/// <summary>
/// Very long function that does a simple task. Read in the options the user set for the operation, and
/// Decide on the timestamp it should use, by the end we will have a single object with 3 times.
/// This will need to be hit with broad strokes if we attempt to do any more work on the program.
/// </summary>
internal NameDateObj DecideWhichTimeMode2(string directoryPath)
{
var extractlist = new List <string>();
var timelist = new List <NameDateObj>();
if (ObtainParseSpecifiedTimeGUIBoxes())
{
return(thingtoreturn);
}
//Begin checking Conditional for which file is newest oldest etc
if (!gui.radioGroupBox3UseTimeFrom)
{
return(thingtoreturn);
}
//decide if they wanted to use time from subfile or subdir
if (gui.radioButton1_useTimefromFile)
{
try
{
// Get List of the subfiles (full path)
extractlist.AddRange(from subFile in Directory.GetFiles(directoryPath) let fileAttribs = File.GetAttributes(subFile)
where (fileAttribs & SharedHelper.SyncSettingstoInvisibleFlag()) == 0 select Path.Combine(directoryPath, subFile));
} // catch failure of GetAttributes
catch (FileNotFoundException ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(
"Error getting attributes of a file in '" + directoryPath + "': \r\n\r\n" + ex.Message,
@"PEBKAC Error ", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
} // catch failure of GetFiles
catch (UnauthorizedAccessException)
{ } //show nothing because this is normal for this method when encountering inaccessible files
}
else if (gui.radioButton2_useTimefromSubdir)
{
try
{
// Get List of the subdirs (full path)
extractlist.AddRange(Directory.GetDirectories(directoryPath).Select(subDirectory => Path.Combine(directoryPath, subDirectory)));
} // catch failure from GetDirs
catch (UnauthorizedAccessException)
{ } //show nothing because this is normal for this method when encountering inaccessible dirs
}
// ## Exit out early:
// if the list is empty, theres nothing to do, then return an empty object.?????
if (extractlist.Count == 0)
{
return(thingtoreturn);
}
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------//
// ## MID WAY POINT ##
// We have our first list and now we apply it to the 3 other CMA lists per all the files
// And where we actually decide whether to keep our time or use the new time.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------//
foreach (string fullpath in extractlist)
{
var decidetemp = new NameDateObj {
Name = fullpath
};
//grab all 3 times and put them in a decidetemp object
try
{
decidetemp.Created = File.GetCreationTime(fullpath); // File Class works on dirs also
decidetemp.Modified = File.GetLastWriteTime(fullpath);
decidetemp.Accessed = File.GetLastAccessTime(fullpath);
//add the temp object to the list of objects
timelist.Add(decidetemp);
}
catch (UnauthorizedAccessException)
{ }
}
//make 3 new lists, one for each date containing every NameDateObj
var creationtimelist = new List <DateTime?>();
var modtimelist = new List <DateTime?>();
var accesstimelist = new List <DateTime?>();
//populate the new seperated lists with the times from the combinedobject list (timelist)
foreach (NameDateObj timeobject in timelist)
{
creationtimelist.Add((DateTime?)timeobject.Created);
modtimelist.Add((DateTime?)timeobject.Modified);
accesstimelist.Add((DateTime?)timeobject.Accessed);
}
//Make a new list of the lists we just made (Collection initializer)
var threetimelists = new List <List <DateTime?> > {
creationtimelist, modtimelist, accesstimelist
};
//Instantiate 3 new vars as a new class that processes the min and max date from the 3 lists we just made
var cre = new DateMinMaxNewOld(creationtimelist);
var mod = new DateMinMaxNewOld(modtimelist);
var acc = new DateMinMaxNewOld(accesstimelist);
////Create 2 lists(min and max), containing the 3 min/max dates.
//DateTime?[] minarray = { cre.minDate, mod.minDate, acc.minDate };
//DateTime?[] maxarray = { cre.maxDate, mod.maxDate, acc.maxDate };
////Instantiate themin/themax as the new class that calculates the min and max date from the 3 dates above.
//var themin = new DatesNewestOldest(new List<DateTime?>(minarray));
//var themax = new DatesNewestOldest(new List<DateTime?>(maxarray));
////Keep track of the min/max indexes in this 1,2,3 format too.
//int[] minindexesarray = { cre.minIndex, mod.minIndex, acc.minIndex };
//int[] maxindexesarray = { cre.maxIndex, mod.maxIndex, acc.maxIndex };
string filenameused = "";
//var dateToUse = new DateTime?();
//Decide which to use.
if (gui.radioButton1Oldest)
{
//mode a: set ALL attributes to the oldest date of whichever attribute was oldest.
