/// <summary>
/// Get all child taxa.
/// Parent taxa are also included in the result.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context">Web service request context.</param>
/// <param name="parentTaxonGuids">GUIDs for parent taxa.</param>
/// <returns>All child taxa.</returns>
private List <WebTaxon> GetChildTaxaByGuids(WebServiceContext context,
List <String> parentTaxonGuids)
{
List <Int32> parentTaxonIds;
WebTaxonSearchCriteria searchCriteria;
// Convert taxon GUIDs to taxon ids.
parentTaxonIds = new List <Int32>();
if (parentTaxonGuids.IsNotEmpty())
{
foreach (String parentTaxonGuid in parentTaxonGuids)
{
// TODO: This assumption about taxon GUIDs may
// change in the future.
parentTaxonIds.Add(parentTaxonGuid.WebParseInt32());
}
}
// Create search criteria.
searchCriteria = new WebTaxonSearchCriteria();
searchCriteria.IsIsValidTaxonSpecified = true;
searchCriteria.IsValidTaxon = true;
searchCriteria.Scope = TaxonSearchScope.AllChildTaxa;
searchCriteria.TaxonIds = parentTaxonIds;
// Get child taxa.
return(GetTaxaBySearchCriteria(context, searchCriteria));
}
/// <summary>
/// Get taxa by SearchCriteria.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context">Web service request context.</param>
/// <param name="searchCriteria">Search criteria.</param>
/// <returns>List of taxons.</returns>
public virtual List <WebTaxon> GetTaxaBySearchCriteria(WebServiceContext context, WebTaxonSearchCriteria searchCriteria)
{
WebClientInformation clientInformation = GetClientInformation(context, WebServiceId.TaxonService);
List <WebTaxon> taxa = new List <WebTaxon>();
if (searchCriteria.IsNotNull())
{
taxa = WebServiceProxy.TaxonService.GetTaxaBySearchCriteria(clientInformation, searchCriteria);
}
return(taxa);
}