added MultiTerm.Protocols project,

added ExtendedChar class

MultiTerm.Protocols/Model/ExtendedChar.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace MultiTerm.Protocols.Model;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A class that represents a Character and contains some additional information and methods.
+/// The time of instanciation is represented with the <see cref="TimeOfCreation"/> property.
+/// Several methods to display the Character in other formats than Unicode are provided.
+/// </summary>
+public class ExtendedChar
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Data in the form of a character. UTF-16 code unit.
+    /// </summary>
+    public char Character { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Time of instanciation of this class.
+    /// </summary>
+    public TimeOnly TimeOfCreation { get; private set; }
+
+    public ExtendedChar()
+    {
+        // initialize time with now
+        this.TimeOfCreation = TimeOnly.FromDateTime(DateTime.Now);
+    }
+
+    public override string ToString()
+    {
+        return this.ToUtf16String();
+    }
+
+    public string ToUtf16String()
+    {
+        return this.Character.ToString();
+    }
+
+    public string ToHexString()
+    {
+        // extract bytes from utf16 character
+        byte[] byteArray = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(this.ToUtf16String());  
+
+        // convert to hexadecimal
+        return Convert.ToHexString(byteArray); 
+    }
+
+    public string ToBinaryString()
+    {
+        // extract bytes from utf16 character
+        byte[] byteArray = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(this.ToUtf16String());
+
+        // foreach byte convert to binary and add to string
+        string binaryString = String.Empty;
+        foreach (byte b in byteArray)
+        {
+            binaryString += $"{Convert.ToString(b, 2)} ";
+        }
+        return binaryString;
+    }
+}

MultiTerm.Protocols/MultiTerm.Protocols.csproj

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>

MultiTerm.sln

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "MultiTerm.Core", "MultiTerm
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Common", "Common\Common.csproj", "{26454190-1B60-46BE-8234-3207FB00D8A4}"
 EndProject
-Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "MultiTerm.Wpf.CustomControl", "MultiTerm.Wpf.CustomControl\MultiTerm.Wpf.CustomControl.csproj", "{9E308B45-2F71-44DD-A640-40953FD644D7}"
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "MultiTerm.Wpf.CustomControl", "MultiTerm.Wpf.CustomControl\MultiTerm.Wpf.CustomControl.csproj", "{9E308B45-2F71-44DD-A640-40953FD644D7}"
+EndProject
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "MultiTerm.Protocols", "MultiTerm.Protocols\MultiTerm.Protocols.csproj", "{D35B996A-91EE-4A6A-BA82-C74684AF4572}"
 EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
@@ -33,6 +35,10 @@ Global
 		{9E308B45-2F71-44DD-A640-40953FD644D7}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{9E308B45-2F71-44DD-A640-40953FD644D7}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{9E308B45-2F71-44DD-A640-40953FD644D7}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{D35B996A-91EE-4A6A-BA82-C74684AF4572}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{D35B996A-91EE-4A6A-BA82-C74684AF4572}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{D35B996A-91EE-4A6A-BA82-C74684AF4572}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{D35B996A-91EE-4A6A-BA82-C74684AF4572}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE