source: binary-improvements/7dtd-server-fixes/src/CommonMappingFunctions.cs@ 218

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using Steamworks;

namespace AllocsFixes
{
        public class CommonMappingFunctions
        {
                public static ConnectionManager GetConnectionManager ()
                {
                        return ConnectionManager.Instance;
                }

                public static GameManager GetGameManager ()
                {
                        return GetConnectionManager ().gameManager;
                }

                public static string GetPlayerName (ClientInfo _ci)
                {
                        return _ci.playerName;
                }

                public static EntityPlayer GetEntityPlayer (ClientInfo _ci)
                {
                        return GetGameManager ().World.playerEntities.dict [_ci.entityId];
                }

                public static string GetSteamID (ClientInfo _ci)
                {
                        return _ci.playerId;
                }

                public static int GetClientID (ClientInfo _ci)
                {
                        return _ci.clientId;
                }

                public static int GetEntityID (ClientInfo _ci)
                {
                        return _ci.entityId;
                }

                public static ClientInfo GetClientInfoFromEntityID (int _entityId)
                {
                        try {
                                ConnectionManager cm = GetConnectionManager ();

                                return cm.GetClientInfoForEntityId (_entityId);
                        } catch (Exception e) {
                                Log.Out ("Error getting ClientInfo for entity ID: " + e);
                        }
                        return null;
                }

                public static ClientInfo GetClientInfoFromClientID (int _clientId)
                {
                        try {
                                ConnectionManager cm = GetConnectionManager ();

                                if (cm.connectedClients.ContainsKey (_clientId))
                                        return cm.connectedClients [_clientId];
                                else
                                        return null;
                        } catch (Exception e) {
                                Log.Out ("Error getting ClientInfo for client ID: " + e);
                        }
                        return null;
                }

                public static ClientInfo GetClientInfoFromPlayerName (string _playerName, bool ignoreColorcodes)
                {
                        try {
                                ConnectionManager cm = GetConnectionManager ();

                                _playerName = _playerName.ToLower ();
                                if (ignoreColorcodes) {
                                        _playerName = Regex.Replace (_playerName, "\\[[0-9a-fA-F]{6}\\]", "");
                                }
                                foreach (ClientInfo ci in cm.connectedClients.Values) {
                                        string curName = GetPlayerName (ci).ToLower ();
                                        if (ignoreColorcodes) {
                                                curName = Regex.Replace (curName, "\\[[0-9a-fA-F]{6}\\]", "");
                                        }
                                        if (curName.Equals (_playerName)) {
                                                return ci;
                                        }
                                }
                        } catch (Exception e) {
                                Log.Out ("Error getting ClientInfo for player name: " + e);
                        }
                        return null;
                }

                public static ClientInfo GetClientInfoFromNameOrID (string _nameOrId, bool ignoreColorcodes)
                {
                        try {
                                long tempLong;
                                if (_nameOrId.Length == 17 && long.TryParse (_nameOrId, out tempLong)) {
                                        return GetClientInfoFromSteamID (_nameOrId);
                                } else {
                                        int entityId = -1;
                                        if (int.TryParse (_nameOrId, out entityId)) {
                                                ClientInfo ci = GetClientInfoFromEntityID (entityId);
                                                if (ci != null)
                                                        return ci;
                                        }

                                        return GetClientInfoFromPlayerName (_nameOrId, ignoreColorcodes);
                                }
                        } catch (Exception e) {
                                Log.Out ("Error getting ClientInfo for steam ID / entity ID / player name \"" + _nameOrId + "\": " + e);
                        }
                        return null;
                }

                public static ClientInfo GetClientInfoFromSteamID (string _steamId)
                {
                        return GetConnectionManager ().GetClientInfoForPlayerId (_steamId);
                }

        }
}