public async Task Roles(string nameOrSpecies)
{
// If a role with this name exists, that's what we'll prioritize (users can use the genus + species overload if they need to).
// If no such role exists, check for a species with this name instead.
Role role = await BotUtils.GetRoleFromDb(nameOrSpecies);
if (role is null)
{
// No such role exists, so check if a species exists with the given name instead.
Species[] matching_species = await BotUtils.GetSpeciesFromDb("", nameOrSpecies);
if (matching_species.Count() == 1)
{
// If only one species was returned, show the roles assigned to that species.
await Roles(matching_species[0]);
}
else if (matching_species.Count() > 1)
{
// If multiple species were returned, provide a list of matching species for the user to choose from.
await BotUtils.ReplyValidateSpeciesAsync(Context, matching_species);
}
if (matching_species.Count() > 0)
{
return;
}
}
// If we got here, the role is eiher not null, or it is null, but no species with the given name exists.
// In this case, proceed to validate the role, and display its information if possible.
if (!await BotUtils.ReplyAsync_ValidateRole(Context, role))
{
return;
}
// List all extant species with this role.
List <Species> species_list = new List <Species>(await BotUtils.GetSpeciesFromDbByRole(role));
species_list.RemoveAll(x => x.IsExtinct);
species_list.Sort((lhs, rhs) => lhs.ShortName.CompareTo(rhs.ShortName));
Bot.PaginatedMessageBuilder embed = new Bot.PaginatedMessageBuilder(EmbedUtils.SpeciesListToEmbedPages(species_list,
fieldName: string.Format("Extant species with this role ({0}):", species_list.Count())));
embed.SetTitle(string.Format("Role: {0}", StringUtils.ToTitleCase(role.name)));
embed.SetDescription(role.GetDescriptionOrDefault());
await Bot.DiscordUtils.SendMessageAsync(Context, embed.Build());
}