// Add a new user to the list of all users given a User object.
public bool addUser(User u)
{
if(!userExists(u.getName()))
{
users.Add(u);
return true;
}
return false;
}
// Load user info from the textfile on the server. Parses the text file at USER_INFO_FILENAME
private AllUsers loadUserInfo(string filename)
{
AllUsers users = new AllUsers();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(filename);
while(!reader.EndOfStream)
{
string line = reader.ReadLine(); // reads [USER]
line = reader.ReadLine(); // reads the user's name
User currentUser = new User(line); // Create User object for the current user being parsed.
// If [ is found immediately follow a user's name, then the user hasn't made any payments.
if (reader.Peek() == '[')
{
users.addUser(currentUser);
continue;
}
else
{
// Get all the payments made by a user and add them to User object.
while(reader.Peek() != '[' && !reader.EndOfStream)
{
line = reader.ReadLine();
currentUser.addPayment(Convert.ToDouble(line));
}
}
users.addUser(currentUser); // add User object to the list of all users.
}
reader.Close();
return users;
}