override public void ValidateCustomer(string customerName)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(customerName))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("customerName");
}
// save the name come what may
_name = customerName;
// send the name, PIN, 20
bool moreAccounts = true;
short accountCount = 0;
ACCT_INFO[] accountInfoArray;
// set up a persistent connection
_clientContextObj.ConnectionUsage = ConnectionTypes.PersistentOpen;
// set up a security override connection
_clientContextObj.User = "******";
_clientContextObj.Password = "******";
// set up an empty array list
ArrayList alNames = new ArrayList();
try
{
while (moreAccounts)
{
accountInfoArray = new ACCT_INFO[0];
moreAccounts = _Handler.GetAccounts(_name, 20, ref accountCount, ref accountInfoArray, ref _clientContextObj);
foreach (ACCT_INFO ai in accountInfoArray)
{
alNames.Add(ai.ACCT_NUMBER);
}
}
_Handler.ClosePersistentConnection(ref _clientContextObj);
_isExistingCustomer = true;
}
catch (CustomTIException Ex)
{
bool isPersistent = false;
bool connectionIsViable = false;
_Handler.UpdateContextInfo(ref _clientContextObj);
isPersistent = _clientContextObj.IsPersistent;
connectionIsViable = _clientContextObj.IsConnectionViable;
if (isPersistent && connectionIsViable)
{
// close the persistent connection
_Handler.ClosePersistentConnection(ref _clientContextObj);
}
//parse out the Error code
int errorCode = Ex.UserErrorCode;
string errorText = Ex.Message;
string msgID = Ex.TIExceptionMsgId;
// say we can't handle this error
bool errorHandlable = false;
// if this is a Meta Data Error Block error, we got to the host, and then
// it failed us, hopefully with customer not found
if (msgID == META_DATA_ERROR)
{
if (errorText.Contains("Customer name not found"))
{
errorHandlable = true;
}
}
// if its not handlable, leave
if (!errorHandlable)
{
throw;
}
// ok, at this point we have a non-existing customer
_isExistingCustomer = false;
}
catch (Exception)
{
bool isPersistent = false;
bool connectionIsViable = false;
_Handler.UpdateContextInfo(ref _clientContextObj);
isPersistent = _clientContextObj.IsPersistent;
connectionIsViable = _clientContextObj.IsConnectionViable;
if (isPersistent && connectionIsViable)
{
// close the persistent connection
_Handler.ClosePersistentConnection(ref _clientContextObj);
}
// This is not a error that the App can handle.
throw;
}
if (_isExistingCustomer)
{
// get the accounts available
_accountNumbers = new string[alNames.Count];
for (int index = 0; index < alNames.Count; index++)
{
_accountNumbers[index] = (string)alNames[index];
}
// get the customers address data
RetrieveCustomerInfo();
}
}
