From 54f7ec97d183fce9023770ba6d796aedb6f3c3fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darth Affe <darthaffe@wyrez.org>
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2018 10:23:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added a helper method to convert colors to their
 HEX-representation

---
 RGB.NET.Core/Helper/ConversionHelper.cs       | 34 +++++++++++++++++++
 RGB.NET.Core/Leds/Color.cs                    | 12 +++++++
 RGB.NET.Core/RGB.NET.Core.csproj              |  1 +
 .../DebugDeviceProviderLoader.cs              |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 RGB.NET.Core/Helper/ConversionHelper.cs

diff --git a/RGB.NET.Core/Helper/ConversionHelper.cs b/RGB.NET.Core/Helper/ConversionHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dca7dab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RGB.NET.Core/Helper/ConversionHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+namespace RGB.NET.Core
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Contains helper methods for converting things.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class ConversionHelper
+    {
+        #region Methods
+
+        // Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20180224104425/https://stackoverflow.com/questions/623104/byte-to-hex-string/3974535
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts an array of bytes to a HEX-representation.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="bytes">The array of bytes.</param>
+        /// <returns>The HEX-representation of the provided bytes.</returns>
+        public static string ToHex(params byte[] bytes)
+        {
+            char[] c = new char[bytes.Length * 2];
+
+            for (int bx = 0, cx = 0; bx < bytes.Length; ++bx, ++cx)
+            {
+                byte b = ((byte)(bytes[bx] >> 4));
+                c[cx] = (char)(b > 9 ? b + 0x37 + 0x20 : b + 0x30);
+
+                b = ((byte)(bytes[bx] & 0x0F));
+                c[++cx] = (char)(b > 9 ? b + 0x37 + 0x20 : b + 0x30);
+            }
+
+            return new string(c);
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+    }
+}
diff --git a/RGB.NET.Core/Leds/Color.cs b/RGB.NET.Core/Leds/Color.cs
index c638e00..76317e3 100644
--- a/RGB.NET.Core/Leds/Color.cs
+++ b/RGB.NET.Core/Leds/Color.cs
@@ -327,6 +327,18 @@ namespace RGB.NET.Core
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the current color as a RGB-HEX-string.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The RGB-HEX-string.</returns>
+        public string AsRGBHexString() => ConversionHelper.ToHex(R, G, B);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the current color as a ARGB-HEX-string.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The ARGB-HEX-string.</returns>
+        public string AsARGBHexString() => ConversionHelper.ToHex(A, R, G, B);
+
         #region Deconstruction
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/RGB.NET.Core/RGB.NET.Core.csproj b/RGB.NET.Core/RGB.NET.Core.csproj
index b1162a5..f2eca93 100644
--- a/RGB.NET.Core/RGB.NET.Core.csproj
+++ b/RGB.NET.Core/RGB.NET.Core.csproj
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Devices\Layout\LedImage.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Devices\Layout\LedImageLayout.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Devices\RGBDeviceLighting.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Helper\ConversionHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helper\CultureHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helper\PathHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Leds\LedId.cs" />
diff --git a/RGB.NET.Devices.Debug/DebugDeviceProviderLoader.cs b/RGB.NET.Devices.Debug/DebugDeviceProviderLoader.cs
index e7c9b52..a21ce4b 100644
--- a/RGB.NET.Devices.Debug/DebugDeviceProviderLoader.cs
+++ b/RGB.NET.Devices.Debug/DebugDeviceProviderLoader.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace RGB.NET.Devices.Debug
         #region Properties & Fields
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public bool RequiresInitialization => false;
+        public bool RequiresInitialization => true;
 
         #endregion