/// <summary>
/// Helper method to parse a string into rule actions
/// </summary>
/// <param name="acts">the string to parse into actions</param>
/// <returns>An array of the parsed actions</returns>
private Action[] StringToActions(string acts)
{
//split string by ANDs
string[] buff = acts.Split(new string[] { " AND " }, StringSplitOptions.None);
if (buff.Contains(""))
throw new ArgumentException("Illegal AND statement in actions");
//check each split string to match a valid action
Action[] returned = new Action[buff.Length];
for (int c = 0; c < buff.Length; c++)
{
if (buff[c].Contains("NOTIFY"))
returned[c] = new AlertAction(alert);
else if (buff[c].Contains("ALERT"))
returned[c] = new AlertAction(alert);
else if (buff[c].Contains("KILL"))
returned[c] = new CancelAction(kill);
else
throw new ArgumentException("Unsupported Action");
}
return returned;
}