// Order List of Authors based on the times they appear and return it truncated
private static Dictionary <string, AuthorClass> OrderRanking(List <Authors> authorList)
{
try
{
// Use dictionary to store information <AuthorName, AuthorClass>
var map = new Dictionary <string, AuthorClass>();
// Give a score to the author based on the times they appear
for (int i = 0; i < authorList.Count; ++i)
{
Authors authors = authorList[i];
for (int j = 0; j < authors.Author.Count; ++j)
{
string authorName = authors.Author[j].Text;
if (map.ContainsKey(authorName)) // Author already inside the dictionary
{
AuthorClass author = map.GetValueOrDefault(authorName);
author.IncreaseScore();
author.SetPublicationYear(authors.Author[j].LastYear);
author.AddVenue(authors.Author[j].Venue);
}
else // New Author
{
authors.Author[j].Score = 1;
authors.Author[j].AddVenue(authors.Author[j].Venue);
map.Add(authorName, authors.Author[j]);
}
}
}
return(map);
}
catch (Exception)
{
return(null);
}
}
// Return a list of the authors extracted from a query by year
private static List <Authors> AddListByYear(string venue, int year)
{
// Create new list
List <Authors> authorList = new List <Authors>();
try
{
// Parse year to string
string yearToString = year.ToString();
// Build Query
string query = QueryBuilder.BuildQueryVenueYear(venue, yearToString);
// Send request
string response = SendRequest(query);
// Parse response into JSON
JObject search = JObject.Parse(response);
// Get JSON result objects into a list
List <JToken> results = search["result"]["hits"]["hit"].Children().ToList();
// Serialize JSON results into .NET objects
foreach (JToken result in results)
{
try
{
string authorString = result["info"]["authors"].ToString();
int numberAuthors = Regex.Matches(authorString, "text").Count;
if (numberAuthors == 1)
{
string authorClassString = result["info"]["authors"]["author"].ToString();
AuthorClass author = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <AuthorClass>(authorClassString);
// Set año de publicacion para un autor
author.SetPublicationYear(year);
// Set venue del autor
author.Venue = venue;
List <AuthorClass> tempAuthorList = new List <AuthorClass>()
{
author
};
authorList.Add(new Authors(tempAuthorList));
}
else
{
Authors authors = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <Authors>(authorString);
// Set año de la publicacion y venue para todos los autores de la publicacion
foreach (AuthorClass au in authors.Author)
{
au.SetPublicationYear(year);
au.Venue = venue;
}
authorList.Add(authors);
}
}catch (Exception)
{
continue;
}
}
return(authorList);
}
catch (Exception)
{
return(authorList);
}
}