// gets the top-level parent
public static T GetParent <T>(T _element, List <T> _element_record) where T : DisplayableProductDefinition
{
if (_element == null || _element_record == null)
{
return(null);
}
if (_element_record.Count == 0)
{
return(null);
}
// top level
if (_element_record.Contains(_element))
{
return(null);
}
foreach (T item in _element_record)
{
List <T> itemContent = DisplayableProductDefinition.GetFlatSubElementList(item);
if (itemContent.Contains(_element))
{
return(item);
}
}
return(null);
}
public static List <T> FlattenHierarchicalRecord <T>(List <T> _record, bool _include_invisible = true) where T : DisplayableProductDefinition
{
if (_record == null)
{
return(null);
}
List <T> record_flat = new List <T>();
foreach (T item in _record)
{
item.IsMarkable = true;
if (!_include_invisible && item.IsExcludedFromDisplay)
{
continue;
}
record_flat.Add(item);
List <T> subItems = DisplayableProductDefinition.GetFlatSubElementList(item);
foreach (T si in subItems)
{
si.IsMarkable = false;
}
record_flat.AddRange(subItems);
}
return(record_flat);
}
public static List <T> GetFlatSubElementList <T>(T _element) where T : DisplayableProductDefinition
{
if (_element.ContainedOfSameType == null || _element.ContainedOfSameType.Count < 1)
{
return(new List <T>());
}
List <T> list = new List <T>();
foreach (T item in _element.ContainedOfSameType)
{
if (item == null)
{
continue;
}
list.Add(item);
if (item.ContainedOfSameType.Count > 0)
{
list.AddRange(DisplayableProductDefinition.GetFlatSubElementList(item));
}
}
return(list);
}
public static List <T> GetParentChain <T>(T _element, List <T> _element_record) where T : DisplayableProductDefinition
{
if (_element == null || _element_record == null)
{
return(null);
}
if (_element_record.Count == 0)
{
return(null);
}
// if at top level
if (_element_record.Contains(_element))
{
return new List <T> {
_element
}
}
;
List <T> chain = new List <T>();
// get top-level parent
T topParent = null;
foreach (T item in _element_record)
{
List <T> itemContent = DisplayableProductDefinition.GetFlatSubElementList(item);
if (itemContent.Contains(_element))
{
topParent = item;
break;
}
}
if (topParent == null)
{
return new List <T> {
_element
}
}
;
// proceed from the top parent down
chain.Add(topParent);
T currentParent = topParent;
while (currentParent.ID != _element.ID)
{
foreach (T item in currentParent.ContainedOfSameType)
{
if (item == null)
{
continue;
}
if (item.ID == _element.ID)
{
currentParent = item;
break;
}
List <T> subNodeContent = DisplayableProductDefinition.GetFlatSubElementList(item);
if (subNodeContent.Contains(_element))
{
currentParent = item;
break;
}
}
chain.Add(currentParent);
}
return(chain);
}