/*Function that gets the car that has been selected (Car that user
* has pressed select on) and returns the Car object for this.*/
public Car LoadSelectedCar()
{
Car car;
//if a saved car already exists.
if ((Properties.Settings.Default.Manufacturer != null && Properties.Settings.Default.Manufacturer != "") &&
(Properties.Settings.Default.Model != null && Properties.Settings.Default.Model != "") &&
(Properties.Settings.Default.Description != null && Properties.Settings.Default.Description != "") &&
(Properties.Settings.Default.Year != null && Properties.Settings.Default.Year != ""))
{
//getting the list of cars from the Json file.
JsonReader json = new JsonReader(Properties.Settings.Default.Year);
List <Car> cars = new List <Car>();
cars = json.getCars();
//creating a list of cars which will be displayed to the users.
List <Car> usersCars = new List <Car>();
CarListReader reader = new CarListReader();
//getting the car.
car = reader.findCar(Properties.Settings.Default.Model,
Properties.Settings.Default.Manufacturer,
Properties.Settings.Default.Description, cars);
}
//else there is no car so null car and return.
else
{
car = null;
}
return(car);
}
/*Function that takes in:
* a. the textbox that contains the text.
* b. the listed object so we can search through the manufacturers models
* c. the listbox we wish to populate
* and then returns an updated Listed object that contains the new CurrentCars
* list.*/
public Listed UpdatedModelsThroughSearch(TextBox text, Listed carList, ListBox ModelBox)
{
CarListReader listReader = new CarListReader();
//using the CarListReader to search the Json file for the search result.
IEnumerable <Car> searchedModels =
listReader.searchModels(carList.CarsFromManufacturer, text.Text);
//searching the description for what has been typed.
IEnumerable <Car> searchedDescription =
listReader.searchDescriptions(carList.CarsFromManufacturer, text.Text);
//creating a list that contains both searchModels and searchedDescription
carList.CurrentCars = searchedModels.Concat(searchedDescription);
/*Setting the Current cars without restrictions to be the same as
* the only difference between this and CurrentCars is this does not contain
* the restrictions applied by the user.*/
carList.CurrentCarsWithoutRestrictions = carList.CurrentCars;
//for each car that contains what we searched we will print the Car and the Description.
PopulateListBoxWithCarsDetails(ModelBox, carList.CurrentCars);
//if the user empties the search box then we want to refill the listbox with the array of models.
if (text.Text.Equals(""))
{
carList.CurrentCars = carList.CarsFromManufacturer;
PopulateListBoxWithCarsDetails(ModelBox, carList.CurrentCars);
}
return(carList);
}
/*Function that takes in:
* a. the ListBox for the model.
* b. the manufactuerer selected from the ManufacturerBox.
* c. the current Listed object.
* d. the pictureBox we want to update with the selected manufacturers logo.
* then returns all the cars from this selected manufacturer.*/
public Listed ManufactuerSelected(ListBox ModelBox, string manufacturer, Listed carList, PictureBox LogoBox)
{
CarListReader listReader = new CarListReader();
/*If the item is not all then do the following*/
if (!manufacturer.Equals("All"))
{
/*Getting the models*/
//contstructor that takes in a manufactorer and searches the array for cars that match the manufactorer.
carList.CarsFromManufacturer = listReader.searchCars(carList.Cars, manufacturer);
/*As we've only just drew the list of models we should assume that
* the CurrentCars is the CarsFromManufacturer*/
carList.CurrentCars = carList.CarsFromManufacturer;
carList.CurrentCarsWithoutRestrictions = carList.CurrentCars;
/*Loading the manufacturers logo in the form.*/
CarBadge badge = new CarBadge();
string url = badge.getBadge(manufacturer);
try
{
LogoBox.Image = Image.FromFile(url);
LogoBox.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.StretchImage;
} catch (Exception error)
{
Console.WriteLine(error.ToString());
}
PopulateListBoxWithCarsDetails(ModelBox, carList.CarsFromManufacturer);
}
else
{
/*As we've selected all, just set the manufacturers to each available car in the
* Listed object.*/
carList.CarsFromManufacturer = carList.Cars;
carList.CurrentCars = carList.CarsFromManufacturer;
carList.CurrentCarsWithoutRestrictions = carList.CurrentCars;
PopulateListBoxWithCarsDetails(ModelBox, carList.CarsFromManufacturer);
}
/*Returning the carList after updating the carLists CarsFromManufacturer*/
return(carList);
}
public Listed DefaultForm1ToLoad()
{
CarListReader reader = new CarListReader();
Listed list = new Listed();
/*Setting the cars in JSON reader to be that of the most recent year.*/
JsonReader json = new JsonReader();
/*Getting the list of cars from json.*/
list.Cars = json.getCars();
list.Manufacturers = reader.GetManufacturers(list.Cars);
list.searchedManufacturers = list.Manufacturers;
list.LatestFileYear = json.getMostRecent();
return(list);
}
/*Function that takes in:
* a. the textbox which contains the text.
