public Listed DefaultForm1ToLoad()
{
CarListReader reader = new CarListReader();
Listed list = new Listed();
/*Setting the cars in JSON reader to be that of the most recent year.*/
JsonReader json = new JsonReader();
/*Getting the list of cars from json.*/
list.Cars = json.getCars();
list.Manufacturers = reader.GetManufacturers(list.Cars);
list.searchedManufacturers = list.Manufacturers;
list.LatestFileYear = json.getMostRecent();
return(list);
}
/*When the Confirm year button is pressed we want to change
* the contents of the boxes to be the cars of the year chosen e.g.
* from 2017 to 2015.*/
private void ConfirmYearButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//if the user has selected a year.
if (YearBox.SelectedIndex != -1)
{
//the year that the user has selected.
string selectedYear = YearBox.SelectedItem.ToString();
JsonReader json = new JsonReader(selectedYear);
carList.Cars = json.getCars();
carList.Manufacturers = listReader.GetManufacturers(carList.Cars);
carList.searchedManufacturers = carList.Manufacturers;
//setting the year to be the year that was selected.
year = selectedYear;
drawListBox(json);
}
}
/*Function that takes in:
* a. The ListBox of the year that we want to display.
* b. The Listed object we wish to update with the new cars.
* c. The ListBox we wish to update with the new manufacturers.
* and switches the Listed object to display the specific years cars.*/
private void SwitchingYear(ListBox year, Listed list, ListBox toUpdate)
{
//if the user has selected a year.
if (year.SelectedIndex != -1)
{
CarListReader listReader = new CarListReader();
//the year that the user has selected.
string selectedYear = year.SelectedItem.ToString();
JsonReader json = new JsonReader(selectedYear);
list.Cars = json.getCars();
list.Manufacturers = listReader.GetManufacturers(list.Cars);
list.searchedManufacturers = list.Manufacturers;
listBoxes.PopulateListBoxWithManufacturers(toUpdate, list.Manufacturers);
//setting the year to be the year that was selected.
//year = selectedYear;
//drawListBox(json);
}
}
