/// <summary>
/// Merge the contents of 2 files and write them sorted to a destination file.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="recordType">The record Type.</param>
/// <param name="file1">File with contents to be merged.</param>
/// <param name="file2">File with contents to be merged.</param>
/// <param name="destFile">The destination file.</param>
/// <returns>The merged and sorted records.</returns>
public static object[] MergeAndSortFile(Type recordType, string file1, string file2, string destFile)
{
FileHelperEngine engine = new FileHelperEngine(recordType);
ArrayList arr = new ArrayList();
arr.AddRange(engine.ReadFile(file1));
arr.AddRange(engine.ReadFile(file2));
object[] res = (object[])arr.ToArray(recordType);
arr = null; // <- better performance (allow the GC to collect it)
CommonEngine.SortRecords(res);
engine.WriteFile(destFile, res);
return(res);
}
/// <summary>
/// Merge the contents of 2 files and write them sorted to a
/// destination file.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="recordType">The record Type.</param>
/// <param name="file1">File with contents to be merged.</param>
/// <param name="file2">File with contents to be merged.</param>
/// <param name="destFile">The destination file.</param>
/// <returns>The merged and sorted records.</returns>
public static object[] MergeAndSortFile(Type recordType, string file1, string file2, string destFile)
{
FileHelperEngine engine = new FileHelperEngine(recordType);
var list = engine.ReadFileAsList(file1);
list.AddRange(engine.ReadFileAsList(file2));
var res = list.ToArray();
list = null; // <- better performance (memory)
CommonEngine.SortRecords(res);
engine.WriteFile(destFile, res);
return(res);
}