersonContainer>? personContainers;
         ReadOnlyDictionary<int, Mapping>? wholePercentagesToMapping;
-        Dictionary<int, List<int>> idToWholePercentagesCollection = new();
+        Dictionary<int, List<int>> idToWholePercentagesCollection = [];
         int totalSeconds = (int)Math.Floor(new TimeSpan(DateTime.Now.Ticks - _Ticks).TotalSeconds);
         ReadOnlyDictionary<int, ReadOnlyCollection<PersonContainer>>? wholePercentagesToPersonContainers;
         string message = $") {sortingContainers.Count:000} Filter Sorting Container(s) - {totalSeconds} total second(s)";
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
                 continue;
             if (!idToWholePercentagesCollection.TryGetValue(sorting.Id, out wholePercentagesCollection))
             {
-                idToWholePercentagesCollection.Add(sorting.Id, new());
+                idToWholePercentagesCollection.Add(sorting.Id, []);
                 if (!idToWholePercentagesCollection.TryGetValue(sorting.Id, out wholePercentagesCollection))
                     throw new Exception();
             }
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
     {
         if (_Configuration is null)
             throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(_Configuration));
-        List<string> results = new();
+        List<string> results = [];
         string[] files;
         string checkDirectory;
         string[] checkDirectories;
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
         PersonBirthday? personBirthday;
         string fileNameWithoutExtension;
         WindowsShortcut windowsShortcut;
-        List<(long, string)> collection = new();
+        List<(long, string)> collection = [];
         foreach (string directoryName in jLinks)
         {
             checkDirectory = Path.Combine(a2PeopleContentDirectory, directoryName);
@@ -1052,10 +1052,10 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
         string? directoryName;
         string personDirectory;
         string personKeyFormatted;
-        List<int> distinctCollection = new();
+        List<int> distinctCollection = [];
         bool usePersonKeyAndDeterministicHashCodeKey = false;
         List<string> personKeyFormattedCollection = GetPersonKeyFormattedCollection(jLinks, a2PeopleContentDirectory, personContainers, personKeyToIds);
-        List<(int Id, FileHolder ImageFileHolder, int ApproximateYears, string PersonKeyFormatted, string CheckFile, string Directory, string PersonDirectory)> collection = new();
+        List<(int Id, FileHolder ImageFileHolder, int ApproximateYears, string PersonKeyFormatted, string CheckFile, string Directory, string PersonDirectory)> collection = [];
         foreach (Mapping mapping in mappingCollection)
         {
             if (distinctCollection.Contains(mapping.MappingFromItem.Id))
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
         if (_Configuration is null)
             throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(_Configuration));
         SaveContainer? saveContainer;
-        List<SaveContainer> saveContainers = new();
+        List<SaveContainer> saveContainers = [];
         (int, FileHolder, int, string, string, string, string)[] collection = GetCollectionForSaveFilteredOriginalImagesFromJLinks(jLinks, a2PeopleContentDirectory, personContainers, mappingCollection, personKeyToIds);
         foreach ((int id, FileHolder imageFileHolder, int approximateYears, string personKeyFormatted, string directory, string personDirectory, string checkFile) in collection)
         {
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
     {
         string hiddenFile;
         WindowsShortcut windowsShortcut;
-        List<SaveShortcutsForOutputResolutions> collection = new();
+        List<SaveShortcutsForOutputResolutions> collection = [];
         collection = GetCollectionForSaveShortcutsForOutputResolutionsPreMapLogic(eDistanceContentDirectory, personKeyToIds, mappingCollection);
         string[] distinctDirectories = (from l in collection select l.Directory).Distinct().ToArray();
         foreach (string directory in distinctDirectories)
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
                 continue;
             if (s.Description is not null)
             {
-                File.WriteAllLines(hiddenFile, new string[] { s.FullName, s.Description });
+                File.WriteAllLines(hiddenFile, [s.FullName, s.Description]);
                 File.SetAttributes(hiddenFile, FileAttributes.Hidden);
                 File.SetLastWriteTime(hiddenFile, s.DateTime);
             }
@@ -1168,9 +1168,9 @@ public partial class MapLogic : Shared.Models.Methods.IMapLogic
         string? directoryName;
         string personDirectory;
         string personKeyFormatted;
-        List<string> distinct = new();
+        List<string> distinct = [];
-        List<SaveShortcutsForOutputResolutions> collection = new();
+        List<SaveShortcutsForOutputResolutions> collection = [];
-        List<(string, DateTime[])> directoriesAndDateTimes = new();
+        List<(string, DateTime[])> directoriesAndDateTimes = [];
         foreach (Item item in filteredItems)
         {
             if (item.ResizedFileHolder is null)

Map/Models/Stateless/DistanceLogic.cs

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ internal abstract class DistanceLogic
 
     private static List<TicksDirectory> UpdateDateVerifyAndGetTicksDirectories(Configuration configuration, string eDistanceContentDirectory)
     {
-        List<TicksDirectory> results = new();
+        List<TicksDirectory> results = [];
         float? totalDays;
         long? next = null;
         string? checkDirectory;
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ internal abstract class DistanceLogic
 
     private static List<Record> GetRecords(Configuration configuration, bool? isDefault, string[] files, int directoryNumber, string personKeyFormatted, List<string> distinct, string? personDisplayDirectoryName)
     {
-        List<Record> results = new();
+        List<Record> results = [];
         int? id;
         string fileName;
         string checkFile;
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ internal abstract class DistanceLogic
 
     internal static List<Record> DeleteEmptyDirectoriesAndGetCollection(Configuration configuration, long ticks, string eDistanceContentDirectory, ReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> personKeyFormattedToNewestPersonKeyFormatted, ReadOnlyCollection<string> personKeyFormattedCollection)
     {
-        List<Record> results = new();
+        List<Record> results = [];
         bool check;
         string message;
         string[] files;
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ internal abstract class DistanceLogic
         string personKeyFormatted;
         string? personFirstInitial;
         bool isReservedDirectoryName;
-        List<string> distinct = new();
+        List<string> distinct = [];
         string[] personNameDirectories;
         string? newestPersonKeyFormatted;
         string? personDisplayDirectoryName;

Map/Models/Stateless/LookForAbandonedLogic.cs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ internal abstract class LookForAbandonedLogic
     {
         string fileNameWithoutExtension;
         bool nameWithoutExtensionIsIdFormat;
-        List<string> renameCollection = new();
+        List<string> renameCollection = [];
         bool nameWithoutExtensionIsPaddedIdFormat;
         int sortOrderOnlyLengthIndex = IDirectory.GetSortOrderOnlyLengthIndex(propertyConfiguration.Offset);
         string[] distinctFilteredIdsValues = distinctFilteredIds.Select(l => l.ToString()).ToArray();

Map/Models/Stateless/MapLogic.cs

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
         string fileName;
         string checkFile;
         int? wholePercentages;
-        List<string> distinctFiles = new();
+        List<string> distinctFiles = [];
-        List<string> distinctFileName = new();
+        List<string> distinctFileName = [];
         bool skipNotSkipDirectoriesAny = configuration.SkipNotSkipDirectories.Length > 0;
         string[] checkDirectories = (from l in configuration.SkipNotSkipDirectories select Path.GetFullPath($"{a2PeopleSingletonDirectory}{l}")).ToArray();
         foreach (PersonContainer personContainer in personContainers)
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
             if (!skipNotSkipDirectoriesAny || !checkDirectories.Any(l => distinctFile.StartsWith(l)))
             {
                 if (!skipCollection.ContainsKey(id.Value))
-                    skipCollection.Add(id.Value, new());
+                    skipCollection.Add(id.Value, []);
                 skipCollection[id.Value].Add((distinctFile, wholePercentages.Value));
             }
             else
             {
                 if (!skipNotSkipCollection.ContainsKey(id.Value))
-                    skipNotSkipCollection.Add(id.Value, new());
+                    skipNotSkipCollection.Add(id.Value, []);
                 skipNotSkipCollection[id.Value].Add((distinctFile, wholePercentages.Value));
             }
         }
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
 
     internal static ReadOnlyCollection<Face> GetFaces(ReadOnlyCollection<Item> items)
     {
-        List<Face> results = new();
+        List<Face> results = [];
         foreach (Item item in items)
         {
             if (item.Property?.Id is null || item.ResizedFileHolder is null)
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
 
     private static List<MappedFile> GetDisplayDirectoryAllFiles(string fileNameExtension, string personBirthdayFormat, ReadOnlyCollection<PersonContainer> personContainers)
     {
-        List<MappedFile> results = new();
+        List<MappedFile> results = [];
         string fileName;
         string personKeyFormatted;
-        List<string> distinct = new();
+        List<string> distinct = [];
         foreach (PersonContainer personContainer in personContainers)
         {
             if (personContainer.Key is null)
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
 
     private static List<(string, long)> GetDirectoryAndTicksCollection(string[] jLinks, string personBirthdayFormat, string? rootDirectory)
     {
-        List<(string, long)> results = new();
+        List<(string, long)> results = [];
         string directory;
         DateTime dateTime;
         string[] personKeyDirectories;
@@ -275,15 +275,15 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
     {
         (long, PersonContainer)[] results;
         const int zero = 0;
-        List<string> errors = new();
+        List<string> errors = [];
         string newestPersonKeyFormatted;
-        List<(long PersonKey, PersonContainer PersonContainer)> collection = new();
+        List<(long PersonKey, PersonContainer PersonContainer)> collection = [];
         foreach (PersonContainer personContainer in personContainers)
         {
             if (personContainer.Key is null)
                 continue;
             if (!personKeyToPersonContainerCollection.ContainsKey(personContainer.Key.Value))
-                personKeyToPersonContainerCollection.Add(personContainer.Key.Value, new());
+                personKeyToPersonContainerCollection.Add(personContainer.Key.Value, []);
             personKeyToPersonContainerCollection[personContainer.Key.Value].Add(personContainer);
             newestPersonKeyFormatted = IPersonBirthday.GetFormatted(configuration.PersonBirthdayFormat, personContainer.Key.Value);
             if (!personKeyFormattedToPersonContainer.ContainsKey(newestPersonKeyFormatted))
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
 
     private static Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, List<PersonContainer>>> GetAll(Configuration configuration, ReadOnlyDictionary<string, PersonContainer> personKeyFormattedToPersonContainer, ReadOnlyCollection<PersonKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages> personKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentagesCollection)
     {
-        Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, List<PersonContainer>>> results = new();
+        Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, List<PersonContainer>>> results = [];
         PersonBirthday? personBirthday;
         PersonContainer? personContainer;
         List<PersonContainer>? personContainers;
@@ -319,13 +319,13 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
                     throw new Exception();
                 if (!results.TryGetValue(personKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages.Id, out idTo))
                 {
-                    results.Add(personKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages.Id, new());
+                    results.Add(personKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages.Id, []);
                     if (!results.TryGetValue(personKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages.Id, out idTo))
                         throw new Exception();
                 }
                 if (!idTo.TryGetValue(personKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages.WholePercentages, out personContainers))
                 {
-                    idTo.Add(personKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages.WholePercentages, new());
+                    idTo.Add(personKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages.WholePercentages, []);
                     if (!idTo.TryGetValue(personKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages.WholePercentages, out personContainers))
                         throw new Exception();
                 }
@@ -337,17 +337,17 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
 
     private static ReadOnlyDictionary<int, ReadOnlyDictionary<int, ReadOnlyCollection<PersonContainer>>> GetReadOnly(Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, List<PersonContainer>>> idThenWholePercentagesToPersonContainerCollection)
     {
-        Dictionary<int, ReadOnlyDictionary<int, ReadOnlyCollection<PersonContainer>>> results = new();
+        Dictionary<int, ReadOnlyDictionary<int, ReadOnlyCollection<PersonContainer>>> results = [];
-        List<long> distinct = new();
+        List<long> distinct = [];
         List<PersonContainer> personContainers;
         Dictionary<int, ReadOnlyCollection<PersonContainer>> keyValuePairs;
         foreach (KeyValuePair<int, Dictionary<int, List<PersonContainer>>> idTo in idThenWholePercentagesToPersonContainerCollection)
         {
-            keyValuePairs = new();
+            keyValuePairs = [];
             foreach (KeyValuePair<int, List<PersonContainer>> wholePercentagesTo in idThenWholePercentagesToPersonContainerCollection[idTo.Key])
             {
                 distinct.Clear();
-                personContainers = new();
+                personContainers = [];
                 foreach (PersonContainer personContainer in wholePercentagesTo.Value)
                 {
                     if (personContainer.Key is null)
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
 
     private static ReadOnlyDictionary<int, ReadOnlyDictionary<int, Mapping>> GetReadOnly(Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, Mapping>> keyValuePairs)
     {
-        Dictionary<int, ReadOnlyDictionary<int, Mapping>> results = new();
+        Dictionary<int, ReadOnlyDictionary<int, Mapping>> results = [];
         foreach (KeyValuePair<int, Dictionary<int, Mapping>> keyValuePair in keyValuePairs)
             results.Add(keyValuePair.Key, new(keyValuePair.Value));
         return new(results);
@@ -373,13 +373,13 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
 
     private static List<PersonContainer> GetNonSpecificPeopleCollection(Configuration configuration, long ticks, List<long> personKeys, ReadOnlyDictionary<long, int> personKeyToCount)
     {
-        List<PersonContainer> results = new();
+        List<PersonContainer> results = [];
         bool check;
         long personKey;
         int? approximateYears = null;
         PersonBirthday personBirthday;
         PersonContainer personContainer;
-        string[] personDisplayDirectoryAllFiles = Array.Empty<string>();
+        string[] personDisplayDirectoryAllFiles = [];
         DateTime incrementDate = new(configuration.PersonBirthdayFirstYear, 1, 1);
         long oneHour = new DateTime(1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0).Ticks - new DateTime(1, 1, 1).Ticks;
         for (int i = 0; i < int.MaxValue; i++)
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
             if (check)
                 continue;
             personBirthday = IPersonBirthday.GetPersonBirthday(personKey + (oneHour * 2));
-            personContainer = new(approximateYears, new PersonBirthday[] { personBirthday }, personDisplayDirectoryAllFiles, configuration.MappingDefaultName, personKey);
+            personContainer = new(approximateYears, [personBirthday], personDisplayDirectoryAllFiles, configuration.MappingDefaultName, personKey);
             results.Add(personContainer);
             if (results.Count > 99)
                 break;
@@ -431,12 +431,12 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
 
     private static List<MappedFile> GetMappedFiles(Configuration configuration, ReadOnlyCollection<PersonContainer> personContainers, List<Record> records)
     {
-        List<MappedFile> results = new();
+        List<MappedFile> results = [];
         string file;
         long personKey;
         string fileName;
         string checkFile;
-        List<string> distinct = new();
+        List<string> distinct = [];
         PersonBirthday? personBirthday;
         results.AddRange(GetDisplayDirectoryAllFiles(configuration.FacesFileNameExtension, configuration.PersonBirthdayFormat, personContainers));
         foreach (Record record in records)
@@ -529,11 +529,11 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
         string key;
         float? percent;
         float itemPercentagesArea;
-        List<string> delete = new();
+        List<string> delete = [];
-        List<Duplicate> duplicates = new();
+        List<Duplicate> duplicates = [];
         RectangleF? itemPercentagesRectangle;
         (string File, int WholePercentages) item;
-        Dictionary<string, (string, int)> distinct = new();
+        Dictionary<string, (string, int)> distinct = [];
         foreach (LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory> locationContainer in locationContainers)
         {
             key = string.Concat(locationContainer.PersonKey, locationContainer.Id);
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
 
     private static List<(string, long)> GetJLinkResolvedDirectories(string personBirthdayFormat, List<string> resolvedDirectories)
     {
-        List<(string, long)> results = new();
+        List<(string, long)> results = [];
         DateTime dateTime;
         string directoryName;
         string[] directories;
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
     internal static void SetKeyValuePairsAndAddToCollections(Configuration configuration, ReadOnlyCollection<PersonContainer> personContainers, Dictionary<long, PersonContainer> personKeyToPersonContainer, ReadOnlyCollection<PersonKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages> personKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentagesCollection, Dictionary<long, int> personKeyToCount, Dictionary<string, PersonContainer> personKeyFormattedToPersonContainer, Dictionary<long, List<PersonContainer>> personKeyToPersonContainerCollection, List<(PersonKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages, PersonContainer)> possiblyNewPersonDisplayDirectoryNamesAndPersonContainer)
     {
         PersonBirthday? personBirthday;
-        Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, List<PersonContainer>>> idThenWholePercentagesToPersonContainers = new();
+        Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, List<PersonContainer>>> idThenWholePercentagesToPersonContainers = [];
         (long, PersonContainer)[] collection = GetDistinctCollection(configuration, personContainers, personKeyToPersonContainerCollection, personKeyFormattedToPersonContainer);
         foreach ((long personKey, PersonContainer personContainer) in collection)
             personKeyToPersonContainer.Add(personKey, personContainer);
@@ -733,11 +733,11 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
 
     internal static ReadOnlyCollection<PersonKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages> GetPersonKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages(Configuration configuration, long ticks, List<Record> collection)
     {
-        List<PersonKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages> results = new();
+        List<PersonKeyFormattedIdThenWholePercentages> results = [];
         int? id;
         int? wholePercentages;
         List<int> wholePercentagesCollection;
-        Dictionary<int, List<int>> idToWholePercentagesCollection = new();
+        Dictionary<int, List<int>> idToWholePercentagesCollection = [];
         int totalSeconds = (int)Math.Floor(new TimeSpan(DateTime.Now.Ticks - ticks).TotalSeconds);
         string message = $") {collection.Count:000} join from ticks Director(ies) - C - {totalSeconds} total second(s)";
         ProgressBarOptions options = new() { ProgressCharacter = '─', ProgressBarOnBottom = true, DisableBottomPercentage = true };
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
             if (id is null || wholePercentages is null)
                 continue;
             if (!idToWholePercentagesCollection.ContainsKey(id.Value))
-                idToWholePercentagesCollection.Add(id.Value, new());
+                idToWholePercentagesCollection.Add(id.Value, []);
             wholePercentagesCollection = idToWholePercentagesCollection[id.Value];
             wholePercentagesCollection.Add(wholePercentages.Value);
             idToWholePercentagesCollection[id.Value].Add(wholePercentages.Value);
@@ -760,9 +760,9 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
 
     internal static List<PersonContainer> GetNotMappedPersonContainers(Configuration configuration, long ticks, ReadOnlyCollection<PersonContainer> personContainers, ReadOnlyDictionary<long, int> personKeyToCount)
     {
-        List<PersonContainer> results = new();
+        List<PersonContainer> results = [];
-        List<PersonContainer> notMappedAndNotNamedPersonKeys = new();
+        List<PersonContainer> notMappedAndNotNamedPersonKeys = [];
-        List<PersonContainer> notMappedAndWithNamedPersonKeys = new();
+        List<PersonContainer> notMappedAndWithNamedPersonKeys = [];
         List<long> personKeys = IPersonContainer.GetPersonKeys(personContainers);
         foreach (PersonContainer personContainer in personContainers)
         {
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
         const int zero = 0;
         string personKeyFormatted;
         string[] deleteCollection;
-        List<string> distinct = new();
+        List<string> distinct = [];
         PersonBirthday personBirthday;
         string personDisplayDirectory;
         DateTime dateTime = new(ticks);
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
 
     internal static List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>> GetLocationContainers(int maxDegreeOfParallelism, Configuration configuration, long ticks, ReadOnlyCollection<PersonContainer> personContainers, Dictionary<int, List<(string, int)>> skipCollection, List<Record> records)
     {
-        List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>> results = new();
+        List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>> results = [];
         List<MappedFile> mappedFiles = GetMappedFiles(configuration, personContainers, records);
         if (mappedFiles.Count > 0 && (configuration.DistanceMoveUnableToMatch || configuration.DistanceRenameToMatch))
         {
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
         string checkDirectory;
         string personKeyFormatted;
         PersonBirthday personBirthday;
-        List<string> distinct = new();
+        List<string> distinct = [];
         DateTime dateTime = new(ticks);
         string by = nameof(Shared.Models.Stateless.IMapLogic.ManualCopy);
         foreach (PersonContainer personContainer in personContainers)
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
         WindowsShortcut windowsShortcut;
         string personDisplayDirectoryName;
         (string, string)[] yearDirectoryNameCheck;
-        List<(string, string)> yearDirectoryNames = new();
+        List<(string, string)> yearDirectoryNames = [];
         string[] personKeyDirectories = Directory.GetDirectories(mappingDirectory, "*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
         foreach (string personKeyDirectory in personKeyDirectories)
         {
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
 
     internal static ReadOnlyDictionary<int, List<long>> GetIdToPersonKeys(ReadOnlyDictionary<long, List<int>> personKeyToIds)
     {
-        Dictionary<int, List<long>> results = new();
+        Dictionary<int, List<long>> results = [];
         List<long>? collection;
         foreach (KeyValuePair<long, List<int>> keyValuePair in personKeyToIds)
         {
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
             {
                 if (!results.TryGetValue(id, out collection))
                 {
-                    results.Add(id, new());
+                    results.Add(id, []);
                     if (!results.TryGetValue(id, out collection))
                         throw new Exception();
                 }
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
 
     internal static ReadOnlyDictionary<int, ReadOnlyDictionary<int, Mapping>> GetIdToWholePercentagesToFace(ReadOnlyCollection<Mapping> mappingCollection)
     {
-        Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, Mapping>> results = new();
+        Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, Mapping>> results = [];
         Dictionary<int, Mapping>? keyValuePairs;
         foreach (Mapping mapping in mappingCollection)
         {
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
                 continue;
             if (!results.TryGetValue(mapping.MappingFromItem.Id, out keyValuePairs))
             {
-                results.Add(mapping.MappingFromItem.Id, new());
+                results.Add(mapping.MappingFromItem.Id, []);
                 if (!results.TryGetValue(mapping.MappingFromItem.Id, out keyValuePairs))
                     throw new Exception();
             }
@@ -1106,14 +1106,14 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
         int totalFiles = 0;
         string checkDirectory;
         WindowsShortcut windowsShortcut;
-        List<string> resolvedDirectories = new();
+        List<string> resolvedDirectories = [];
         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(genealogicalDataCommunicationFile))
             results = GetDirectoryAndTicksCollection(jLinks, personBirthdayFormat, a2PeopleContentDirectory);
         else
             results = GetGenealogicalDataCommunicationDirectories(genealogicalDataCommunicationFile, jLinks, personBirthdayFormat);
         if (results.Count == 0 || results.Count < jLinks.Length)
         {
-            List<(string, string, string)> a2PeopleSingletonDirectories = new();
+            List<(string, string, string)> a2PeopleSingletonDirectories = [];
             foreach (string directory in Directory.GetDirectories(a2PeopleSingletonDirectory, "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
                 a2PeopleSingletonDirectories.Add((directory, Path.GetFileName(directory), Path.GetFileName(directory).Split(personCharacters).First()));
             foreach (string directoryName in jLinks)
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
             else
             {
                 resolvedDirectories.Clear();
-                results = new();
+                results = [];
             }
         }
         return results;
@@ -1205,13 +1205,13 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
 
     internal static ReadOnlyDictionary<int, List<int>> ConvertSkip(Dictionary<int, List<(string, int)>> skipCollection)
     {
-        Dictionary<int, List<int>> results = new();
+        Dictionary<int, List<int>> results = [];
         List<int>? wholePercentagesCollection;
         foreach (KeyValuePair<int, List<(string, int)>> keyValuePair in skipCollection)
         {
             if (!results.TryGetValue(keyValuePair.Key, out wholePercentagesCollection))
             {
-                results.Add(keyValuePair.Key, new());
+                results.Add(keyValuePair.Key, []);
                 if (!results.TryGetValue(keyValuePair.Key, out wholePercentagesCollection))
                     throw new Exception();
             }
@@ -1223,13 +1223,13 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
 
     internal static ReadOnlyDictionary<int, List<int>> ConvertSkipNotSkip(Dictionary<int, List<(string, int)>> skipNotSkipCollection)
     {
-        Dictionary<int, List<int>> results = new();
+        Dictionary<int, List<int>> results = [];
         List<int>? wholePercentagesCollection;
         foreach (KeyValuePair<int, List<(string, int)>> keyValuePair in skipNotSkipCollection)
         {
             if (!results.TryGetValue(keyValuePair.Key, out wholePercentagesCollection))
             {
-                results.Add(keyValuePair.Key, new());
+                results.Add(keyValuePair.Key, []);
                 if (!results.TryGetValue(keyValuePair.Key, out wholePercentagesCollection))
                     throw new Exception();
             }
@@ -1241,11 +1241,11 @@ internal abstract class MapLogic
 
     internal static ReadOnlyDictionary<int, List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>>> ConvertLocationContainers(List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>> locationContainers)
     {
-        Dictionary<int, List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>>> results = new();
+        Dictionary<int, List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>>> results = [];
         foreach (LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory> locationContainer in locationContainers)
         {
             if (!results.ContainsKey(locationContainer.Id))
-                results.Add(locationContainer.Id, new());
+                results.Add(locationContainer.Id, []);
             results[locationContainer.Id].Add(locationContainer);
         }
         return new(results);

