public void AddContest(Contest contest)
{
Contests.Add(contest);
}
static Ballot BuildBallotFromJson(string fileName)
{
string contestCode;
string contestData;
JsonDocument contestDoc;
JsonElement contestRoot;
string contestName;
int contestMaxChoices;
bool contestWriteIn;
JsonElement contestCandidates;
Contest contest;
string candidateCode;
string candidateName;
string candidateParty;
Candidate candidate;
Dictionary <string, Candidate> candidatesTable;
List <string> candidatesOrder;
// access the ballot json file
string ballotData = File.ReadAllText(fileName);
JsonDocument ballotDoc = JsonDocument.Parse(ballotData);
JsonElement ballotRoot = ballotDoc.RootElement;
string ballotName = ballotRoot.GetProperty("BallotName").ToString();
JsonElement contests = ballotRoot.GetProperty("Contests");
Ballot ballot = new Ballot(ballotName);
// for each contest in ballot
for (int i = 0; i < contests.GetArrayLength(); i++)
{
// get the order of candidate codes
JsonElement order = contests[i].GetProperty("CandidateCodes");
candidatesOrder = new List <string>();
for (int orderIndex = 0; orderIndex < order.GetArrayLength(); orderIndex++)
{
candidatesOrder.Add(order[orderIndex].GetString());
}
// begin new candidatesTable
candidatesTable = new Dictionary <string, Candidate>();
// access the contest json file to get all candidate information
contestCode = contests[i].GetProperty("ContestCode").ToString();
contestData = File.ReadAllText("CONTEST_" + contestCode + ".json");
contestDoc = JsonDocument.Parse(contestData);
contestRoot = contestDoc.RootElement;
contestName = contestRoot.GetProperty("ContestName").GetString();
contestRoot.GetProperty("MaxChoices").TryGetInt32(out contestMaxChoices);
contestWriteIn = contestRoot.GetProperty("WriteIn").GetBoolean();
contestCandidates = contestRoot.GetProperty("Candidates");
contest = new Contest(contestCode, contestName, contestMaxChoices);
// for each candidate in contest
for (int j = 0; j < contestCandidates.GetArrayLength(); j++)
{
candidateCode = contestCandidates[j].GetProperty("CandidateCode").GetString();
candidateName = contestCandidates[j].GetProperty("CandidateName").GetString();
candidateParty = contestCandidates[j].GetProperty("CandidateParty").GetString();
candidate = new Candidate(candidateCode, candidateName, candidateParty);
//contest.AddCandidate(candidate);
// add candidate and its candidateCode to candidatesTable
candidatesTable.Add(candidateCode, candidate);
}
// add candidates in the correct order
foreach (string candCode in candidatesOrder)
{
contest.AddCandidate(candidatesTable[candCode]);
}
// add writeins if appropriate
if (contestWriteIn)
{
contest.AddBlankWriteIns();
}
ballot.AddContest(contest);
}
return(ballot);
}
