/// <summary>
/// Creates a string [] of US States from XML file. Must be named ("states.xml")
/// </summary>
/// <param name="root">(string) root directory for xml file</param>
/// <param name="type">(GeographyNameType) return value type for US States</param>
/// <returns>(string[]) string array of US States</returns>
public static string[] USStates(string strRootPath, Type.GeographyNameType type)
{
List <string> stateList = new List <string>();
string strPath = strRootPath + @"states.xml";
XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(strPath);
var query = from xml in doc.Descendants("item")
select((Type.GeographyNameType.FullName == type) ? xml.Attribute("name").Value : xml.Value);
foreach (var item in query)
{
stateList.Add(item);
}
return(stateList.ToArray());
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a string [] of World Countries from XML file (Must be named "countries.xml")
/// </summary>
/// <param name="root">string)( root directory for xml file</param>
/// <param name="type">(GeographyNameType) return value type for country name</param>
/// <returns>(string[]) string array of world countries</returns>
public static string[] WorldCountries(string root, Type.GeographyNameType type)
{
List <string> countryList = new List <string>();
string strPath = root + @"countries.xml";
XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(strPath);
var query = from xml in doc.Descendants("country")
select((Type.GeographyNameType.FullName == type) ? xml.Attribute("name").Value : xml.Attribute("code").Value);
foreach (var item in query)
{
countryList.Add(item);
}
return(countryList.ToArray());
}