Map/Models/Stateless/RelationLogic.cs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ internal abstract class RelationLogic
     {
         List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>>? collection;
         Dictionary<int, List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>>>? yearTo;
-        Dictionary<long, Dictionary<int, List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>>>> personKeyTo = new();
+        Dictionary<long, Dictionary<int, List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>>>> personKeyTo = [];
         foreach (LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory> locationContainer in locationContainers)
         {
             if (!locationContainer.FromDistanceContent)
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ internal abstract class RelationLogic
                 continue;
             if (!personKeyTo.TryGetValue(locationContainer.PersonKey, out yearTo))
             {
-                personKeyTo.Add(locationContainer.PersonKey, new());
+                personKeyTo.Add(locationContainer.PersonKey, []);
                 if (!personKeyTo.TryGetValue(locationContainer.PersonKey, out yearTo))
                     throw new Exception();
             }
             if (!yearTo.TryGetValue(locationContainer.CreationDateOnly.Year, out collection))
             {
-                yearTo.Add(locationContainer.CreationDateOnly.Year, new());
+                yearTo.Add(locationContainer.CreationDateOnly.Year, []);
                 if (!yearTo.TryGetValue(locationContainer.CreationDateOnly.Year, out collection))
                     throw new Exception();
             }
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ internal abstract class RelationLogic
 
     private static ReadOnlyCollection<Group> GetGroups(Configuration configuration, List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>> locationContainers)
     {
-        List<Group> results = new();
+        List<Group> results = [];
         string key;
         int lastIndex;
-        List<int> years = new();
+        List<int> years = [];
-        List<int> indices = new();
+        List<int> indices = [];
-        List<(int Index, int Year)> sort = new();
+        List<(int Index, int Year)> sort = [];
-        List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>> collection = new();
+        List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>> collection = [];
         KeyValuePair<int, List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>>> keyValue;
         Dictionary<long, Dictionary<int, List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>>>> personKeyTo = GetPersonKeyTo(configuration, locationContainers);
         foreach (KeyValuePair<long, Dictionary<int, List<LocationContainer<MetadataExtractor.Directory>>>> keyValuePair in personKeyTo)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ internal abstract class RelationLogic
                 if (collection.Count == 0)
                     continue;
                 results.Add(new(key, collection[0].PersonKey, new(collection)));
-                collection = new();
+                collection = [];
                 years.Clear();
             }
         }
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ internal abstract class RelationLogic
 
     private static ReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> MoveFiles(Configuration configuration, string key, bool isCounterPersonYear, string? displayDirectoryName, ReadOnlyCollection<RelationContainer> relationContainers, List<string> linked1, List<string> linked2, List<string> linked3, List<string> linked4, List<string> linked5, List<string> linked6, List<string> linked7, List<string> linked8, List<string> linked9)
     {
-        Dictionary<string, string> results = new();
+        Dictionary<string, string> results = [];
         string value;
         string checkFile;
         string debugFile;
@@ -231,15 +231,15 @@ internal abstract class RelationLogic
     private static ReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> GetMoveFiles(Configuration configuration, string key, int take, bool isCounterPersonYear, string? displayDirectoryName, ReadOnlyCollection<RelationContainer> relationContainers)
     {
         ReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> results;
-        List<string> linked1 = new();
+        List<string> linked1 = [];
-        List<string> linked2 = new();
+        List<string> linked2 = [];
-        List<string> linked3 = new();
+        List<string> linked3 = [];
-        List<string> linked4 = new();
+        List<string> linked4 = [];
-        List<string> linked5 = new();
+        List<string> linked5 = [];
-        List<string> linked6 = new();
+        List<string> linked6 = [];
-        List<string> linked7 = new();
+        List<string> linked7 = [];
-        List<string> linked8 = new();
+        List<string> linked8 = [];
-        List<string> linked9 = new();
+        List<string> linked9 = [];
         foreach ((FileHolder fileHolder, ReadOnlyCollection<Relation> relations) in relationContainers)
         {
             foreach (Relation relation in relations.Take(take))
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ internal abstract class RelationLogic
         string markDownFile;
         FileHolder fileHolder;
         string originalString;
-        List<string> lines = new();
+        List<string> lines = [];
         string fileNameWithoutExtension;
         foreach ((FileHolder relationFileHolder, ReadOnlyCollection<Relation> relations) in relationContainers)
         {

Metadata-Query/MetadataQuery.cs

@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ public class MetadataQuery
         const bool useCeilingAverage = true;
         const string directorySearchFilter = "*";
         Dictionary<string, List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>>? dictionary;
-        List<(string FileName, string Count, string TagGroup, string TagIdName, string Value)> collection = new();
+        List<(string FileName, string Count, string TagGroup, string TagIdName, string Value)> collection = [];
         ProgressBarOptions options = new() { ProgressCharacter = '─', ProgressBarOnBottom = true, DisableBottomPercentage = true };
         List<string[]> filesCollection = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IDirectory.GetFilesCollection(_PropertyConfiguration.RootDirectory, directorySearchFilter, fileSearchFilter, useCeilingAverage);
         foreach (string[] files in filesCollection)
         {
-            if (!files.Any())
+            if (files.Length == 0)
                 continue;
             message = $"{ticks}) Reading files for <{files.FirstOrDefault()}> - {(int)Math.Floor(new TimeSpan(DateTime.Now.Ticks - ticks).TotalSeconds)} total second(s)";
             progressBar = new(files.Length, message, options);
@@ -105,14 +105,14 @@ public class MetadataQuery
         string key;
         string line;
         List<string>? valuePairs;
-        Dictionary<string, List<string>> keyValuePairs = new();
+        Dictionary<string, List<string>> keyValuePairs = [];
         foreach ((string fileName, string count, string tagGroup, string tagIdName, string value) in matches)
         {
             key = $"{tagGroup}\t{tagIdName}\t{value.Trim()}";
             line = $"{tagGroup}\t{tagIdName}\t{value.Trim()}\t{count}\t{fileName}";
             if (!keyValuePairs.TryGetValue(key, out valuePairs))
             {
-                keyValuePairs.Add(key, new());
+                keyValuePairs.Add(key, []);
                 if (!keyValuePairs.TryGetValue(key, out valuePairs))
                     throw new Exception();
             }
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public class MetadataQuery
             }
         }
         List<(string FileName, string Count, string TagGroup, string TagIdName, string Value)> matches = enumerable().ToList();
-        if (matches.Any())
+        if (matches.Count != 0)
         {
             matches.Sort();
             StringBuilder stringBuilder = new();

Metadata-Query/Program.cs

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class Program
         if (args is not null)
             Secondary(logger, args.ToList());
         else
-            Secondary(logger, new List<string>());
+            Secondary(logger, []);
     }
 
 }

Metadata/Models/A_Metadata.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+using MetadataExtractor;
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using View_by_Distance.Shared.Models;
+using View_by_Distance.Shared.Models.Methods;
+using View_by_Distance.Shared.Models.Properties;
+
+namespace View_by_Distance.Metadata.Models;
+
+public class A_Metadata : IMetadata<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
+{
+
+    private readonly bool _PropertiesChangedForMetadata;
+    private readonly IPropertyConfiguration _PropertyConfiguration;
+    private readonly bool _ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime;
+    private readonly IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string[]> _FileGroups;
+
+    public A_Metadata(IPropertyConfiguration propertyConfiguration, bool forceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime, bool propertiesChangedForMetadata)
+    {
+        _PropertyConfiguration = propertyConfiguration;
+        _PropertiesChangedForMetadata = propertiesChangedForMetadata;
+        _ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime = forceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime;
+        string bResultsFullGroupDirectory = Property.Models.Stateless.IResult.GetResultsFullGroupDirectory(_PropertyConfiguration,
+                                                                                                           nameof(A_Metadata),
+                                                                                                           string.Empty,
+                                                                                                           includeResizeGroup: false,
+                                                                                                           includeModel: false,
+                                                                                                           includePredictorModel: false);
+        _FileGroups = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(propertyConfiguration, bResultsFullGroupDirectory, [propertyConfiguration.ResultSingleton]);
+    }
+
+    public ReadOnlyDictionary<string, MetadataExtractorDirectory> GetMetadataCollection(string file)
+    {
+        Dictionary<string, MetadataExtractorDirectory>? results;
+        string fileName = Path.GetFileName(file);
+        string fileExtensionLowered = Path.GetExtension(file).ToLower();
+        string fileNameWithoutExtension = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(file);
+        (_, int directoryIndex) = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetDirectoryNameAndIndex(_PropertyConfiguration.ResultAllInOneSubdirectoryLength, fileName);
+        FileInfo fileInfo = new(Path.Combine(_FileGroups[_PropertyConfiguration.ResultSingleton][directoryIndex], $"{fileNameWithoutExtension}{fileExtensionLowered}.json"));
+        if (_ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime && !fileInfo.Exists && File.Exists(Path.ChangeExtension(fileInfo.FullName, ".delete")))
+        {
+            File.Move(Path.ChangeExtension(fileInfo.FullName, ".delete"), fileInfo.FullName);
+            fileInfo.Refresh();
+        }
+        if (_ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime && fileInfo.Exists && fileInfo.LastWriteTime != fileInfo.CreationTime)
+        {
+            File.SetLastWriteTime(fileInfo.FullName, fileInfo.CreationTime);
+            fileInfo.Refresh();
+        }
+        if (_PropertiesChangedForMetadata)
+            results = null;
+        else if (!fileInfo.Exists)
+            results = null;
+        else if (!fileInfo.FullName.EndsWith(".json") && !fileInfo.FullName.EndsWith(".old"))
+            throw new ArgumentException("must be a *.json file");
+        else
+        {
+            string json = File.ReadAllText(fileInfo.FullName);
+            try
+            {
+                results = Stateless.Methods.Metadata.Deserialize(json);
+                if (results is null)
+                    throw new Exception();
+            }
+            catch (Exception)
+            {
+                results = null;
+            }
+        }
+        if (results is null || results.Count == 0)
+        {
+            IReadOnlyList<MetadataExtractor.Directory> directories = ImageMetadataReader.ReadMetadata(file);
+            results = Stateless.Methods.Metadata.Covert(directories);
+            string json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(results, DictionaryStringMetadataExtractorDirectorySourceGenerationContext.Default.DictionaryStringMetadataExtractorDirectory);
+            if (Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.WriteAllText(fileInfo.FullName, json, updateDateWhenMatches: false, compareBeforeWrite: true, updateToWhenMatches: null) && _ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime)
+            {
+                File.SetLastWriteTime(fileInfo.FullName, fileInfo.CreationTime);
+                fileInfo.Refresh();
+            }
+        }
+        return new(results);
+    }
+
+    (DateTime?, DateTime?[]) IMetadata<MetadataExtractor.Directory>.GetDateTimes(FileHolder fileHolder, IReadOnlyList<MetadataExtractor.Directory> directories)
+    {
+        List<DateTime?> results = [];
+        DateTime? result = null;
+        return new(result, results.ToArray());
+    }
+
+}

Metadata/Models/B_Metadata.cs

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class B_Metadata : IMetadata<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
         _PropertyConfiguration = propertyConfiguration;
         _ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime = false;
         _WriteIndentedJsonSerializerOptions = new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true };
-        _FileGroups = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(propertyConfiguration, null, new string[] { propertyConfiguration.ResultSingleton });
+        _FileGroups = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(propertyConfiguration, null, [propertyConfiguration.ResultSingleton]);
     }
 
     public B_Metadata(IPropertyConfiguration propertyConfiguration, bool forceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime, bool propertiesChangedForMetadata, string bResultsFullGroupDirectory)
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class B_Metadata : IMetadata<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
         _PropertiesChangedForMetadata = propertiesChangedForMetadata;
         _ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime = forceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime;
         _WriteIndentedJsonSerializerOptions = new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true };
-        _FileGroups = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(propertyConfiguration, bResultsFullGroupDirectory, new string[] { propertyConfiguration.ResultSingleton });
+        _FileGroups = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(propertyConfiguration, bResultsFullGroupDirectory, [propertyConfiguration.ResultSingleton]);
     }
 
     public override string ToString()
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class B_Metadata : IMetadata<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
             results = null;
         else if (!fileInfo.FullName.EndsWith(".json") && !fileInfo.FullName.EndsWith(".old"))
             throw new ArgumentException("must be a *.json file");
-        else if (dateTimes.Any() && dateTimes.Max() > fileInfo.LastWriteTime)
+        else if (dateTimes.Count != 0 && dateTimes.Max() > fileInfo.LastWriteTime)
             results = null;
         else
         {
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class B_Metadata : IMetadata<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
             IReadOnlyList<MetadataExtractor.Directory> directories = ImageMetadataReader.ReadMetadata(mappingFromItem.ImageFileHolder.FullName);
             results = Stateless.Methods.Metadata.Covert(directories);
             json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(results, DictionaryStringMetadataExtractorDirectorySourceGenerationContext.Default.DictionaryStringMetadataExtractorDirectory);
-            bool updateDateWhenMatches = dateTimes.Any() && fileInfo.Exists && dateTimes.Max() > fileInfo.LastWriteTime;
+            bool updateDateWhenMatches = dateTimes.Count != 0 && fileInfo.Exists && dateTimes.Max() > fileInfo.LastWriteTime;
             DateTime? dateTime = !updateDateWhenMatches ? null : dateTimes.Max();
             if (Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.WriteAllText(fileInfo.FullName, json, updateDateWhenMatches, compareBeforeWrite: true, updateToWhenMatches: dateTime))
             {
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class B_Metadata : IMetadata<MetadataExtractor.Directory>
 
     (DateTime?, DateTime?[]) IMetadata<MetadataExtractor.Directory>.GetDateTimes(FileHolder fileHolder, IReadOnlyList<MetadataExtractor.Directory> directories)
     {
-        List<DateTime?> results = new();
+        List<DateTime?> results = [];
         DateTime? result = null;
         DateTime? dateTime;
         DateTime checkDateTime;

