public static string EscapeIdentifier(string identifier) {
// Check to see if this is a keyword, and if so escape it with '@' prefix
switch (identifier) {
case "abstract": case "as": case "base": case "bool": case "break":
case "byte": case "case": case "catch": case "char": case "checked": case "class":
case "const": case "continue": case "decimal": case "default": case "delegate": case "do":
case "double": case "else": case "enum": case "event": case "explicit": case "extern":
case "false": case "finally": case "fixed": case "float": case "for": case "foreach":
case "goto": case "if": case "implicit": case "in": case "int": case "interface":
case "internal": case "is": case "lock": case "long": case "namespace": case "new":
case "null": case "object": case "operator": case "out": case "override": case "params":
case "private": case "protected": case "public": case "readonly": case "ref": case "return":
case "sbyte": case "sealed": case "short": case "sizeof": case "stackalloc": case "static":
case "string": case "struct": case "switch": case "this": case "throw": case "true":
case "try": case "typeof": case "uint": case "ulong": case "unchecked": case "unsafe":
case "ushort": case "using": case "virtual": case "void": case "volatile": case "while":
return "@" + identifier;
}
// Not a keyword, just return it
// It may still have characters that are invalid for an identifier, but C# doesn't provide any way to
// escape those (even unicode escapes must conform to the required character classes)
return identifier;
}
