private IEnumerable <WorkPatternRepresentation> CombineWeeklyPatternsIntoMonthlyOnes(
List <WorkPatternRepresentation> weeklyPatterns)
{
DaysInMonth.ToString();
WorkdaysInMonth.ToString();
var patternValidator = new WorkPatternValidator(new List <BusinessRule>());
var monthlyPatterns = new List <WorkPatternRepresentation>();
var random = new Random();
foreach (var weeklyPattern in weeklyPatterns)
{
var monthlyPattern = weeklyPattern;
// just consider 5 weekly patterns will cover the month
// (normally, we should find the first multiple of 5 larger than WorkDaysInMonth)
// TODO the Times() extension method would be useful here
for (var count = 0; count < 5; count += 1)
{
var randomIndex = random.Next(0, weeklyPatterns.Count);
var randomNextPattern = weeklyPatterns.ElementAt(randomIndex);
var candidateForExtendedPattern = new WorkPatternRepresentation(
monthlyPattern.Concat(randomNextPattern));
while (!patternValidator.Validate(candidateForExtendedPattern))
{
randomIndex = random.Next(0, weeklyPatterns.Count);
randomNextPattern = weeklyPatterns.ElementAt(randomIndex);
candidateForExtendedPattern = new WorkPatternRepresentation(
monthlyPattern.Concat(randomNextPattern));
}
// TODO as a safety measure, the above loop should be forcefully
// exited if it has been looping for a large number of times
monthlyPattern = candidateForExtendedPattern;
}
monthlyPatterns.Add(monthlyPattern);
}
return(monthlyPatterns);
}