Metadata/Models/Stateless/Methods/Metadata.cs

@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ internal partial class Metadata
 
     internal static Dictionary<string, MetadataExtractorDirectory> Covert(IReadOnlyList<MetadataExtractor.Directory> directories)
     {
-        Dictionary<string, MetadataExtractorDirectory> results = new();
+        Dictionary<string, MetadataExtractorDirectory> results = [];
         MetadataExtractorTag metadataExtractorTag;
         MetadataExtractorDirectory? metadataExtractorDirectory;
         Dictionary<int, MetadataExtractorTag> metadataExtractorTags;
         foreach (MetadataExtractor.Directory directory in directories)
         {
-            metadataExtractorTags = new();
+            metadataExtractorTags = [];
             if (results.TryGetValue(directory.Name, out metadataExtractorDirectory))
                 continue;
             foreach (Tag tag in directory.Tags)
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ internal partial class Metadata
 
     internal static Dictionary<string, MetadataExtractorDirectory> Deserialize(string json)
     {
-        Dictionary<string, MetadataExtractorDirectory> results = new();
+        Dictionary<string, MetadataExtractorDirectory> results = [];
         Record? record;
         MetadataExtractorDirectory metadataExtractorDirectory;
         Dictionary<string, JsonElement>? keyValuePairs = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, JsonElement>>(json);
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ internal partial class Metadata
     internal static string? GetFaceEncoding(IReadOnlyList<MetadataExtractor.Directory> directories)
     {
         string? result;
-        List<string> results = new();
+        List<string> results = [];
         const string comment = "Comment: ";
         foreach (MetadataExtractor.Directory directory in directories)
         {
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ internal partial class Metadata
                 results.Add(tag.Description);
             }
         }
-        result = results.Any() ? results[0][comment.Length..] : null;
+        result = results.Count != 0 ? results[0][comment.Length..] : null;
         return result;
     }
 
     internal static string? GetOutputResolution(IReadOnlyList<MetadataExtractor.Directory> directories)
     {
         string? result;
-        List<string> results = new();
+        List<string> results = [];
         const string artist = "Artist: ";
         foreach (MetadataExtractor.Directory directory in directories)
         {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ internal partial class Metadata
                 results.Add(tag.Description);
             }
         }
-        result = results.Any() ? results[0][artist.Length..] : null;
+        result = results.Count != 0 ? results[0][artist.Length..] : null;
         return result;
     }
 

Mirror-Length/MirrorLength.cs

@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ public class MirrorLength
 
     private static List<(string, string, DateTime, long)[]> GetToDoCollection(ProgressBar progressBar, List<string[]> filesCollection)
     {
-        List<(string, string, DateTime, long)[]> results = new();
+        List<(string, string, DateTime, long)[]> results = [];
         FileInfo fileInfo;
         List<(string, string, DateTime, long)> collection;
         foreach (string[] files in filesCollection)
         {
             progressBar.Tick();
-            collection = new();
+            collection = [];
             foreach (string file in files)
             {
                 if (file.EndsWith("len"))
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class MirrorLength
                     continue;
                 collection.Add((fileInfo.DirectoryName, file, fileInfo.LastWriteTime, fileInfo.Length));
             }
-            if (!collection.Any())
+            if (collection.Count == 0)
                 continue;
             results.Add(collection.ToArray());
         }
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class MirrorLength
         ProgressBar progressBar;
         string subDirectoryName;
         string[] subDirectories;
-        List<(string, string, int)> results = new();
+        List<(string, string, int)> results = [];
         ProgressBarOptions options = new() { ProgressCharacter = '─', ProgressBarOnBottom = true, DisableBottomPercentage = true };
         string[] directories = Directory.GetDirectories(_PropertyConfiguration.RootDirectory, "*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
         progressBar = new(directories.Length, message, options);
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class MirrorLength
         string checkFile;
         string checkDirectory;
         string? firstDirectory;
-        List<string> directories = new();
+        List<string> directories = [];
         foreach ((string Directory, string, DateTime, long)[] collection in results)
         {
             progressBar.Tick();
@@ -153,20 +153,20 @@ public class MirrorLength
         string text;
         string subKey;
         string checkFile;
-        Dictionary<string, List<string>> directoryNameToCount = new();
+        Dictionary<string, List<string>> directoryNameToCount = [];
-        Dictionary<string, List<string>> subDirectoryNameToCount = new();
+        Dictionary<string, List<string>> subDirectoryNameToCount = [];
         foreach ((string directoryName, string subDirectoryName, int count) in collection)
         {
             key = directoryName.Replace(today, string.Empty).Replace(")", "-");
             subKey = subDirectoryName.Replace(today, string.Empty).Replace(") ", "-").Replace(" ", "-");
             if (!directoryNameToCount.ContainsKey(key))
-                directoryNameToCount.Add(key, new() { "---", $"title: {key}", $"desc: '{directoryName}'", "---", string.Empty });
+                directoryNameToCount.Add(key, ["---", $"title: {key}", $"desc: '{directoryName}'", "---", string.Empty]);
             if (count == 0)
                 directoryNameToCount[key].Add($"- <00000000> '{subDirectoryName}'");
             else
                 directoryNameToCount[key].Add($"- <{count:00000000}> [[{subKey}]]");
             if (!subDirectoryNameToCount.ContainsKey(subKey))
-                subDirectoryNameToCount.Add(subKey, new() { "---", $"title: {subKey}", $"desc: '{subDirectoryName}'", "---", string.Empty });
+                subDirectoryNameToCount.Add(subKey, ["---", $"title: {subKey}", $"desc: '{subDirectoryName}'", "---", string.Empty]);
             if (count == 0)
                 subDirectoryNameToCount[subKey].Add($"- <00000000> '{directoryName}'");
             else
@@ -194,15 +194,15 @@ public class MirrorLength
         List<(string, string, int)> collectionForMarkDown;
         bool inPlaceSave = _PropertyConfiguration.RootDirectory.First() == _AppSettings.Destination;
         if (!inPlaceSave)
-            collectionForMarkDown = new();
+            collectionForMarkDown = [];
         else
         {
             string today = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd-");
             collectionForMarkDown = GetToDoCollectionForMarkDown(message, today);
-            if (collectionForMarkDown.Any())
+            if (collectionForMarkDown.Count != 0)
                 Write(today, collectionForMarkDown);
         }
-        if (!collectionForMarkDown.Any())
+        if (collectionForMarkDown.Count == 0)
         {
             ProgressBar progressBar;
             const bool useCeilingAverage = true;
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public class MirrorLength
             List<(string, string, DateTime, long)[]> collection = GetToDoCollection(progressBar, filesCollection);
             progressBar.Dispose();
             progressBar = new(filesCollection.Count, message, options);
-            if (collection.Any())
+            if (collection.Count != 0)
                 Write(ticks, inPlaceSave, progressBar, collection);
             progressBar.Dispose();
         }

Mirror-Length/Program.cs

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class Program
         if (args is not null)
             Secondary(logger, args.ToList());
         else
-            Secondary(logger, new List<string>());
+            Secondary(logger, []);
     }
 
 }

Move-By-Id/MoveById.cs

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class MoveById
         MatchNginx[]? matchNginxCollection = System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize<MatchNginx[]>(json);
         if (matchNginxCollection is null)
             throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(matchNginxCollection));
-        if (matchNginxCollection.Any())
+        if (matchNginxCollection.Length != 0)
         {
             List<string> lines = MoveFilesByIdInDirectories(options, matchNginxCollection);
             File.WriteAllLines($"D:/Tmp/Phares/{DateTime.Now.Ticks}.tsv", lines);
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class MoveById
 
     private static List<string> GetAllFiles(MatchNginx[] matchNginxCollection)
     {
-        List<string> allFiles = new();
+        List<string> allFiles = [];
         string[] files;
         string directoryName;
         ReadOnlySpan<char> span;
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class MoveById
 
     private List<string> GetToDoCollection(ProgressBar progressBar, List<string> allFiles)
     {
-        List<string> results = new();
+        List<string> results = [];
         int? id;
         string? message;
         string[] matches;
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public class MoveById
             if (id is null)
                 continue;
             matches = (from l in allFiles where l.Contains($"{id}{fileHolder.ExtensionLowered}") select l).ToArray();
-            if (!matches.Any())
+            if (matches.Length == 0)
                 continue;
             results.Add(fileHolder.FullName);
             results.AddRange(matches);
@@ -156,16 +156,16 @@ public class MoveById
 
     private List<string> MoveFilesByIdInDirectories(ProgressBarOptions options, MatchNginx[] matchNginxCollection)
     {
-        List<string> results = new();
+        List<string> results = [];
         string moveTo;
         string? directory;
         string message = "Moving allFiles";
-        List<string> distinctDirectories = new();
+        List<string> distinctDirectories = [];
         List<string> allFiles = GetAllFiles(matchNginxCollection);
         ProgressBar progressBar = new(allFiles.Count, message, options);
         List<string> toDoCollection = GetToDoCollection(progressBar, allFiles);
         progressBar.Dispose();
-        List<(string, string)> moveCollection = new();
+        List<(string, string)> moveCollection = [];
         foreach (string file in toDoCollection)
         {
             moveTo = $"{_AppSettings.MoveTo}{file[1..]}";

Move-By-Id/Program.cs

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class Program
         if (args is not null)
             Secondary(logger, args.ToList());
         else
-            Secondary(logger, new List<string>());
+            Secondary(logger, []);
     }
 
 }

Offset-Date-Time-Original/OffsetDateTimeOriginal.cs

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class OffsetDateTimeOriginal
         logger?.LogInformation(propertyConfiguration.RootDirectory);
         Verify();
         List<string> lines = OffsetDateTimeOriginalFilesInDirectories(logger);
-        if (lines.Any())
+        if (lines.Count != 0)
             File.WriteAllLines($"D:/Tmp/Phares/{DateTime.Now.Ticks}.tsv", lines);
     }
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class OffsetDateTimeOriginal
 
     private List<Record> GetRecords(ASCIIEncoding asciiEncoding, string checkDirectory, DateTime minimumDateTime, DateTime maximumDateTime, long ticks)
     {
-        List<Record> results = new();
+        List<Record> results = [];
         DateTime dateTime;
         int? id;
         string? message;
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public class OffsetDateTimeOriginal
             ticks++;
         }
         List<Record> records = GetRecords(asciiEncoding, checkDirectory, minimumDateTime, maximumDateTime, ticks);
-        ConstructorInfo? constructorInfo = typeof(PropertyItem).GetConstructor(BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public, null, Array.Empty<Type>(), null) ?? throw new Exception();
+        ConstructorInfo? constructorInfo = typeof(PropertyItem).GetConstructor(BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public, null, [], null) ?? throw new Exception();
         string? message = nameof(OffsetDateTimeOriginal);
         ProgressBarOptions options = new() { ProgressCharacter = '─', ProgressBarOnBottom = true, DisableBottomPercentage = true };
         ProgressBar progressBar = new(records.Count, message, options);
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ public class OffsetDateTimeOriginal
                 {
                     string format = "yyyy-MM-dd";
                     string[] maximumDirectory = Directory.GetDirectories(minimumDirectory.First(), "*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
-                    string[] badFiles = !Directory.Exists(badDirectory) ? Array.Empty<string>() : Directory.GetFiles(badDirectory, "*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
+                    string[] badFiles = !Directory.Exists(badDirectory) ? [] : Directory.GetFiles(badDirectory, "*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
-                    string[] targetFiles = !Directory.Exists(targetDirectory) ? Array.Empty<string>() : Directory.GetFiles(targetDirectory, "*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
+                    string[] targetFiles = !Directory.Exists(targetDirectory) ? [] : Directory.GetFiles(targetDirectory, "*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
                     if (badFiles.Length != 1 || targetFiles.Length != 1 || maximumDirectory.Length != 1)
                         logger?.LogError("bad file(s) or target file(s) or maximum directory doesn't equal 1!");
                     else
@@ -204,12 +204,12 @@ public class OffsetDateTimeOriginal
                         (badDateTimeOriginal, badDateTimes, badId, badMessage) = Property.Models.Stateless.IProperty.Get(_PropertyConfiguration.PopulatePropertyId, badFileHolder, badIsIgnoreExtension, badIsValidImageFormatExtension, asciiEncoding);
                         if (badMessage is not null)
                             throw new Exception(badMessage);
-                        if (!badDateTimes.Any() || badId is null)
+                        if (badDateTimes.Length == 0 || badId is null)
                             throw new Exception(badMessage);
                         (targetDateTimeOriginal, targetDateTimes, targetId, targetMessage) = Property.Models.Stateless.IProperty.Get(_PropertyConfiguration.PopulatePropertyId, targetFileHolder, targetIsIgnoreExtension, targetIsValidImageFormatExtension, asciiEncoding);
                         if (targetMessage is not null)
                             throw new Exception(targetMessage);
-                        if (!targetDateTimes.Any() || targetId is null)
+                        if (targetDateTimes.Length == 0 || targetId is null)
                             throw new Exception(targetMessage);
                         if (badDateTimeOriginal is null || targetDateTimeOriginal is null)
                             logger?.LogError("Date is null!");
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ public class OffsetDateTimeOriginal
 
     private List<string> OffsetDateTimeOriginalFilesInDirectories(ILogger<Program>? logger)
     {
-        List<string> results = new();
+        List<string> results = [];
         DateFix(logger, _PropertyConfiguration.RootDirectory);
         return results;
     }

Offset-Date-Time-Original/Program.cs

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class Program
         if (args is not null)
             Secondary(logger, args.ToList());
         else
-            Secondary(logger, new List<string>());
+            Secondary(logger, []);
     }
 
