/// <summary>
/// Utility method. If already have a MappingLovEFElement just return it. If not
/// then lookup the MappingLovEFElement using the string and ListOfValuesType.
/// This latter situation means that a user has used the keyboard to select
/// a value from a drop-down which has come through to here as text.
/// </summary>
internal MappingLovEFElement GetLovElementFromLovElementOrString(
MappingLovEFElement lovElement, string lovDisplayName, ListOfValuesCollection lovType)
{
if (lovElement != null)
{
return(lovElement);
}
return(FindMappingLovElement(lovDisplayName, lovType));
}
// <summary>
// Looks for an LOV Element in this item's list of values.
// </summary>
// <param name="lovDisplayName">What to look for</param>
// <param name="lovType">Which LOV collection to search</param>
// <returns>If none are found it will return a null item.</returns>
internal MappingLovEFElement FindMappingLovElement(string lovDisplayName, ListOfValuesCollection lovType)
{
MappingLovEFElement mappingLovElement = null;
Debug.Assert(lovDisplayName != null, "Null lovDisplayName in FindMappingLovElement()");
if (lovDisplayName != null)
{
var lov = GetListOfValues(lovType);
foreach (var entry in lov)
{
if (lovDisplayName == entry.Value)
{
mappingLovElement = entry.Key;
break;
}
}
Debug.Assert(
mappingLovElement != null,
"Could not find MappingLovElement for lovDisplayName " + lovDisplayName + ", lovType " + lovType.ToString());
}
return mappingLovElement;
}
// <summary>
// Utility method. If already have a MappingLovEFElement just return it. If not
// then lookup the MappingLovEFElement using the string and ListOfValuesType.
// This latter situation means that a user has used the keyboard to select
// a value from a drop-down which has come through to here as text.
// </summary>
internal MappingLovEFElement GetLovElementFromLovElementOrString(
MappingLovEFElement lovElement, string lovDisplayName, ListOfValuesCollection lovType)
{
if (lovElement != null)
{
return lovElement;
}
return FindMappingLovElement(lovDisplayName, lovType);
}
