/// <summary>
/// Save the PlateTypes to file. Likely to have no practical use other than the initial
/// population of the xml file!
/// </summary>
private void SavePlateTypes(string fileName)
{
// Double-check locking for thread safety
if (null != _plateTypes)
{
lock (_plateTypesLock)
{
if (null != _plateTypes)
{
// Attempt to write the list of plate types
try
{
OXML.PlateTypes oXmlPlateTypes = new OXML.PlateTypes();
OXML.PlateType[] oXmlPlateType = new OXML.PlateType[_plateTypes.Length];
oXmlPlateTypes.PlateType = oXmlPlateType;
int i = 0;
foreach (PlateType plateType in _plateTypes)
{
oXmlPlateType[i] = new OXML.PlateType();
oXmlPlateType[i].ID = plateType.ID;
oXmlPlateType[i].Name = plateType.Name;
oXmlPlateType[i].NumColumns = plateType.NumColumns;
oXmlPlateType[i].NumRows = plateType.NumRows;
oXmlPlateType[i].NumDrops = plateType.NumDrops;
i++;
}
StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(fileName);
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(OXML.PlateTypes));
serializer.Serialize(writer, oXmlPlateTypes);
writer.Close();
// Log the action
ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(this.GetType());
log.Info("Saved PlateTypes: " + this.ToString());
}
catch (Exception e)
{
// System.Diagnostics.Trace.TraceError("Failed to save PlateTypes file: " + e.Message);
throw new System.Exception("Failed to save PlateTypes file: " + e.Message, e);
}
}
}
}
// End thread-safe block
}
/// <summary>
/// Load the PlateTypes from file. If you want this to re-read the file you must set
/// the private static IPlateType[] member _plateTypes back to null before calling
/// this method again.
/// </summary>
private void LoadPlateTypes()
{
// Double-check locking for thread safety
if (null == _plateTypes)
{
lock (_plateTypesLock)
{
if (null == _plateTypes)
{
// Attempt to read the list of plate types
try
{
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(PLATETYPES_FILE_PATH_NAME);
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(OXML.PlateTypes));
OXML.PlateTypes oXmlPlateTypes = (OXML.PlateTypes)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
reader.Close();
IPlateType[] tmpPlateTypes = new PlateType[oXmlPlateTypes.PlateType.Length];
int i = 0;
foreach (OXML.PlateType oXmlPlateType in oXmlPlateTypes.PlateType)
{
tmpPlateTypes[i] = new PlateType(oXmlPlateType.ID, oXmlPlateType.Name, oXmlPlateType.NumColumns, oXmlPlateType.NumRows, oXmlPlateType.NumDrops);
i++;
}
_plateTypes = tmpPlateTypes;
// Log the new configuration
ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(this.GetType());
log.Info("Read PlateTypes: " + this.ToString());
}
catch (Exception e)
{
// System.Diagnostics.Trace.TraceError("Failed to read PlateTypes file: " + e.Message);
throw new System.Exception("Failed to read PlateTypes file: " + e.Message, e);
}
}
}
}
// End thread-safe block
}
