public static Connection CreateConnection(string type, string name, int price)
{
Connection connection;
switch (type)
{
case "WirelessConnection":
connection = new WirelessConnection(name, price);
break;
case "WiredConnection":
connection = new WiredConnection(name, price);
break;
case "DesktopConnection":
connection = new DesktopConnection(name, price);
break;
case "NicConnection":
connection = new NicConnection(name, price);
break;
default:
throw new ArgumentException("Unrecognized connection type.");
}
return(connection);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a <see cref="Connection"/> object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="connectionType">The type of the connection to create.</param>
/// <param name="price">The price of the <see cref="Connection"/>.</param>
/// <returns>A <see cref="Connection"/> object.</returns>
/// <exception cref="ConnectionMonitorException">Thrown when an invalid type is requested.</exception>
/// <remarks>
/// For the built-in <see cref="Connection"/> types
/// (i.e. DesktopConnection, NicConnection, WirelessConnection, WiredConnection),
/// only the class name is required. For user created types, the fully qualified
/// class name is required.
/// </remarks>
public static Connection CreateConnection(string connectionType, int price)
{
Guard.StringNotNullOrEmpty(connectionType, "connectionType");
if (price < 0)
{
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("price");
}
Connection connection;
switch (connectionType)
{
case DesktopConnection:
connection = new DesktopConnection(DesktopConnection, price);
break;
case NicConnection:
connection = new NicConnection(NicConnection, price);
break;
case WirelessConnection:
connection = new WirelessConnection(WirelessConnection, price);
break;
case WiredConnection:
connection = new WiredConnection(WiredConnection, price);
break;
default:
try
{
Type connectionTypeToCreate = Type.GetType(connectionType, true);
Object createdObject = Activator.CreateInstance(connectionTypeToCreate, connectionTypeToCreate.Name, price);
connection = createdObject as Connection;
}
catch (TypeLoadException ex)
{
throw new ConnectionMonitorException("Unsupported connection type.", ex);
}
if (connection == null)
{
throw new ConnectionMonitorException("Unsupported connection type.");
}
break;
}
return(connection);
}