 }

PhotoPrism/Models/_F_PhotoPrism.cs

@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@ public class F_PhotoPrism
     {
         JsonProperty[] results;
         if (!File.Exists(fileName))
-            results = Array.Empty<JsonProperty>();
+            results = [];
         else
         {
             string json = File.ReadAllText(fileName);
             JsonElement[]? jsonElements = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<JsonElement[]>(json);
             if (jsonElements is null || jsonElements.Length == 0)
-                results = Array.Empty<JsonProperty>();
+                results = [];
             else
             {
                 JsonElement jsonElement = jsonElements.Last();
                 if (jsonElement.ValueKind != JsonValueKind.Object)
-                    results = Array.Empty<JsonProperty>();
+                    results = [];
                 else
                     results = jsonElement.EnumerateObject().ToArray();
             }
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class F_PhotoPrism
 
     private static Dictionary<string, List<Shared.Models.Marker>> GetFileUIdToMarkers(string fPhotoPrismSingletonDirectory)
     {
-        Dictionary<string, List<Shared.Models.Marker>> results = new();
+        Dictionary<string, List<Shared.Models.Marker>> results = [];
         string fileUid;
         Marker[]? markers = GetMarkers(fPhotoPrismSingletonDirectory);
         if (markers is null)
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class F_PhotoPrism
         {
             fileUid = HexStringToString(marker.FileUid);
             if (!results.ContainsKey(fileUid))
-                results.Add(fileUid, new());
+                results.Add(fileUid, []);
             results[fileUid].Add(Marker.Map(marker));
         }
         return results;
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class F_PhotoPrism
             results = null;
         else
         {
-            results = new();
+            results = [];
             DatabaseFile[]? databaseFiles = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<DatabaseFile[]>(jsonProperties.Last().Value);
             if (databaseFiles is null)
                 results = null;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class F_PhotoPrism
         if (results is null)
         {
             int id;
-            results = new();
+            results = [];
             string fileNameWithoutExtension;
             List<Shared.Models.Marker>? makers;
             MappingFromPhotoPrism mappingFromPhotoPrism;
@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ public class F_PhotoPrism
 
                     if (!results.TryGetValue(id, out mappingFromPhotoPrismCollection))
                     {
-                        results.Add(id, new());
+                        results.Add(id, []);
                         if (!results.TryGetValue(id, out mappingFromPhotoPrismCollection))
                             throw new Exception();
                     }
                     if (!fileUIdToMarkers.TryGetValue(databaseFile.FileUid, out makers))
-                        mappingFromPhotoPrism = new(databaseFile, new());
+                        mappingFromPhotoPrism = new(databaseFile, []);
                     else
                         mappingFromPhotoPrism = new(databaseFile, makers);
                     mappingFromPhotoPrismCollection.Add(mappingFromPhotoPrism);
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public class F_PhotoPrism
         int width, height;
         int? wholePercentages;
         RectangleF? prismRectangle;
-        List<string> subjects = new();
+        List<string> subjects = [];
         DateTime dateTime = new(ticks);
         int dlibLocationWholePercentages;
         StringBuilder stringBuilder = new();
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public class F_PhotoPrism
         float rectangleIntersectMinimum = rectangleIntersectMinimums.Min();
         ReadOnlyDictionary<int, ReadOnlyCollection<PersonContainer>>? wholePercentagesToPersonContainers;
         (MappingFromPhotoPrism MappingFromPhotoPrism, Shared.Models.Marker Marker, float Percent)[] sortedCollection;
-        List<(MappingFromPhotoPrism MappingFromPhotoPrism, Shared.Models.Marker Marker, float Percent)> collection = new();
+        List<(MappingFromPhotoPrism MappingFromPhotoPrism, Shared.Models.Marker Marker, float Percent)> collection = [];
         foreach (Face face in distinctFilteredFaces)
         {
             collection.Clear();

PrepareForOld/Program.cs

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class Program
         if (args is not null)
             Secondary(logger, args.ToList());
         else
-            Secondary(logger, new List<string>());
+            Secondary(logger, []);
     }
 
 }

Property/Models/A_Property.cs

@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ public class A_Property
     public A_Property(int maxDegreeOfParallelism, Configuration propertyConfiguration, string outputExtension, bool reverse, string aResultsFullGroupDirectory)
     {
         Reverse = reverse;
-        _ExceptionsDirectories = new();
+        _ExceptionsDirectories = [];
         _OutputExtension = outputExtension;
         _ASCIIEncoding = new ASCIIEncoding();
         _Configuration = propertyConfiguration;
-        _AngleBracketCollection = new List<string>();
+        _AngleBracketCollection = [];
         _PropertyConfiguration = propertyConfiguration;
         _MaxDegreeOfParallelism = maxDegreeOfParallelism;
-        _FileGroups = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(propertyConfiguration, aResultsFullGroupDirectory, new string[] { propertyConfiguration.ResultSingleton });
+        _FileGroups = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(propertyConfiguration, aResultsFullGroupDirectory, [propertyConfiguration.ResultSingleton]);
     }
 
     public override string ToString()
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class A_Property
         FileInfo fileInfo;
         string? json = null;
         bool hasWrongYearProperty = false;
-        string[] changesFrom = Array.Empty<string>();
+        string[] changesFrom = [];
         string angleBracket = _AngleBracketCollection[0];
         bool populateId = _Configuration.PopulatePropertyId;
         if (!item.IsUniqueFileName)
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class A_Property
             result = null;
         else if (!fileInfo.FullName.EndsWith(".json") && !fileInfo.FullName.EndsWith(".old"))
             throw new ArgumentException("must be a *.json file");
-        else if (dateTimes.Any() && dateTimes.Max() > fileInfo.LastWriteTime)
+        else if (dateTimes.Count != 0 && dateTimes.Max() > fileInfo.LastWriteTime)
             result = null;
         else
         {
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public class A_Property
     private void SavePropertyParallelForWork(Shared.Models.Methods.IMetadata<MetadataExtractor.Directory> metadata, string sourceDirectory, List<Tuple<string, DateTime>> sourceDirectoryFileTuples, List<Tuple<string, DateTime>> sourceDirectoryChanges, Item item)
     {
         Shared.Models.Property property;
-        List<string> parseExceptions = new();
+        List<string> parseExceptions = [];
         bool isIgnoreExtension = item.IsValidImageFormatExtension && _PropertyConfiguration.IgnoreExtensions.Contains(item.ImageFileHolder.ExtensionLowered);
         string filteredSourceDirectoryFileExtensionLowered = Path.Combine(sourceDirectory, $"{item.ImageFileHolder.NameWithoutExtension}{item.ImageFileHolder.ExtensionLowered}");
         if (item.IsValidImageFormatExtension && item.ImageFileHolder.FullName.Length == filteredSourceDirectoryFileExtensionLowered.Length && item.ImageFileHolder.FullName != filteredSourceDirectoryFileExtensionLowered)
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public class A_Property
 
     private void SavePropertyParallelWork(int maxDegreeOfParallelism, Shared.Models.Methods.IMetadata<MetadataExtractor.Directory> metadata, List<Exception> exceptions, List<Tuple<string, DateTime>> sourceDirectoryChanges, Container container, List<Item> items, string message)
     {
-        List<Tuple<string, DateTime>> sourceDirectoryFileTuples = new();
+        List<Tuple<string, DateTime>> sourceDirectoryFileTuples = [];
         ParallelOptions parallelOptions = new() { MaxDegreeOfParallelism = maxDegreeOfParallelism };
         ProgressBarOptions options = new() { ProgressCharacter = '─', ProgressBarOnBottom = true, DisableBottomPercentage = true };
         using ProgressBar progressBar = new(items.Count, message, options);
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public class A_Property
                    DateTime dateTime = DateTime.Now;
                    List<Tuple<string, DateTime>> collection;
                    SavePropertyParallelForWork(metadata, container.SourceDirectory, sourceDirectoryChanges, sourceDirectoryFileTuples, items[i]);
-                   if (i == 0 || sourceDirectoryChanges.Any())
+                   if (i == 0 || sourceDirectoryChanges.Count != 0)
                        progressBar.Tick();
                    lock (sourceDirectoryFileTuples)
                        collection = (from l in sourceDirectoryFileTuples where l.Item2 > dateTime select l).ToList();
@@ -244,18 +244,18 @@ public class A_Property
         int totalSeconds;
         Container container;
         bool anyNullOrNoIsUniqueFileName;
-        List<Exception> exceptions = new();
+        List<Exception> exceptions = [];
         int containersLength = containers.Length;
         const string outputResolution = "Original";
-        List<Tuple<string, DateTime>> sourceDirectoryChanges = new();
+        List<Tuple<string, DateTime>> sourceDirectoryChanges = [];
         string propertyRoot = IResult.GetResultsGroupDirectory(_PropertyConfiguration, nameof(A_Property));
         for (int i = 0; i < containers.Length; i++)
         {
             container = containers[i];
-            if (!container.Items.Any())
+            if (container.Items.Count == 0)
                 continue;
             sourceDirectoryChanges.Clear();
-            if (!container.Items.Any())
+            if (container.Items.Count == 0)
                 continue;
             anyNullOrNoIsUniqueFileName = container.Items.Any(l => !l.IsUniqueFileName);
             SetAngleBracketCollection(container.SourceDirectory, anyNullOrNoIsUniqueFileName);
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ public class A_Property
     public Shared.Models.Property GetProperty(Shared.Models.Methods.IMetadata<MetadataExtractor.Directory> metadata, Item item, List<Tuple<string, DateTime>> sourceDirectoryFileTuples, List<string> parseExceptions)
     {
         Shared.Models.Property result;
-        bool angleBracketCollectionAny = _AngleBracketCollection.Any();
+        bool angleBracketCollectionAny = _AngleBracketCollection.Count != 0;
         if (!angleBracketCollectionAny)
         {
             if (item.ImageFileHolder.DirectoryName is null)

Property/Models/Binder/Configuration.cs

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class Configuration
                      configuration.PopulatePropertyId.Value,
                      configuration.PredictorModelName,
                      configuration.PropertiesChangedForProperty.Value,
-                     configuration.PropertyContentCollectionFiles ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.PropertyContentCollectionFiles ?? [],
                      configuration.ResultAllInOne,
                      configuration.ResultAllInOneSubdirectoryLength.Value,
                      configuration.ResultCollection,
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class Configuration
                      configuration.ResultSingleton,
                      Path.GetFullPath(configuration.RootDirectory),
                      configuration.ValidImageFormatExtensions,
-                     configuration.VerifyToSeason ?? Array.Empty<string>());
+                     configuration.VerifyToSeason ?? []);
         return result;
     }
 

Property/Models/Stateless/Property.cs

@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@ using View_by_Distance.Shared.Models.Stateless;
 
 namespace View_by_Distance.Property.Models.Stateless;
 
-internal class Property
+internal partial class Property
 {
 
+    [GeneratedRegex(@"\D+")]
+    private static partial Regex Digit();
+
     private static List<DateTime> GetDateTimes(DateTime dateTimeFromName, DateTime?[] dateTimes)
     {
-        List<DateTime> results = new() { dateTimeFromName };
+        List<DateTime> results = [dateTimeFromName];
         foreach (DateTime? dateTime in dateTimes)
         {
             if (dateTime is null)
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ internal class Property
 
     private static List<DateTime> GetDateTimes(DateTime?[] dateTimes, DateTime?[] metadataDateTimes)
     {
-        List<DateTime> results = new();
+        List<DateTime> results = [];
         foreach (DateTime? dateTime in metadataDateTimes)
         {
             if (dateTime is null || results.Contains(dateTime.Value))
@@ -47,8 +50,8 @@ internal class Property
 
     private static List<DateTime> GetDateTimes(FileHolder fileHolder, DateTime?[] dateTimes)
     {
-        List<DateTime> results = new();
+        List<DateTime> results = [];
-        string[] digits = Regex.Split(fileHolder.FullName, @"\D+");
+        string[] digits = Digit().Split(fileHolder.FullName);
         foreach (string digit in digits)
         {
             if (digit.Length != 4 || digit[..2] is not "19" and not "20" || !int.TryParse(digit, out int year))
@@ -81,23 +84,23 @@ internal class Property
         string fullFormat;
         StringBuilder value = new();
         const string ticksExample = "##################";
-        string[][] dateFormats = new string[][]
+        string[][] dateFormats =
-        {
+        [
-            new string[] { string.Empty, "yyyyMMdd_HHmmss", string.Empty },
+            [string.Empty, "yyyyMMdd_HHmmss", string.Empty],
-            new string[] { string.Empty, "yyyyMMddHHmmssfff", string.Empty },
+            [string.Empty, "yyyyMMddHHmmssfff", string.Empty],
-            new string[] { string.Empty, "yyyyMMdd_", ticksExample },
+            [string.Empty, "yyyyMMdd_", ticksExample],
-            new string[] { string.Empty, "yyyy-MM-dd_", ticksExample },
+            [string.Empty, "yyyy-MM-dd_", ticksExample],
-            new string[] { string.Empty, "yyyy-MM-dd.", ticksExample },
+            [string.Empty, "yyyy-MM-dd.", ticksExample],
-            new string[] { string.Empty, "yyyy-MM-dd.", $"{ticksExample}.{fileHolder.Length}" },
+            [string.Empty, "yyyy-MM-dd.", $"{ticksExample}.{fileHolder.Length}"],
-            new string[] { string.Empty, "yyyy-MM-dd HH.mm.ss", string.Empty },
+            [string.Empty, "yyyy-MM-dd HH.mm.ss", string.Empty],
-            new string[] { string.Empty, "yyyyMMdd_HHmmss", "_LLS" },
+            [string.Empty, "yyyyMMdd_HHmmss", "_LLS"],
-            new string[] { string.Empty, "yyyyMMdd_HHmmss", "_HDR" },
+            [string.Empty, "yyyyMMdd_HHmmss", "_HDR"],
-            new string[] { "WIN_", "yyyyMMdd_HH_mm_ss", "_Pro" },
+            ["WIN_", "yyyyMMdd_HH_mm_ss", "_Pro"],
-            new string[] { "IMG_", "yyyyMMdd_HHmmss", string.Empty },
+            ["IMG_", "yyyyMMdd_HHmmss", string.Empty],
-            new string[] { "IMG#####-", "yyyyMMdd-HHmm", string.Empty },
+            ["IMG#####-", "yyyyMMdd-HHmm", string.Empty],
-            new string[] { "CameraZOOM-", "yyyyMMddHHmmss", string.Empty },
+            ["CameraZOOM-", "yyyyMMddHHmmss", string.Empty],
-            new string[] { "VideoCapture_", "yyyyMMdd-HHmmss ", string.Empty }
+            ["VideoCapture_", "yyyyMMdd-HHmmss ", string.Empty]
-        };
+        ];
         foreach (string[] dateFormat in dateFormats)
         {
             _ = value.Clear();
@@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ internal class Property
 
