How to [Smartly] add SQL Braces in C#

		/// <summary>
		///     Add the left [ and right ] braces if they're not already on the string.
		///     <para>An empty or whitepsace string throws <see cref="ArgumentEmptyException"/>.</para>
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="self"></param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentEmptyException"></exception>
		[DebuggerStepThrough]
        [NotNull]
        [Pure]
        public static String SmartBraces( [NotNull] this String? self ) {
            self = self.Trimmed();

            if ( String.IsNullOrEmpty( self ) ) {
	            throw new ArgumentEmptyException( nameof( self ) );
            }

			if ( self.StartsWith( "[", StringComparison.Ordinal ) && self.EndsWith( "]", StringComparison.Ordinal ) ) {
	            self = self[ 1..^1 ]?.Trim();
            }

            if ( String.IsNullOrEmpty( self ) ) {
	            throw new ArgumentEmptyException( nameof( self ) );
			}

			return $"{'['}{self}{']'}";
        }

		/// <summary>Trim the ToString() of the object; returning null if null, empty, or whitespace.</summary>
		/// <param name="self"></param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		[DebuggerStepThrough]
		[CanBeNull]
		[Pure]
		public static String? Trimmed<T>( [CanBeNull] this T self ) =>
			self switch {
				null => default( String? ),
				String s => s.Trim().NullIfEmpty(),
				var _ => self.ToString()?.Trim().NullIfEmpty()
			};


		/// <summary>Returns null if <paramref name="self" /> is <see cref="String.IsNullOrEmpty" />.</summary>
		/// <param name="self"></param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		[CanBeNull]
		[DebuggerStepThrough]
		[Pure]
		public static String? NullIfEmpty( [CanBeNull] this String? self ) => String.IsNullOrEmpty( self ) ? null : self;


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