/// <summary>
/// Create a RecordSet by collecting distinct records from given input files
/// </summary>
/// <param name="inputFiles">Array of input text files</param>
public static RecordSet CreateRecordSet(string[] inputFiles)
{
var recordSet = new RecordSet();
foreach (var file in inputFiles)
{
try
{
recordSet.UnionWith(GetRecordsFromFile(file));
}
catch (FileNotFoundException e)
{
// if an input file does not exist, log the exception and continue
Console.WriteLine("Exception: {0} {1}", e.Message, e.FileName);
}
}
return(recordSet);
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Record Parser Console Application.");
var recordSet = RecordSet.CreateRecordSet(new string[]
{
@"../../App_Data/records1.txt",
@"../../App_Data/records2.txt",
@"../../App_Data/records3.txt"
});
OutputCollection("(0) Original collection of distinct records", recordSet);
OutputCollection("(1) Records sorted by Gender, then by Last Name, acending", recordSet.SortByGenderAndThenByLastName());
OutputCollection("(2) Records sorted by Date of Birth, ascending", recordSet.SortByDateOfBirth());
OutputCollection("(3) Records sorted by Last Name, descending", recordSet.SortByLastNameDescending());
Console.ReadKey();
}