     private static List<DateTime> GetDateTimes(DateTime?[] metadataDateTimes)
     {
-        List<DateTime> results = new();
+        List<DateTime> results = [];
         foreach (DateTime? dateTime in metadataDateTimes)
         {
             if (dateTime is null || results.Contains(dateTime.Value))
@@ -236,7 +239,7 @@ internal class Property
             }
             catch (Exception)
             {
-                dateTimesByLogic = new();
+                dateTimesByLogic = [];
                 message = string.Concat(new StackFrame().GetMethod()?.Name, " <", fileHolder.FullName, ">");
             }
         }
@@ -338,11 +341,11 @@ internal class Property
                     }
                 }
                 message = null;
-                dateTimes = new DateTime?[] { fileHolder.LastWriteTime, fileHolder.CreationTime, dateTime, dateTimeDigitized, dateTimeOriginal, gpsDateStamp };
+                dateTimes = [fileHolder.LastWriteTime, fileHolder.CreationTime, dateTime, dateTimeDigitized, dateTimeOriginal, gpsDateStamp];
             }
             catch (Exception)
             {
-                dateTimes = Array.Empty<DateTime?>();
+                dateTimes = [];
                 message = string.Concat(new StackFrame().GetMethod()?.Name, " <", fileHolder.FullName, ">");
             }
             if (metadata is not null && dateTimeOriginal is null)
@@ -362,7 +365,7 @@ internal class Property
                 (dateTimeOriginalByLogic, dateTimesByLogic) = (dateTimeOriginal, GetDateTimes(dateTimeFromName.Value, dateTimes));
         }
         else
-            (message, dateTimeOriginalByLogic, dateTimesByLogic) = (null, null, new());
+            (message, dateTimeOriginalByLogic, dateTimesByLogic) = (null, null, []);
         if (fileHolder.Length is null)
             fileLength = 0;
         else
@@ -389,7 +392,7 @@ internal class Property
         DateTime[] dateTimes;
         Shared.Models.Property? property = null;
         if (isIgnoreExtension || !isValidImageFormatExtension)
-            (message, dateTimes, property) = (null, Array.Empty<DateTime>(), null);
+            (message, dateTimes, property) = (null, [], null);
         else
             (message, dateTimes, property) = GetProperty(populateId, metadata, fileHolder, property, isIgnoreExtension, isValidImageFormatExtension, id, asciiEncoding);
         return new(property?.DateTimeOriginal, dateTimes, property?.Id, message);

Property/Models/Stateless/Result.cs

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ internal class Result
 
     internal static List<string> GetDirectoryInfoCollection(Shared.Models.Properties.IPropertyConfiguration propertyConfiguration, string sourceDirectory, string dateGroupDirectory, string contentDescription, string singletonDescription, string collectionDescription, bool converted)
     {
-        List<string> results = new();
+        List<string> results = [];
         string sourceDirectorySegment = GetRelativePath(propertyConfiguration, sourceDirectory);
         string result = string.Concat(Path.Combine(dateGroupDirectory, "<>"), sourceDirectorySegment);
         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(contentDescription))

Rename/Models/Binder/Configuration.cs

@@ -7,13 +7,10 @@ namespace View_by_Distance.Rename.Models.Binder;
 public class Configuration
 {
 
-#nullable disable
+    public bool? ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime { get; set; }
-
+    public string[]? IgnoreExtensions { get; set; }
-    public string[] IgnoreExtensions { get; set; }
+    public string? PersonBirthdayFormat { get; set; }
-    public Property.Models.Configuration PropertyConfiguration { get; set; }
+    public bool? PropertiesChangedForMetadata { get; set; }
-    public string PersonBirthdayFormat { get; set; }
-
-#nullable restore
 
     public override string ToString()
     {
@@ -21,16 +18,19 @@ public class Configuration
         return result;
     }
 
-    private static Models.Configuration Get(Configuration? configuration)
+    private static Models.Configuration Get(Configuration? configuration, Property.Models.Configuration propertyConfiguration)
     {
         Models.Configuration result;
         if (configuration is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration));
+        if (configuration.ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration.ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime));
         if (configuration.IgnoreExtensions is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration.IgnoreExtensions));
         if (configuration.PersonBirthdayFormat is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration.PersonBirthdayFormat));
-        result = new(
+        if (configuration.PropertiesChangedForMetadata is null) throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(configuration.PropertiesChangedForMetadata));
+        result = new(propertyConfiguration,
+                     configuration.ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime.Value,
                      configuration.IgnoreExtensions,
                      configuration.PersonBirthdayFormat,
-            configuration.PropertyConfiguration);
+                     configuration.PropertiesChangedForMetadata.Value);
         return result;
     }
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class Configuration
             IConfigurationSection configurationSection = configurationRoot.GetSection(section);
             configuration = configurationSection.Get<Configuration>();
         }
-        result = Get(configuration);
+        result = Get(configuration, propertyConfiguration);
         return result;
     }
 

Rename/Models/Configuration.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 
 namespace View_by_Distance.Rename.Models;
 
-public record Configuration(string[] IgnoreExtensions,
+public record Configuration(Property.Models.Configuration PropertyConfiguration,
+                            bool ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime,
+                            string[] IgnoreExtensions,
                             string PersonBirthdayFormat,
-                            Property.Models.Configuration PropertyConfiguration);
+                            bool PropertiesChangedForMetadata);

Rename/Program.cs

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class Program
         if (args is not null)
             Secondary(logger, args.ToList());
         else
-            Secondary(logger, new List<string>());
+            Secondary(logger, []);
     }
 
 }

Rename/Rename.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Phares.Shared;
 using ShellProgressBar;
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.Text;
 using View_by_Distance.Metadata.Models;
 using View_by_Distance.Rename.Models;
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ namespace View_by_Distance.Rename;
 public class Rename
 {
 
+    private record Result(string File,
+                       ReadOnlyDictionary<string, MetadataExtractorDirectory> KeyValuePairs);
+
     private record Record(int Index,
                           bool IsIgnoreExtension,
                           bool IsValidImageFormatExtension,
@@ -45,11 +49,17 @@ public class Rename
         Configuration configuration = Models.Binder.Configuration.Get(isEnvironment, configurationRoot, propertyConfiguration);
         _PropertyConfiguration = propertyConfiguration;
         _Configuration = configuration;
-        logger?.LogInformation(propertyConfiguration.RootDirectory);
+        logger?.LogInformation("{RootDirectory}", propertyConfiguration.RootDirectory);
         Property.Models.Configuration.Verify(propertyConfiguration, requireExist: false);
         Verify();
+        List<string> linesB = IteratedRenameFilesInDirectories(logger);
+        if (linesB.Count != 0)
+        {
+            File.WriteAllLines($"D:/Tmp/Phares/{DateTime.Now.Ticks}.tsv", linesB);
+            _ = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.DeleteEmptyDirectories(propertyConfiguration.RootDirectory);
+        }
         List<string> lines = RenameFilesInDirectories(logger);
-        if (lines.Any())
+        if (lines.Count != 0)
         {
             File.WriteAllLines($"D:/Tmp/Phares/{DateTime.Now.Ticks}.tsv", lines);
             _ = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.DeleteEmptyDirectories(propertyConfiguration.RootDirectory);
@@ -72,27 +82,46 @@ public class Rename
             throw new NullReferenceException(nameof(_PropertyConfiguration));
     }
 
+    private static Action<string> GetResultCollection(A_Metadata metadata, List<Result> results, Action tick)
+    {
+        tick.Invoke();
+        return file => results.Add(new(file, metadata.GetMetadataCollection(file)));
+    }
+
+    private List<string> IteratedRenameFilesInDirectories(ILogger? logger)
+    {
+        List<string> old = [];
+        List<Result> results = [];
+        string rootDirectoryFullPath = Path.GetFullPath(_PropertyConfiguration.RootDirectory);
+        ParallelOptions parallelOptions = new() { MaxDegreeOfParallelism = _AppSettings.MaxDegreeOfParallelism };
+        IEnumerable<string> files = Directory.EnumerateFiles(rootDirectoryFullPath, "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
+        A_Metadata metadata = new(_PropertyConfiguration, _Configuration.ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime, _Configuration.PropertiesChangedForMetadata);
+        ProgressBar progressBar = new(short.MaxValue, "EnumerateFiles load", new ProgressBarOptions() { ProgressCharacter = '─', ProgressBarOnBottom = true, DisableBottomPercentage = true });
+        files.AsParallel().ForAll(GetResultCollection(metadata, results, () => progressBar.Tick()));
+        return old;
+    }
+
     private List<string> RenameFilesInDirectories(ILogger? logger)
     {
-        List<string> results = new();
+        List<string> results = [];
         string message;
         bool nefPresentCheck;
         bool nefPresent = false;
         ProgressBar progressBar;
-        List<Record> records = new();
+        List<Record> records = [];
         const string fileSearchFilter = "*";
         const bool useCeilingAverage = false;
         const string directorySearchFilter = "*";
-        List<string> distinctDirectories = new();
+        List<string> distinctDirectories = [];
         B_Metadata metadata = new(_PropertyConfiguration);
-        List<(FileHolder, string, string)> toDoCollection = new();
+        List<(FileHolder, string, string)> toDoCollection = [];
-        List<(FileHolder, string)> verifiedToDoCollection = new();
+        List<(FileHolder, string)> verifiedToDoCollection = [];
         ProgressBarOptions options = new() { ProgressCharacter = '─', ProgressBarOnBottom = true, DisableBottomPercentage = true };
         List<string[]> filesCollection = IDirectory.GetFilesCollection(_PropertyConfiguration.RootDirectory, directorySearchFilter, fileSearchFilter, useCeilingAverage);
         int count = filesCollection.Select(l => l.Length).Sum();
         foreach (string[] files in filesCollection)
         {
-            if (!files.Any())
+            if (files.Length == 0)
                 continue;
             // foreach (string files[i] in files)
             // {
@@ -124,7 +153,7 @@ public class Rename
             }
             progressBar.Dispose();
         }
-        if (records.Any())
+        if (records.Count != 0)
         {
             int intMinValueLength = int.MinValue.ToString().Length;
             foreach (Record record in records)
@@ -158,7 +187,7 @@ public class Rename
             File.WriteAllText($"{to}.paddedId", $"{to}{Environment.NewLine}{fileHolder.FullName}");
         }
         ConsoleKey? consoleKey = null;
-        logger?.LogInformation($"Ready to Move {verifiedToDoCollection.Count} files[i](s)?");
+        logger?.LogInformation("Ready to Move {verifiedToDoCollection.Count} files[i](s)?", verifiedToDoCollection.Count);
         for (int y = 0; y < int.MaxValue; y++)
         {
             logger?.LogInformation("Press \"Y\" key to move files[i](s), \"N\" key to log files[i](s) or close console to not move files");
@@ -182,12 +211,12 @@ public class Rename
 
     private static List<(FileHolder, string, string)> GetRenameUndoToDoCollection(ProgressBar progressBar, string[] files)
     {
-        List<(FileHolder, string, string)> results = new();
+        List<(FileHolder, string, string)> results = [];
         string[] lines;
         string fileName;
         string? directory;
         FileHolder fileHolder;
-        List<string> distinct = new();
+        List<string> distinct = [];
         foreach (string file in files)
         {
             progressBar.Tick();
@@ -211,7 +240,7 @@ public class Rename
 
     private List<Record> GetRecords(B_Metadata metadata, int offset, ProgressBar progressBar, string[] files)
     {
-        List<Record> results = new();
+        List<Record> results = [];
         int? id;
         string? message;
         string? directory;
@@ -259,7 +288,7 @@ public class Rename
                     .ExecuteAsync();
                 result.Task.Wait();
                 ffmpegFiles = Directory.GetFiles(fileHolder.DirectoryName, $"{fileHolder.Name}-*.jpg", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
-                if (!ffmpegFiles.Any())
+                if (ffmpegFiles.Length == 0)
                     continue;
                 fileHolder = new(ffmpegFiles.First());
                 if (!fileHolder.Name.EndsWith("-0001.jpg"))
@@ -280,14 +309,14 @@ public class Rename
             }
             if (message is not null)
                 throw new Exception(message);
-            results.Add(new(i + offset, isIgnoreExtension, isValidImageFormatExtension, new() { fileHolder }, ffmpegFiles is null, dateTimeOriginal, dateTimes, id));
+            results.Add(new(i + offset, isIgnoreExtension, isValidImageFormatExtension, [fileHolder], ffmpegFiles is null, dateTimeOriginal, dateTimes, id));
         }
         return results;
     }
 
     private List<(FileHolder, string, string)> GetToDoCollection(ProgressBar progressBar, bool nefPresent, List<Record> records, int intMinValueLength)
     {
-        List<(FileHolder, string, string)> results = new();
+        List<(FileHolder, string, string)> results = [];
         int season;
         string paddedId;
         string checkFile;
@@ -303,7 +332,7 @@ public class Rename
         string checkFileExtension;
         DateTime? dateTimeFromName;
         const string jpeg = ".jpeg";
-        List<string> distinct = new();
+        List<string> distinct = [];
         string[] directoryNameSegments;
         DateTime? dateTimeOriginalByLogic;
         foreach (Record record in records)
@@ -316,7 +345,7 @@ public class Rename
                 continue;
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fileHolder.DirectoryName))
                 continue;
-            dateTimeFromName = !record.DateTimes.Any() ? null : record.DateTimes.First();
+            dateTimeFromName = record.DateTimes.Length == 0 ? null : record.DateTimes.First();
             if (fileHolder.ExtensionLowered == jpeg)
             {
                 if (!record.IsIgnoreExtension && record.IsValidImageFormatExtension)
@@ -431,7 +460,7 @@ public class Rename
 
     private static List<string> Move(ProgressBar progressBar, List<(FileHolder, string)> verifiedToDoCollection)
     {
-        List<string> results = new();
+        List<string> results = [];
         foreach ((FileHolder fileHolder, string to) in verifiedToDoCollection)
         {
             progressBar.Tick();

