/// <summary>
/// Parses a string value into a Sound Description Keyword Category (SDKCategories enumeration type). No exceptions will be thrown.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="SDKString">The string to parse into a SDKCategories value.</param>
/// <returns>This will return a SDKCategories value. If the string is not valid, it will return Unknown</returns>
public static SDKCategories ParseSDK(string SDKString)
{
SDKCategories SDKEnum = SDKCategories.Unknown;
//make sure string isn't null
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(SDKString))
{
//parse string into SDKCategory and ignore case
//kludge until database storage of this concept is resolved
switch (SDKString.ToLowerInvariant())
{
case "source":
case "soundsource":
case "1":
SDKEnum = SDKCategories.SoundSource;
break;
case "instrument":
case "instrumenttype":
case "2":
SDKEnum = SDKCategories.InstrumentType;
break;
case "timbre":
case "timbre_characteristic":
case "3":
SDKEnum = SDKCategories.Timbre_Characteristic;
break;
case "articulation":
case "4":
SDKEnum = SDKCategories.Articulation;
break;
default:
SDKEnum = SDKCategories.Unknown;
break;
}
}
return(SDKEnum);
}//end ParseSDK
/// <summary>
/// Returns a list of Keyword instances belonging to a certain type.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="KeywordType">The type of Keyword to return.</param>
/// <returns>A list of Keyword objects; this will be an empty list if an exception occurs.</returns>
public List <Keyword> GetKeywordsByType(SDKCategories SDKType)
{
//create typed data objects
DSNyMPH.tbKeywordDataTable _dtKeyword = new DSNyMPH.tbKeywordDataTable();
try
{
//using (tbKeywordTableAdapter _taKeyword = new tbKeywordTableAdapter())
//{
//_taKeyword.Connection = _conn;
////fill typed table
//_taKeyword.FillByType(_dtKeyword, SDKType.ToString());
//use global table adapter to fill datatable
_keywordTA.FillByType(_dtKeyword, SDKType.ToString());
Console.WriteLine(_dtKeyword.Rows.Count);
// }
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
_elh.WriteEvent(string.Format("Exception occurred while getting List of Keywords with KeywordType = {0}. Exception details: {1}", SDKType.ToString(), ex.Message), EventLogEntryType.Error);
}
//create typed list with correct capacity
List <Keyword> _keywords = new List <Keyword>(_dtKeyword.Rows.Count);
foreach (DSNyMPH.tbKeywordRow _row in _dtKeyword.Rows)
{
//map datarow to Keyword object
_keywords.Add(MapRowToKeyword(_row));
}
return(_keywords);
}
public static List <Keyword> GetKeywordList(SDKCategories Type)
{
// TODO add implementation
//TODO: call data layer to get list
throw new NotImplementedException("TODO:");
}
