public AcceleromterSettings GetSettings(string name)
{
AcceleromterSettings setting = null;
if (!settings.TryGetValue(name, out setting))
{
throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("Settings not found for settings name {0}", name));
}
return(setting);
}
// Retrieves settings from the Dictionary while hiding
// specific implementation details.
public AcceleromterSettings GetSettings(string name)
{
AcceleromterSettings setting = null;
// this method of Dictionary returns a Boolean value indicating
// whether or not the value retrieval worked. If the Key is found
// in the dictionary, the 'out' parameter is modified reflect
// the value, and the method returns true. If the key is not found
// the 'out' parameter is not modified, and the method returns false.
if (!settings.TryGetValue(name, out setting))
{
throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("Settings not found for settings name {0}", name));
}
return(setting);
}
// creates new instances of AccelerometerSettings and stores them
// in a Dictionary<key, value> object for later retrieval. The
// Dictionary object uses a unique-key to access a value
// which can be any object.
void LoadSettings()
{
settings = new Dictionary <string, AcceleromterSettings>();
AcceleromterSettings horizontal = new AcceleromterSettings();
horizontal.AttributeOne = 101;
horizontal.AttributeTwo = 532;
horizontal.AttributeThree = 783;
settings.Add("Horizontal", horizontal);
AcceleromterSettings vertical = new AcceleromterSettings();
vertical.AttributeOne = 50;
vertical.AttributeTwo = 74;
vertical.AttributeThree = 99;
settings.Add("Vertical", vertical);
}