* b. the listed object so we can search through its manufacturers
* c. the ListBox we wish to populate.
* and then returns an updated Listed object that contains the new SearchedManufactuers
* list.*/
public Listed UpdateManufacturersThroughSearch(TextBox text, Listed carList, ListBox CarBox)
{
CarListReader listReader = new CarListReader();
carList.searchedManufacturers =
listReader.searchString(carList.Manufacturers, text.Text);
/*Repopulating the listbox with what was searched rather than all the
* manufacturers.*/
PopulateListBoxWithManufacturers(CarBox, carList.searchedManufacturers);
/*if the user has reset the search box ie. MakeBox.Text = "" then we will
* repopulate the listbox with all the makes.*/
if (text.Text.Equals(""))
{
carList.searchedManufacturers = carList.Manufacturers;
PopulateListBoxWithManufacturers(CarBox, carList.searchedManufacturers);
}
return(carList);
}
/*Function that takes in:
* a. The ListBox of the year that we want to display.
* b. The Listed object we wish to update with the new cars.
* c. The ListBox we wish to update with the new manufacturers.
* and switches the Listed object to display the specific years cars.*/
private void SwitchingYear(ListBox year, Listed list, ListBox toUpdate)
{
//if the user has selected a year.
if (year.SelectedIndex != -1)
{
CarListReader listReader = new CarListReader();
//the year that the user has selected.
string selectedYear = year.SelectedItem.ToString();
JsonReader json = new JsonReader(selectedYear);
list.Cars = json.getCars();
list.Manufacturers = listReader.GetManufacturers(list.Cars);
list.searchedManufacturers = list.Manufacturers;
listBoxes.PopulateListBoxWithManufacturers(toUpdate, list.Manufacturers);
//setting the year to be the year that was selected.
//year = selectedYear;
//drawListBox(json);
}
}
/*Loading the car from the json file based on the strings that was saved to Settings.*/
public IEnumerable <Car> Load()
{
//if there are properties saved.
if (Properties.Settings.Default.Models != null &&
Properties.Settings.Default.Manufacturers != null &&
Properties.Settings.Default.Descriptions != null)
{
//getting the list of cars from the Json file.
//JsonReader json = new JsonReader();
List <Car> cars = new List <Car>();
// cars = json.getCars();
//creating a list of cars which will be displayed to the users.
List <Car> usersCars = new List <Car>();
CarListReader reader = new CarListReader();
/*Getting each of the years that we saved so we know
* which one of the JSON files we should open to find the specific saved car.*/
for (int i = 0; i < Properties.Settings.Default.Years.Count; i++)
{
string year = Properties.Settings.Default.Years[i];
//Loading the JSON reader for the given year.
JsonReader json = new JsonReader(year);
//Getting the list of cars for this year.
List <Car> theCars = new List <Car>();
theCars = json.getCars();
//searching for the car based on the same properties.
Car car = reader.findCar(Properties.Settings.Default.Models[i],
Properties.Settings.Default.Manufacturers[i],
Properties.Settings.Default.Descriptions[i], theCars);
//adding the car that we've just found to the list of cars.
usersCars.Add(car);
}
//Going around a loop for as many cars the user has saved (maximum 5.)
/*
* for (int i = 0; i < Properties.Settings.Default.Models.Count; i++)
* {
* //searching for the car based on the same properties.
* Car car = reader.findCar(Properties.Settings.Default.Models[i],
* Properties.Settings.Default.Manufacturers[i],
* Properties.Settings.Default.Descriptions[i], cars);
*
* //adding the car that we've just found to the list of cars.
* usersCars.Add(car);
*
* }
*/
return(usersCars);
}
//else return null as there is no saved car.
else
{
return(null);
}
}