// dateToUse = (DateTime?)minarray[themin.minIndex];
// filenameused = timelist[minindexesarray[themin.minIndex]].Name;
// thingtoreturn.Created = dateToUse;
// thingtoreturn.Modified= dateToUse;
// thingtoreturn.Accessed = dateToUse;
//mode b: the more desirable mode:
//set each attribute to OLDest date from EACH attribute
thingtoreturn.Name = "Mode 2: Three Different Filenames"; // note to self.
thingtoreturn.Created = cre.MinDate;
thingtoreturn.Modified = mod.MinDate;
thingtoreturn.Accessed = acc.MinDate;
}
//the above comments obviously can apply to newer mode also with a small edit.
else if (gui.radioButton2Newest)
{
//set each attribute to NEWest date from EACH attribute
thingtoreturn.Name = "Mode 2: Three Different Filenames"; // note to self.
thingtoreturn.Created = cre.MaxDate;
thingtoreturn.Modified = mod.MaxDate;
thingtoreturn.Accessed = acc.MaxDate;
}
else if (gui.radioButton3Random)
{
//Mode A: (old) - removed the following 4 radio buttons
//pick a subfile/dir at random, then pick an attribute(C,M,A) at random
// int randomindex = random.Next(0, timelist.Count);
// filenameused = timelist[randomindex].Name;
// if (radioButton1_setfromCreation.Checked)
// thingtoreturn.Created = (DateTime?)threetimelists[0][randomindex];
// if (radioButton2_setfromModified.Checked)
// thingtoreturn.Modified = (DateTime?)threetimelists[1][randomindex];
// if (radioButton3_setfromAccessed.Checked)
// thingtoreturn.Accessed = (DateTime?)threetimelists[2][randomindex];
// if (radioButton4_setfromRandom.Checked)
// {
// int cmarandomize = random.Next(0, 3);
// dateToUse = (DateTime?)threetimelists[cmarandomize][randomindex];
// if (cmarandomize == 0)
// thingtoreturn.Created = dateToUse;
// else if (cmarandomize == 1)
// thingtoreturn.Modified = dateToUse;
// else if (cmarandomize == 2)
// thingtoreturn.Accessed = dateToUse;
// }
//Mode B: (current)
//Pick a subfile/dir at random, copy all 3 attributes from it, to the return object.
int randomindex = random.Next(0, timelist.Count);
filenameused = timelist[randomindex].Name;
thingtoreturn.Created = threetimelists[0][randomindex];
thingtoreturn.Modified = threetimelists[1][randomindex];
thingtoreturn.Accessed = threetimelists[2][randomindex];
}
//Set the thingtoReturn Name to what we just determined.
thingtoreturn.Name = filenameused;
return(thingtoreturn);
}
/// <summary>
/// Check all the subdirs or subfiles. And decide the time. Called from above: DecideWhichTimeMode1() { radioGroupBox3_UseTimeFrom
/// </summary>
internal DateTime?DecideTimeFromSubdirOrSubfile(string path)
{
var dateToUse = new DateTime?();
var extractlist = new List <string>();
if (gui.radioButton1_useTimefromFile)
{
extractlist = PopulateFileList(path);
}
else if (gui.radioButton2_useTimefromSubdir)
{
extractlist = PopulateDirList(path);
}
// if the resetList is blank due to no files actually existing then we have nothing to do, so stop here.
if (extractlist.Count == 0)
{
return(null);
}
//for Any/Random attribute mode, decide which attribute and stick with it. (create before loop)
// (and seed already exists so we dont regenerate seed through every recursive call to this.
int randomNumber = random.Next(0, 3);
var timelist = new List <DateTime?>();
//start iterating through
foreach (string subitem in extractlist)
{
var looptempDate = new DateTime();
try
{
string fullpath = Path.Combine(path, subitem);
string timelisttype = null; //this was made just in case.
if (gui.radioButton1_setfromCreated || gui.radioButton4_setfromRandom && randomNumber == 0)
{
timelisttype = "Created";
looptempDate = File.GetCreationTime(fullpath);
}
else if (gui.radioButton2_setfromModified || gui.radioButton4_setfromRandom && randomNumber == 1)
{
timelisttype = "Modified";
looptempDate = File.GetLastWriteTime(fullpath);
}
else if (gui.radioButton3_setfromAccessed || gui.radioButton4_setfromRandom && randomNumber == 2)
{
timelisttype = "Accessed";
looptempDate = File.GetLastAccessTime(fullpath);
}
timelist.Add(looptempDate);
string stopbotheringme = timelisttype; //remove "unused var" warning
}
//TODO: Check exceptions all over the code, and make sure we have enough
catch (UnauthorizedAccessException)
{ } //wraps GetFileTimes in error handling
}
var minmax = new DateMinMaxNewOld(timelist);
if (gui.radioButton1Oldest)
{
if (minmax.MinDate != null)
{
dateToUse = minmax.MinDate; //explicit typecast from nullable
}
}
else if (gui.radioButton2Newest)
{
if (minmax.MaxDate != null)
{
dateToUse = minmax.MaxDate;
}
}
else if (gui.radioButton3Random)
{
int randomFile = random.Next(0, minmax.Index);
if (timelist[randomFile] != null)
{
dateToUse = timelist[randomFile];
}
}
return(dateToUse);
}