/// <summary>
/// Gets an empty collection on which the Merge()
/// method may be called to merge in data from
/// other BrokenRuleCollection objects.
/// </summary>
public static BrokenRulesCollection CreateCollection()
{
BrokenRulesCollection result = new BrokenRulesCollection();
result._customList = true;
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Merges data from the supplied list into this
/// list, changing the rule names to be unique
/// based on the source value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="source">
/// A unique source name for each list being
/// merged into this master list.
/// </param>
/// <param name="list">
/// A list to merge into this master list.
/// </param>
/// <remarks>
/// This method is intended to allow merging of
/// all BrokenRulesCollection objects in a business
/// object graph into a single list. To this end,
/// no attempt is made to remove duplicates during
/// the merge process. Also, the source parameter
/// value must be unqiue for each object instance
/// in the graph, or rule name collisions may
/// occur.
/// </remarks>
public void Merge(string source, BrokenRulesCollection list)
{
if (!_customList)
{
throw new NotSupportedException(Resources.BrokenRulesMergeException);
}
IsReadOnly = false;
foreach (BrokenRule item in list)
{
BrokenRule newItem = new BrokenRule(source, item);
IncrementCount(newItem);
Add(newItem);
}
IsReadOnly = true;
}
