private void BalanceConstituentCounts()
{
var RedConstituents = Constituents.Where((c) => c.party == Constituent.Party.Red);
var BlueConstituents = Constituents.Where((c) => c.party == Constituent.Party.Blue);
var RedCount = RedConstituents.Count();
var BlueCount = BlueConstituents.Count();
HashSet <District> changedDistricts = new HashSet <District>();
if (RedCount > BlueConstituents.Count())
{
//find the disparity, and convert half that many to blue
int diff = RedCount - BlueCount;
//if diff is odd, convert one red to brown
if ((diff % 2) == 1)
{
Constituent c = Utils.ChooseRandom(RedConstituents.ToList());
c.party = Constituent.Party.Yellow;
changedDistricts.Add(c.District);
}
//choose enough constituents randomly to even things out, and convert them to the other party
foreach (Constituent c in Utils.ChooseKRandom(RedConstituents.ToList(), diff / 2))
{
c.party = Constituent.Party.Blue;
changedDistricts.Add(c.District);
}
}
else if (RedCount < BlueCount)
{
//find the disparity, and convert half that many to red
int diff = BlueCount - RedCount;
//if diff is odd, convert one red to brown
if ((diff % 2) == 1)
{
Constituent c = Utils.ChooseRandom(RedConstituents.ToList());
c.party = Constituent.Party.Yellow;
changedDistricts.Add(c.District);
}
//choose enough constituents randomly to even things out, and convert them to the other party
foreach (Constituent c in Utils.ChooseKRandom(BlueConstituents.ToList(), diff / 2))
{
c.party = Constituent.Party.Red;
changedDistricts.Add(c.District);
}
}
//update the member counts of every district we changed
foreach (District d in changedDistricts)
{
d.UpdateMemberData();
}
}
public ActionResult GetConstituent(string text)
{
Thread.Sleep(1000);
var uriString = string.Format(serviceBaseUri + @"/Search?firstName={0}&lastName={0}&email={1}&phone={1}&occupationName={1}&occupationDescription={1}&instituteName={1}&instituteLocation={1}&qualification={1}&yearOfGradutation={1}&address={1}&state={1}&city={1}&country={1}&postcode={1}&preferedName={0}&houseName={1}&branch={1}", text,null);
var constituentsData = HttpHelper.Get<ConstituentsData>(uriString);
mapper = new AutoDataContractMapper();
var constituents = new Constituents();
mapper.MapList(constituentsData, constituents, typeof(Constituent));
IEnumerable<Constituent> enumerable = null;
if (text.HasValue())
{
enumerable = constituents.Where((p) => p.Name.FirstName.StartsWith(text,true,null) || p.Name.LastName.StartsWith(text,true,null));
}
IEnumerable<SelectListItem> selectList =
from c in enumerable
select new SelectListItem
{
Text = c.Name.NameWithoutSalutation,
Value = c.Id.ToString()
};
return new JsonResult { Data = selectList };
}
