/*! load the unions
*/
private static void LoadUnions()
{
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(AppSettings.getDataPath() + "\\unions.xml");
XmlElement root = doc.DocumentElement;
XmlNodeList unionsList = root.SelectNodes("//union");
foreach (XmlElement element in unionsList)
{
try
{
string section = root.Name;
string uid = element.Attributes["uid"].Value;
string shortname = element.Attributes["shortname"].Value;
string flag = element.Attributes["flag"].Value;
XmlElement periodElement = (XmlElement)element.SelectSingleNode("period");
DateTime creationDate = Convert.ToDateTime(periodElement.Attributes["creation"].Value, new CultureInfo("en-US", false));
DateTime obsoleteDate = Convert.ToDateTime(periodElement.Attributes["obsolete"].Value, new CultureInfo("en-US", false));
Union union = new Union(section, uid, shortname, creationDate, obsoleteDate);
XmlNodeList membersList = element.SelectNodes("members/member");
foreach (XmlElement memberNode in membersList)
{
Country country = Countries.GetCountry(memberNode.Attributes["country"].Value);
DateTime fromDate = Convert.ToDateTime(memberNode.Attributes["memberfrom"].Value, new CultureInfo("en-US", false));
DateTime toDate = Convert.ToDateTime(memberNode.Attributes["memberto"].Value, new CultureInfo("en-US", false));
if (country == null)
{
uid = "";
}
union.addMember(new UnionMember(country, fromDate, toDate));
}
union.Flag = AppSettings.getDataPath() + "\\graphics\\flags\\" + flag + ".png";
Unions.AddUnion(union);
if (element.SelectSingleNode("translations") != null)
Translator.GetInstance().addTranslation(root.Name, element.Attributes["uid"].Value, element.SelectSingleNode("translations"));
}
catch (Exception)
{
throw new Exception("Error on reading unions");
}
}
}
//adds an union to the list
public static void AddUnion(Union union)
{
unions.Add(union);
}
