/// <summary>
/// Generates the text of the CSV file that has columns/rows for all the actions loggs
/// </summary>
/// <param name="addRowIdColumn">true if we add the row-id column; false otherwise.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public string GenerateCsvText(bool addRowIdColumn)
{
var sb = new StringBuilder();
//--------------------------------------------------
//Header row - list all the column headers
//--------------------------------------------------
var headerNotFirstItem = new SimpleLatch();
//If we want to count rows (for ordering), then add the column
if (addRowIdColumn)
{
_AppendCSVValue(sb, "row-id", headerNotFirstItem);
}
foreach (var keyName in _knownKeys)
{
_AppendCSVValue(sb, keyName, headerNotFirstItem);
}
_EndCSVLine(sb);
//For each content row, look up the values for each column
var idxRowCount = 1;
foreach (var row in _customerActions)
{
var notFirstItem = new SimpleLatch();
//Include row count?
if (addRowIdColumn)
{
_AppendCSVValue(sb, idxRowCount.ToString(), notFirstItem);
}
//Add each of the column values, in the same order as the header row
foreach (var columnName in _knownKeys)
{
_AppendCSVValue(sb, row.GetColumnValue(columnName), notFirstItem);
}
_EndCSVLine(sb);
idxRowCount++;
}
return(sb.ToString());
}
private static void _AppendCSVValue(StringBuilder sb, string appendValue, SimpleLatch notFirstItem)
{
//Normalize the input
if (appendValue == null)
{
appendValue = "";
}
//Add a preceeding comma if we are not the first item
if (notFirstItem.Value)
{
sb.Append(",");
}
var escapedValue = appendValue;
var needsQuoting = new SimpleLatch();
escapedValue = _ReplaceIfExists(escapedValue, "\"", "\"\"", needsQuoting); //Replace any single " with "" (CSV convention)
//escapedValue = escapedValue.Replace("\"", "\"\""); //Replace any single " with "" (CSV convention)
escapedValue = escapedValue.Replace("\n", " "); //Remove newlines
escapedValue = escapedValue.Replace("\r", " "); //Remove carrage returns
//If it has a comma it needs to be quoted
if (escapedValue.Contains(","))
{
needsQuoting.Trigger();
}
//bool containsComma = escapedValue.Contains(",");
if (needsQuoting.Value)
{
sb.Append("\"");
} //Start quote
sb.Append(escapedValue);
if (needsQuoting.Value)
{
sb.Append("\"");
} //End quote
notFirstItem.Trigger(); //No longer the first item
}
/// <summary>
/// Replace any 'find' with 'replace'. Trigger the latch if a replace occured
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text"></param>
/// <param name="find"></param>
/// <param name="replace"></param>
/// <param name="triggerIfFound"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static string _ReplaceIfExists(string text, string find, string replace, SimpleLatch triggerIfFound)
{
if (text == null)
{
return("");
}
//
if (text.IndexOf(find, StringComparison.Ordinal) == -1)
{
return(text);
}
//If there's text to replace, then replace it
var outText = text.Replace(find, replace);
//If the text changed, trigger the latch
if (outText != text)
{
//Set the latch
triggerIfFound.Trigger();
}
return(outText);
}
