/// <summary>Create an instance of a <see cref="TraktPerson"/> subclass from an ID</summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">A subclass of <see cref="TraktPerson"/> to be created</typeparam>
/// <param name="personId">The person ID</param>
/// <param name="personIdType">The person ID type</param>
/// <returns>See summary</returns>
public static T FromId <T>(string personId, TraktTextPersonIdType personIdType = TraktTextPersonIdType.Auto) where T : TraktPerson
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(personId))
{
throw new ArgumentException("personId not set", "personId");
}
if (personIdType == TraktTextPersonIdType.Auto)
{
if (personId.StartsWith("nm", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
{
personIdType = TraktTextPersonIdType.Imdb;
}
else
{
throw new ArgumentException("Unable to detect id type", "personIdType");
}
}
var ret = Activator.CreateInstance <T>();
ret.Ids = new TraktPersonIds();
switch (personIdType)
{
case TraktTextPersonIdType.Imdb:
ret.Ids.Imdb = personId;
break;
default:
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("personIdType");
}
return(ret);
}
/// <summary>Create an collection of <see cref="TraktPerson"/> subclass instances from a collecion of IDs</summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">A subclass of <see cref="TraktPerson"/> to be created</typeparam>
/// <param name="personIds">The person ID</param>
/// <param name="personIdType">The person ID type</param>
/// <returns>See summary</returns>
public static IEnumerable <T> FromIds <T>(IEnumerable <string> personIds, TraktTextPersonIdType personIdType = TraktTextPersonIdType.Auto) where T : TraktPerson
{
return(personIds == null ? null : personIds.Select(personId => FromId <T>(personId, personIdType)));
}
/// <summary>Create an instance of <see cref="TraktPerson"/> from an ID</summary>
/// <param name="personId">The person ID</param>
/// <param name="personIdType">The person ID type</param>
/// <returns>See summary</returns>
public static TraktPerson FromId(string personId, TraktTextPersonIdType personIdType = TraktTextPersonIdType.Auto)
{
return(FromId <TraktPerson>(personId, personIdType));
}
/// <summary>Create an collection of <see cref="TraktPerson"/> instances from a collecion of IDs</summary>
/// <param name="personIds">The person ID</param>
/// <param name="personIdType">The person ID type</param>
/// <returns>See summary</returns>
public static IEnumerable<TraktPerson> FromIds(IEnumerable<string> personIds, TraktTextPersonIdType personIdType = TraktTextPersonIdType.Auto) {
return personIds == null ? null : personIds.Select(personId => FromId<TraktPerson>(personId, personIdType));
}