Resize/Models/_C_Resize.cs

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class C_Resize
 
     public C_Resize(IPropertyConfiguration propertyConfiguration, bool forceResizeLastWriteTimeToCreationTime, bool overrideForResizeImages, bool propertiesChangedForResize, string[] validResolutions, ImageCodecInfo imageCodecInfo, EncoderParameters encoderParameters, string filenameExtension)
     {
-        _FileGroups = new();
+        _FileGroups = [];
         _Original = "Original";
         _TempResolutionWidth = 3;
         _TempResolutionHeight = 4;
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ public class C_Resize
         _OutputResolutionOrientationIndex = 2;
         _EncoderParameters = encoderParameters;
         _FileNameExtension = filenameExtension;
-        AngleBracketCollection = new List<string>();
+        AngleBracketCollection = [];
         _PropertyConfiguration = propertyConfiguration;
         _OverrideForResizeImages = overrideForResizeImages;
         _PropertiesChangedForResize = propertiesChangedForResize;
         _ForceResizeLastWriteTimeToCreationTime = forceResizeLastWriteTimeToCreationTime;
         _WriteIndentedJsonSerializerOptions = new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true };
-        ConstructorInfo? constructorInfo = typeof(PropertyItem).GetConstructor(BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public, null, Array.Empty<Type>(), null) ?? throw new Exception();
+        ConstructorInfo? constructorInfo = typeof(PropertyItem).GetConstructor(BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public, null, [], null) ?? throw new Exception();
         _ConstructorInfo = constructorInfo;
     }
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class C_Resize
     public void Update(string cResultsFullGroupDirectory)
     {
         _FileGroups.Clear();
-        Dictionary<string, string[]> keyValuePairs = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(_PropertyConfiguration, cResultsFullGroupDirectory, new string[] { _PropertyConfiguration.ResultSingleton });
+        Dictionary<string, string[]> keyValuePairs = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(_PropertyConfiguration, cResultsFullGroupDirectory, [_PropertyConfiguration.ResultSingleton]);
         foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string[]> keyValuePair in keyValuePairs)
             _FileGroups.Add(keyValuePair.Key, keyValuePair.Value);
     }
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ public class C_Resize
         int outputResolutionHeight = resize[_OutputResolutionHeightIndex];
         int outputResolutionOrientation = resize[_OutputResolutionOrientationIndex];
         int[] originalCollection = outputResolutionToResize[_Original];
-        string[] changesFrom = new string[] { nameof(A_Property), nameof(B_Metadata), nameof(C_Resize) };
+        string[] changesFrom = [nameof(A_Property), nameof(B_Metadata), nameof(C_Resize)];
         List<DateTime> dateTimes = (from l in subFileTuples where changesFrom.Contains(l.Item1) select l.Item2).ToList();
         if (_OverrideForResizeImages)
             check = true;
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ public class C_Resize
             check = true;
         if (outputResolutionWidth == originalCollection[_OutputResolutionWidthIndex] && outputResolutionHeight == originalCollection[_OutputResolutionHeightIndex] && outputResolutionOrientation == originalCollection[_OutputResolutionOrientationIndex])
         {
-            if (!check && dateTimes.Any() && dateTimes.Max() > fileInfo.CreationTime.AddDays(1))
+            if (!check && dateTimes.Count != 0 && dateTimes.Max() > fileInfo.CreationTime.AddDays(1))
                 check = true;
             if (check)
             {
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ public class C_Resize
         }
         else
         {
-            if (!check && dateTimes.Any() && dateTimes.Max() > fileInfo.LastWriteTime)
+            if (!check && dateTimes.Count != 0 && dateTimes.Max() > fileInfo.LastWriteTime)
                 check = true;
             if (check)
             {
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ public class C_Resize
 
     private static int[] GetCollection(string outputResolution)
     {
-        List<int> results = new();
+        List<int> results = [];
         string[] segments = outputResolution.Split('x');
         results.Add(int.Parse(segments[0]));
         results.Add(int.Parse(segments[1]));
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ public class C_Resize
 
     private Dictionary<string, int[]> GetImageResizes(Shared.Models.Property property)
     {
-        Dictionary<string, int[]> results = new();
+        Dictionary<string, int[]> results = [];
         int[] desired;
         int checkWidth;
         int checkHeight;
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ public class C_Resize
         checkWidth = property.Width.Value;
         checkHeight = property.Height.Value;
         if (!_ValidResolutions.Contains(_Original))
-            results.Add(_Original, new int[] { checkWidth, checkHeight, orientation });
+            results.Add(_Original, [checkWidth, checkHeight, orientation]);
         foreach (string validResolution in _ValidResolutions)
         {
             if (validResolution == _Original)
@@ -393,22 +393,22 @@ public class C_Resize
                 desiredHeight = desired[1];
             }
             if (checkWidth <= desiredWidth && checkHeight <= desiredHeight)
-                results.Add(validResolution, new int[] { checkWidth, checkHeight, orientation });
+                results.Add(validResolution, [checkWidth, checkHeight, orientation]);
             else
             {
                 if (desiredWidth != desiredHeight)
                 {
                     if (checkWidth * desiredHeight > desiredWidth * checkHeight)
-                        results.Add(validResolution, new int[] { desiredWidth, Convert.ToInt32(desiredWidth * checkHeight / (double)checkWidth), orientation });
+                        results.Add(validResolution, [desiredWidth, Convert.ToInt32(desiredWidth * checkHeight / (double)checkWidth), orientation]);
                     else
-                        results.Add(validResolution, new int[] { Convert.ToInt32(desiredHeight * checkWidth / (double)checkHeight), desiredHeight, orientation });
+                        results.Add(validResolution, [Convert.ToInt32(desiredHeight * checkWidth / (double)checkHeight), desiredHeight, orientation]);
                 }
                 else
                 {
                     if (checkWidth * desiredHeight <= desiredWidth * checkHeight)
-                        results.Add(validResolution, new int[] { desiredWidth, desiredHeight, orientation, desiredWidth, Convert.ToInt32(desiredWidth * checkHeight / (double)checkWidth) });
+                        results.Add(validResolution, [desiredWidth, desiredHeight, orientation, desiredWidth, Convert.ToInt32(desiredWidth * checkHeight / (double)checkWidth)]);
                     else
-                        results.Add(validResolution, new int[] { desiredWidth, desiredHeight, orientation, Convert.ToInt32(desiredHeight * checkWidth / (double)checkHeight), desiredHeight });
+                        results.Add(validResolution, [desiredWidth, desiredHeight, orientation, Convert.ToInt32(desiredHeight * checkWidth / (double)checkHeight), desiredHeight]);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ public class C_Resize
     {
         Dictionary<string, int[]>? results;
         string json;
-        string[] changesFrom = new string[] { nameof(A_Property), nameof(B_Metadata) };
+        string[] changesFrom = [nameof(A_Property), nameof(B_Metadata)];
         List<DateTime> dateTimes = (from l in subFileTuples where changesFrom.Contains(l.Item1) select l.Item2).ToList();
         (_, int directoryIndex) = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetDirectoryNameAndIndex(_PropertyConfiguration.ResultAllInOneSubdirectoryLength, mappingFromItem.ImageFileHolder.Name);
         FileInfo fileInfo = new(Path.Combine(_FileGroups[_PropertyConfiguration.ResultSingleton][directoryIndex], $"{mappingFromItem.ImageFileHolder.NameWithoutExtension}{mappingFromItem.ImageFileHolder.ExtensionLowered}.json"));
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ public class C_Resize
             results = null;
         else if (!fileInfo.FullName.EndsWith(".json") && !fileInfo.FullName.EndsWith(".old"))
             throw new ArgumentException("must be a *.json file");
-        else if (dateTimes.Any() && dateTimes.Max() > fileInfo.LastWriteTime)
+        else if (dateTimes.Count != 0 && dateTimes.Max() > fileInfo.LastWriteTime)
             results = null;
         else
         {
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ public class C_Resize
         {
             results = GetImageResizes(property);
             json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(results, _WriteIndentedJsonSerializerOptions);
-            bool updateDateWhenMatches = dateTimes.Any() && fileInfo.Exists && dateTimes.Max() > fileInfo.LastWriteTime;
+            bool updateDateWhenMatches = dateTimes.Count != 0 && fileInfo.Exists && dateTimes.Max() > fileInfo.LastWriteTime;
             DateTime? dateTime = !updateDateWhenMatches ? null : dateTimes.Max();
             if (Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.WriteAllText(fileInfo.FullName, json, updateDateWhenMatches, compareBeforeWrite: true, updateToWhenMatches: dateTime))
             {

Set-Created-Date/Program.cs

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class Program
         if (args is not null)
             Secondary(logger, args.ToList());
         else
-            Secondary(logger, new List<string>());
+            Secondary(logger, []);
     }
 
 }

Set-Created-Date/SetCreatedDate.cs

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class SetCreatedDate
         _WorkingDirectory = workingDirectory;
         _ConfigurationRoot = configurationRoot;
         Property.Models.Configuration propertyConfiguration = Property.Models.Binder.Configuration.Get(isEnvironment, configurationRoot);
-        string[] directories = new string[] { propertyConfiguration.ResultContent };
+        string[] directories = [propertyConfiguration.ResultContent];
         _FileGroups = Shared.Models.Stateless.Methods.IPath.GetKeyValuePairs(propertyConfiguration, appSettings.CopyTo, directories);
         Configuration configuration = Models.Binder.Configuration.Get(isEnvironment, configurationRoot, propertyConfiguration);
         _PropertyConfiguration = propertyConfiguration;
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class SetCreatedDate
 
     private List<Record> GetRecords(ProgressBar progressBar, ASCIIEncoding asciiEncoding, B_Metadata metadata, string[] files)
     {
-        List<Record> results = new();
+        List<Record> results = [];
         int? id;
         string? message;
         DateTime[] dateTimes;
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ public class SetCreatedDate
 
     private List<Record> GetToDoCollection(ProgressBar progressBar, List<string[]> filesCollection)
     {
-        List<Record> results = new();
+        List<Record> results = [];
         int minutes;
         Record[] records;
         List<Record> unordered;
         ASCIIEncoding asciiEncoding = new();
         B_Metadata metadata = new(_PropertyConfiguration);
-        List<Record[]> collections = new();
+        List<Record[]> collections = [];
         foreach (string[] files in filesCollection)
         {
             minutes = 0;
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public class SetCreatedDate
 
     private static List<string> SetCreatedDateForeach(ProgressBar progressBar, List<Record> toDoCollection)
     {
-        List<string> results = new();
+        List<string> results = [];
         foreach (Record record in toDoCollection)
         {
             progressBar.Tick();
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class SetCreatedDate
 
     private List<string> SetCreatedDateFilesInDirectories(ILogger<Program>? logger)
     {
-        List<string> results = new();
+        List<string> results = [];
         ProgressBar progressBar;
         ConsoleKey? consoleKey = null;
         const bool useCeilingAverage = true;

Shared/.vscode/mklink.md

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+type: "note"
+created: "2023-10-20T03:56:21.490Z"
+updated: "2023-10-20T03:57:15.006Z"
+---
+
+# mklink
+
+```bash
+mklink /J "L:\Git\View-by-Distance-MKLink-Console\Shared\.kanbn" "D:\Documents\Kanban\View-by-Distance"
+```
+
+```bash
+mklink /J "L:\Git\View-by-Distance-MKLink-Console\Shared\.kanbn" "D:\5-Other-Small\Kanban\View-by-Distance"
+```

Shared/Models/Stateless/Methods/XDirectory.cs

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ internal abstract partial class XDirectory
             catch (UnauthorizedAccessException)
             { continue; }
         }
-        int ceilingAverage = directory[^1] == '_' || !results.Any() ? 0 : GetCeilingAverage(results);
+        int ceilingAverage = directory[^1] == '_' || results.Count == 0 ? 0 : GetCeilingAverage(results);
         if (useCeilingAverage)
             results = GetFilesCollection(results, ceilingAverage);
         return results;

