/// <summary>
/// Connects all items to the controller. Existing network connections will be added to where possible
/// </summary>
/// <param name="items"></param>
/// <param name="controller"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static List <IControllerConnection> ConnectToController(IEnumerable <IConnectable> items, TECController controller, ConnectionProperties properties)
{
var connectables = items
.Where(x => x.GetParentConnection() == null);
var availableIO = controller.AvailableIO + ExistingNetworkIO(controller);
List <IControllerConnection> connections = new List <IControllerConnection>();
if (!CanConnectToController(items, controller))
{
return(connections);
}
foreach (var connectable in connectables)
{
var protocols = connectable.AvailableProtocols;
if (protocols.Count == 1)
{
var connection = controller.Connect(connectable, protocols.First());
if (connection == null)
{
throw new Exception("Connection was Null");
}
connections.Add(connection);
connection.UpdateFromProperties(properties);
}
else
{
var connected = false;
foreach (var protocol in connectable.AvailableProtocols
.Where(x => x is TECProtocol networkProtocol && availableIO.Contains(networkProtocol)))
{
connected = true;
var connection = controller.Connect(connectable, protocol);
if (connection == null)
{
throw new Exception("Connection was Null");
}
connections.Add(connection);
connection.UpdateFromProperties(properties);
break;
}
if (!connected && connectable.AvailableProtocols.Any(x => x is TECHardwiredProtocol) &&
availableIO.Contains(connectable.HardwiredIO))
{
var connection = controller.Connect(connectable, connectable.AvailableProtocols.First(x => x is TECHardwiredProtocol));
connection.UpdateFromProperties(properties);
connections.Add(connection);
}
}
}
if (controller is TECProvidedController pController)
{
pController.OptimizeModules();
}
return(connections.Distinct().ToList());
}
