/// <summary>
/// IdeaTournament constructor
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ideaManager">Accepts an IdeaManager that it will make a copy of</param>
///
/// <param name="userManager">Accepts a UserManager to track which users have voted</param>
///
/// <param name="breakTies">Accepts a boolean of whether to
/// break ties with a coin flip</param>
public IdeaTournament(IdeaManager ideaManager, UserManager userManager, bool breakTies)
{
IdeaManager = new IdeaManager(ideaManager);
UserManager = userManager;
BreakTies = breakTies;
MaxVotesPerUser = IdeaManager.Ideas.Count / 3;
RoundNumber = 0;
//MinVotes = 1;
}
/// <summary>
/// Copy Constructor
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ideaManager">IdeaManager to copy</param>
public IdeaManager(IdeaManager ideaManager)
{
Ideas = new List <Idea>(ideaManager.Ideas);
}
// warning: this does not append, it deletes previous content
// overloaded function that reads Idea data from text into objects
public void GetData(IdeaManager anIdeaManager)
{
// deletes the old contents of the referenced IdeaManager
anIdeaManager.Ideas.Clear();
// reads the associated file from the working directory to an array of strings
string[] fileData = ReadFile("Ideas.txt");
// creates and reads in a local UserManager for adding owner data to the ideas
UserManager aUserManager = new UserManager();
GetData(aUserManager);
// for the length of the string array
for (int i = 0; i < fileData.Length; i++)
{
// these variables store data to later be compiled into an Idea object
string ideaName;
string ideaDescription;
string ownerUsername;
// skips the first lines to bypass the file header info
// more lines may be added to the file header by raising this number
if (i > 5)
{
// reads lines from the file into the storage variables
ideaName = fileData[i];
i++;
ideaDescription = fileData[i];
i++;
ownerUsername = fileData[i];
// searches the UserManager for a user with the matching name of the idea owner
// might be better to eventually use a unique ID or something instead
bool foundUser = false;
int userIterator;
for (userIterator = 0;
userIterator < aUserManager.UserList.Count; userIterator++)
{
if (aUserManager.UserList[userIterator].UserName == ownerUsername)
{
foundUser = true;
break;
}
}
// if an idea has an owner that doesn't exist, this is a problem
if (foundUser == false)
{
throw new Exception("The owner of an idea could not be found in users");
}
// compiles all of the read data into a single Idea object
Idea anIdea = new Idea(ideaName, ideaDescription,
aUserManager.UserList[userIterator]);
// adds the Idea object to the IdeaManager
anIdeaManager.Ideas.Add(anIdea);
}
}
}