/// <summary>
/// Makes a shallow copy of the current DojoAttendanceEntryCollection.
/// as the parent object.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>DojoAttendanceEntryCollection</returns>
public DojoAttendanceEntryCollection Clone()
{
DojoAttendanceEntryCollection clonedDojoAttendanceEntry = new DojoAttendanceEntryCollection(count);
lock (this)
{
foreach (DojoAttendanceEntry item in this)
{
clonedDojoAttendanceEntry.Add(item);
}
}
return(clonedDojoAttendanceEntry);
}
/// <summary>
/// Makes a deep copy of the current DojoAttendanceEntry.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="isolation">Placeholders are used to isolate the
/// items in the DojoAttendanceEntryCollection from their children.</param>
public DojoAttendanceEntryCollection Copy(bool isolated)
{
DojoAttendanceEntryCollection isolatedCollection = new DojoAttendanceEntryCollection(count);
lock (this)
{
if (isolated)
{
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
isolatedCollection.Add(DojoAttendanceEntryArray[i].NewPlaceHolder());
}
}
else
{
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
isolatedCollection.Add(DojoAttendanceEntryArray[i].Copy());
}
}
}
return(isolatedCollection);
}
//TODO: THIS NEEDS OPTIMIZED WITH A FindTopInstructors(count) METHOD
public DojoMember FindTopInstructor(DateTime minDate, DateTime maxDate, params DojoMember[] exclusions)
{
bool exclusionFlag;
DojoMember currentInstructor = null;
int currentCount = 0;
DojoMember topInstructor = null;
int topCount = 0;
// Return a null value if the array is empty.
if (this.Count == 0)
{
return(null);
}
// Clone the array first before the sort to keep
// array order intact.
DojoAttendanceEntryCollection temp = this.Clone();
// Sort array by instructor first to group instructors together,
// this avoids a messy search routine and allows one quick pass on
// the array.
temp.Sort(DojoAttendanceEntryCompareKey.Instructor);
// Preset the current id to the first entry
currentInstructor = temp[0].Class.Instructor;
foreach (DojoAttendanceEntry e in temp)
{
if (e.Class.ClassStart < minDate)
{
continue;
}
if (e.Class.ClassStart > maxDate)
{
continue;
}
// Ignore Classes where student is the teacher
if (e.Class.Instructor.ID == e.Member.ID)
{
continue;
}
if (exclusions != null)
{
exclusionFlag = false;
// Ignore Exclusions
foreach (DojoMember exclusion in exclusions)
{
if (exclusion != null &&
e.Class.Instructor.ID == exclusion.ID)
{
exclusionFlag = true;
}
}
if (exclusionFlag)
{
continue;
}
}
// TODO: Impliment the following logic!
// Ignore Classes where student is higher ranked
// than the instructor.
// If the current instructor is teaching this class,
// increase the class count.
if (e.Class.Instructor.ID == currentInstructor.ID)
{
currentCount++;
}
else
{
// If the current instructor has more classes
// than the last top instructor, save this instructor
// as the new top instructor.
if (currentCount > topCount)
{
topInstructor = currentInstructor;
topCount = currentCount;
}
// Switch the current instructor to this class's
// instructor and reset the current count to 1 since
// this class will not be counted on the next loop.
currentInstructor = e.Class.Instructor;
currentCount = 1;
}
}
// Test the last instructor's count since it was not
// processed by the loop.
if (currentCount > topCount)
{
topInstructor = currentInstructor;
}
// Return the top instructor
return(topInstructor);
}