Tests/Models/Binder/Configuration.cs

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public class Configuration
         result = new(propertyConfiguration,
                      configuration.CheckDFaceAndUpWriteDates.Value,
                      configuration.CheckJsonForDistanceResults.Value,
-                     configuration.CopyFacesAndSaveFaceLandmarkForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.CopyFacesAndSaveFaceLandmarkForOutputResolutions ?? [],
                      configuration.CrossDirectoryMaxItemsInDistanceCollection.Value,
                      configuration.DeletePossibleDuplicates.Value,
                      configuration.DistanceFactor.Value,
@@ -208,10 +208,10 @@ public class Configuration
                      configuration.ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime.Value,
                      configuration.ForceResizeLastWriteTimeToCreationTime.Value,
                      configuration.GenealogicalDataCommunicationFile,
-                     configuration.IgnoreExtensions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.IgnoreExtensions ?? [],
-                     configuration.JLinks ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.JLinks ?? [],
-                     configuration.LoadOrCreateThenSaveDistanceResultsForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.LoadOrCreateThenSaveDistanceResultsForOutputResolutions ?? [],
-                     configuration.LoadOrCreateThenSaveImageFacesResultsForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.LoadOrCreateThenSaveImageFacesResultsForOutputResolutions ?? [],
                      configuration.LoadPhotoPrismLocations.Value,
                      configuration.LocationContainerDistanceTolerance,
                      configuration.LocationDigits.Value,
@@ -220,12 +220,12 @@ public class Configuration
                      configuration.MappingDefaultName,
                      configuration.MappingUseDeterministicHashCodeUnknownFaceKeyValuePairsForAddToMapping.Value,
                      configuration.MappingUseDeterministicHashCodeUnknownFaceKeyValuePairsForSaveMapping.Value,
-                     configuration.MixedYearRelativePaths ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.MixedYearRelativePaths ?? [],
                      configuration.ModelDirectory,
                      configuration.ModelName,
                      configuration.OutputExtension,
                      configuration.OutputQuality.Value,
-                     configuration.OutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.OutputResolutions ?? [],
                      configuration.OverrideForFaceImages.Value,
                      configuration.OverrideForFaceLandmarkImages.Value,
                      configuration.OverrideForResizeImages.Value,
@@ -241,25 +241,25 @@ public class Configuration
                      configuration.PropertiesChangedForMetadata.Value,
                      configuration.PropertiesChangedForResize.Value,
                      configuration.RadomUseBirthdayMinimum.Value,
-                     configuration.RangeDaysDeltaTolerance ?? Array.Empty<int>(),
+                     configuration.RangeDaysDeltaTolerance ?? [],
-                     configuration.RangeDistanceTolerance ?? Array.Empty<float>(),
+                     configuration.RangeDistanceTolerance ?? [],
-                     configuration.RangeFaceAreaTolerance ?? Array.Empty<float>(),
+                     configuration.RangeFaceAreaTolerance ?? [],
-                     configuration.RangeFaceConfidence ?? Array.Empty<float>(),
+                     configuration.RangeFaceConfidence ?? [],
-                     configuration.RectangleIntersectMinimums ?? Array.Empty<float>(),
+                     configuration.RectangleIntersectMinimums ?? [],
                      configuration.Reverse.Value,
-                     configuration.SaveBlurHashForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveBlurHashForOutputResolutions ?? [],
-                     configuration.SaveFaceDistancesForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveFaceDistancesForOutputResolutions ?? [],
-                     configuration.SaveFaceLandmarkForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveFaceLandmarkForOutputResolutions ?? [],
-                     configuration.SaveFilteredOriginalImagesFromJLinksForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveFilteredOriginalImagesFromJLinksForOutputResolutions ?? [],
                      configuration.SaveIndividually.Value,
                      configuration.SaveFullYearOfRandomFiles.Value,
-                     configuration.SaveMappedForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveMappedForOutputResolutions ?? [],
-                     configuration.SavePropertyShortcutsForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SavePropertyShortcutsForOutputResolutions ?? [],
-                     configuration.SaveRandomForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveRandomForOutputResolutions ?? [],
                      configuration.SaveResizedSubfiles.Value,
-                     configuration.SaveShortcutsForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveShortcutsForOutputResolutions ?? [],
                      configuration.SaveSortingWithoutPerson.Value,
-                     configuration.SkipNotSkipDirectories ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SkipNotSkipDirectories ?? [],
                      configuration.SkipOlderThanDays,
                      configuration.SkipPersonWithMoreThen,
                      configuration.SkipSearch.Value,
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ public class Configuration
                      configuration.SortingMinimumToUseSigma.Value,
                      configuration.TestDistanceResults.Value,
                      configuration.UseFilterTries.Value,
-                     configuration.ValidKeyWordsToIgnoreInRandom ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.ValidKeyWordsToIgnoreInRandom ?? [],
-                     configuration.ValidResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>());
+                     configuration.ValidResolutions ?? []);
         return result;
     }
 

Tests/UnitTestHardCoded.cs

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public partial class UnitTestHardCoded
         {
             char numberSign = '#';
             string? minusOne = null;
-            char[] personCharacters = new char[] { '^' };
+            char[] personCharacters = ['^'];
             string personDisplayDirectoryName = Path.GetFileName(personDisplayDirectory);
             string personBirthdayFormat = _Configuration.PropertyConfiguration.PersonBirthdayFormat;
             string[] personKeyDirectories = Directory.GetDirectories(personDisplayDirectory, "*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public partial class UnitTestHardCoded
         string sourceDirectory = @"";
         string sourceFile = @"\People - C.tsv";
         if (!File.Exists(sourceFile))
-            lines = Array.Empty<string>();
+            lines = [];
         else
             lines = File.ReadAllLines(sourceFile);
         for (int i = 0; i < lines.Length; i++)

Tests/UnitTestResize.cs

@@ -132,13 +132,13 @@ public class UnitTestResize
         Item item;
         bool reverse = false;
         FileHolder resizedFileHolder;
-        List<string> parseExceptions = new();
+        List<string> parseExceptions = [];
         Shared.Models.Property? property = null;
         const bool isValidImageFormatExtension = true;
-        List<Tuple<string, DateTime>> subFileTuples = new();
+        List<Tuple<string, DateTime>> subFileTuples = [];
-        string[] alternateFileLines = Array.Empty<string>();
+        string[] alternateFileLines = [];
         int length = _PropertyConfiguration.RootDirectory.Length;
-        string[] changesFrom = new string[] { nameof(A_Property) };
+        string[] changesFrom = [nameof(A_Property)];
         string outputResolution = _Configuration.OutputResolutions[0];
         bool outputResolutionHasNumber = outputResolution.Any(l => char.IsNumber(l));
         (string cResultsFullGroupDirectory, _, _) = GetResultsFullGroupDirectories(outputResolution);

TestsWithFaceRecognitionDotNet/Models/Binder/Configuration.cs

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public class Configuration
         result = new(propertyConfiguration,
                      configuration.CheckDFaceAndUpWriteDates.Value,
                      configuration.CheckJsonForDistanceResults.Value,
-                     configuration.CopyFacesAndSaveFaceLandmarkForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.CopyFacesAndSaveFaceLandmarkForOutputResolutions ?? [],
                      configuration.CrossDirectoryMaxItemsInDistanceCollection.Value,
                      configuration.DeletePossibleDuplicates.Value,
                      configuration.DistanceFactor.Value,
@@ -208,10 +208,10 @@ public class Configuration
                      configuration.ForceMetadataLastWriteTimeToCreationTime.Value,
                      configuration.ForceResizeLastWriteTimeToCreationTime.Value,
                      configuration.GenealogicalDataCommunicationFile,
-                     configuration.IgnoreExtensions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.IgnoreExtensions ?? [],
-                     configuration.JLinks ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.JLinks ?? [],
-                     configuration.LoadOrCreateThenSaveDistanceResultsForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.LoadOrCreateThenSaveDistanceResultsForOutputResolutions ?? [],
-                     configuration.LoadOrCreateThenSaveImageFacesResultsForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.LoadOrCreateThenSaveImageFacesResultsForOutputResolutions ?? [],
                      configuration.LoadPhotoPrismLocations.Value,
                      configuration.LocationContainerDistanceTolerance,
                      configuration.LocationDigits.Value,
@@ -220,12 +220,12 @@ public class Configuration
                      configuration.MappingDefaultName,
                      configuration.MappingUseDeterministicHashCodeUnknownFaceKeyValuePairsForAddToMapping.Value,
                      configuration.MappingUseDeterministicHashCodeUnknownFaceKeyValuePairsForSaveMapping.Value,
-                     configuration.MixedYearRelativePaths ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.MixedYearRelativePaths ?? [],
                      configuration.ModelDirectory,
                      configuration.ModelName,
                      configuration.OutputExtension,
                      configuration.OutputQuality.Value,
-                     configuration.OutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.OutputResolutions ?? [],
                      configuration.OverrideForFaceImages.Value,
                      configuration.OverrideForFaceLandmarkImages.Value,
                      configuration.OverrideForResizeImages.Value,
@@ -241,25 +241,25 @@ public class Configuration
                      configuration.PropertiesChangedForMetadata.Value,
                      configuration.PropertiesChangedForResize.Value,
                      configuration.RadomUseBirthdayMinimum.Value,
-                     configuration.RangeDaysDeltaTolerance ?? Array.Empty<int>(),
+                     configuration.RangeDaysDeltaTolerance ?? [],
-                     configuration.RangeDistanceTolerance ?? Array.Empty<float>(),
+                     configuration.RangeDistanceTolerance ?? [],
-                     configuration.RangeFaceAreaTolerance ?? Array.Empty<float>(),
+                     configuration.RangeFaceAreaTolerance ?? [],
-                     configuration.RangeFaceConfidence ?? Array.Empty<float>(),
+                     configuration.RangeFaceConfidence ?? [],
-                     configuration.RectangleIntersectMinimums ?? Array.Empty<float>(),
+                     configuration.RectangleIntersectMinimums ?? [],
                      configuration.Reverse.Value,
-                     configuration.SaveBlurHashForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveBlurHashForOutputResolutions ?? [],
-                     configuration.SaveFaceDistancesForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveFaceDistancesForOutputResolutions ?? [],
-                     configuration.SaveFaceLandmarkForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveFaceLandmarkForOutputResolutions ?? [],
-                     configuration.SaveFilteredOriginalImagesFromJLinksForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveFilteredOriginalImagesFromJLinksForOutputResolutions ?? [],
                      configuration.SaveIndividually.Value,
                      configuration.SaveFullYearOfRandomFiles.Value,
-                     configuration.SaveMappedForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveMappedForOutputResolutions ?? [],
-                     configuration.SavePropertyShortcutsForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SavePropertyShortcutsForOutputResolutions ?? [],
-                     configuration.SaveRandomForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveRandomForOutputResolutions ?? [],
                      configuration.SaveResizedSubfiles.Value,
-                     configuration.SaveShortcutsForOutputResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SaveShortcutsForOutputResolutions ?? [],
                      configuration.SaveSortingWithoutPerson.Value,
-                     configuration.SkipNotSkipDirectories ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.SkipNotSkipDirectories ?? [],
                      configuration.SkipOlderThanDays,
                      configuration.SkipPersonWithMoreThen,
                      configuration.SkipSearch.Value,
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ public class Configuration
                      configuration.SortingMinimumToUseSigma.Value,
                      configuration.TestDistanceResults.Value,
                      configuration.UseFilterTries.Value,
-                     configuration.ValidKeyWordsToIgnoreInRandom ?? Array.Empty<string>(),
+                     configuration.ValidKeyWordsToIgnoreInRandom ?? [],
-                     configuration.ValidResolutions ?? Array.Empty<string>());
+                     configuration.ValidResolutions ?? []);
         return result;
     }
 

TestsWithFaceRecognitionDotNet/UnitTestFace.cs

@@ -205,13 +205,13 @@ public class UnitTestFace
         Item item;
         bool reverse = false;
         FileHolder resizedFileHolder;
-        List<string> parseExceptions = new();
+        List<string> parseExceptions = [];
         Shared.Models.Property? property = null;
         const bool isValidImageFormatExtension = true;
-        List<Tuple<string, DateTime>> subFileTuples = new();
+        List<Tuple<string, DateTime>> subFileTuples = [];
-        string[] alternateFileLines = Array.Empty<string>();
+        string[] alternateFileLines = [];
         int length = _PropertyConfiguration.RootDirectory.Length;
-        string[] changesFrom = new string[] { nameof(A_Property) };
+        string[] changesFrom = [nameof(A_Property)];
         string outputResolution = _Configuration.OutputResolutions[0];
         bool outputResolutionHasNumber = outputResolution.Any(l => char.IsNumber(l));
         (string cResultsFullGroupDirectory, _, _) = GetResultsFullGroupDirectories(outputResolution);
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ public class UnitTestFace
         (Model model, PredictorModel predictorModel, ModelParameter modelParameter) = GetModel(_Configuration);
         FaceRecognition faceRecognition = new(_PropertyConfiguration.NumberOfJitters.Value, _PropertyConfiguration.NumberOfTimesToUpsample.Value, model, modelParameter, predictorModel);
         List<(Location Location, FaceRecognitionDotNet.FaceEncoding? FaceEncoding, Dictionary<FacePart, FacePoint[]>? FaceParts)> collection;
-        collection = faceRecognition.GetCollection(image, locations: new(), includeFaceEncoding: true, includeFaceParts: true);
+        collection = faceRecognition.GetCollection(image, locations: [], includeFaceEncoding: true, includeFaceParts: true);
         Assert.IsTrue(collection.Count == 2);
         List<FaceDistance> faceDistanceEncodings = (from l in collection where l.FaceEncoding is not null select new FaceDistance(l.FaceEncoding)).ToList();
         List<FaceDistance> faceDistanceLengths = FaceRecognition.FaceDistances(new(faceDistanceEncodings), faceDistanceEncodings[0]);