public string GenerateSlotFor(Relation2GeomType _type, bool _for_subcomponents)
{
int slot_counter = 0;
int iteration_guard = 100;
string slot = ComponentUtils.Relation2GeomTypeToSlot(_type) +
ComponentUtils.COMP_SLOT_DELIMITER + "AG" + slot_counter.ToString();
// check if the component already has such a slot
if (_for_subcomponents)
{
while (this.ContainedComponents.ContainsKey(slot) && slot_counter < iteration_guard)
{
slot_counter++;
slot = ComponentUtils.Relation2GeomTypeToSlot(_type) +
ComponentUtils.COMP_SLOT_DELIMITER + "AG" + slot_counter.ToString();
}
if (this.ContainedComponents.ContainsKey(slot))
{
return(null); // something went very wrong!
}
}
else
{
while (this.ReferencedComponents.ContainsKey(slot) && slot_counter < iteration_guard)
{
slot_counter++;
slot = ComponentUtils.Relation2GeomTypeToSlot(_type) +
ComponentUtils.COMP_SLOT_DELIMITER + "AG" + slot_counter.ToString();
}
if (this.ReferencedComponents.ContainsKey(slot))
{
return(null); // something went very wrong!
}
}
return(slot);
}