/// <summary> Dispatches the resources passed in <paramref name="values"/> to the control's properties. </summary>
/// <param name="values"> An <c>IDictonary</c>: <string key, string value>. </param>
protected virtual void Dispatch(IDictionary values)
{
HybridDictionary tabValues = new HybridDictionary();
HybridDictionary propertyValues = new HybridDictionary();
// Parse the values
foreach (DictionaryEntry entry in values)
{
string key = (string)entry.Key;
string[] keyParts = key.Split(new[] { ':' }, 3);
// Is a property/value entry?
if (keyParts.Length == 1)
{
string property = keyParts[0];
propertyValues.Add(property, entry.Value);
}
// Is collection entry?
else if (keyParts.Length == 3)
{
// Compound key: "collectionID:elementID:property"
string collectionID = keyParts[0];
string elementID = keyParts[1];
string property = keyParts[2];
IDictionary currentCollection = null;
// Switch to the right collection
switch (collectionID)
{
case c_resourceKeyTabs:
{
currentCollection = tabValues;
break;
}
default:
{
// Invalid collection property
s_log.Warn(
"WebTabStrip '" + ID + "' in naming container '" + NamingContainer.GetType().FullName + "' on page '" + Page
+ "' does not contain a collection property named '" + collectionID + "'.");
break;
}
}
// Add the property/value pair to the collection
if (currentCollection != null)
{
// Get the dictonary for the current element
IDictionary elementValues = (IDictionary)currentCollection[elementID];
// If no dictonary exists, create it and insert it into the elements hashtable.
if (elementValues == null)
{
elementValues = new HybridDictionary();
currentCollection[elementID] = elementValues;
}
// Insert the argument and resource's value into the dictonary for the specified element.
elementValues.Add(property, entry.Value);
}
}
else
{
// Not supported format or invalid property
s_log.Warn(
"WebTabStrip '" + ID + "' in naming container '" + NamingContainer.GetType().FullName + "' on page '" + Page
+ "' received a resource with an invalid or unknown key '" + key
+ "'. Required format: 'property' or 'collectionID:elementID:property'.");
}
}
// Dispatch simple properties
ResourceDispatcher.DispatchGeneric(this, propertyValues);
// Dispatch to collections
Tabs.Dispatch(tabValues, this, "Tabs");
}
