public NNTP_NewsGroups ParseNewsGroups(string wildcard)
{
NNTP_NewsGroups allGroups = new NNTP_NewsGroups();
GetGroups(allGroups);
NNTP_NewsGroups selGroups = new NNTP_NewsGroups();
string[] groupParams = wildcard.Split(Convert.ToChar(","));
foreach(string param in groupParams)
{
if(param == "*")
{
return allGroups;
}
if(param.IndexOf("*") == -1)
{
if(allGroups.Contains(param))
{
selGroups.Add(param,0,0,0,DateTime.Today);
}
}
if(param.IndexOf("*") >= 0)
{
foreach(NNTP_NewsGroup ng in allGroups.Newsgroups)
{
if(ng.Name.CompareTo(param) == param.Length -1)
{
selGroups.Add(param,0,0,0,DateTime.Today);
}
}
}
}
return selGroups;
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns all the newsgroups with article count.
/// </summary>
public void GetGroups(NNTP_NewsGroups groups)
{
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.ReadXml(m_DataPath + "NewsGroups.xml");
foreach(DataRow dr in ds.Tables[0].Rows)
{
groups.Add(dr["Name"].ToString(),GetArticleCount(dr["Name"].ToString()),GetMinArticle(dr["Name"].ToString()),GetMaxArticle((string)dr["Name"]),Convert.ToDateTime(dr["Date"].ToString()));
}
}