public void Launch()
{
// user date
Console.WriteLine("Enter a starting date (as mm/dd/yyyy): ");
string dateStart = Console.ReadLine();
// user time
Console.WriteLine("--- Alert: the bug with the hours for the year 2013 are not fixed yet");
Console.WriteLine("Enter a starting hour between 0 and 23: ");
string timeStart = Console.ReadLine();
DateAndTime dt = new DateAndTime();
string startDateAndTime = dt.ReadUserDateAndTime(dateStart, timeStart);
// user date
Console.WriteLine("Enter an ending date (as mm/dd/yyyy): ");
string dateEnd = Console.ReadLine();
// user time
Console.WriteLine("Enter an ending hour between 0 and 23: ");
string timeEnd = Console.ReadLine();
string endDateAndTime = dt.ReadUserDateAndTime(dateEnd, timeEnd);
ReadTextFiles rd = new ReadTextFiles();
List <WeatherItem> weatherItems = ProcessUserDateAndTime(startDateAndTime, endDateAndTime);
this.PointsToGraphic(weatherItems);
// rd.DisplayItems(weatherItems);
}
/// <summary>
/// Algorithm to return the full list of items to the user
/// </summary>
/// <param name="startDateAndTime">User entry</param>
/// <param name="userDateAndTime">User entru</param>
public List <WeatherItem> ProcessUserDateAndTime(string startDateAndTime, string endDateAndTime)
{
ReadTextFiles rd = new ReadTextFiles();
List <WeatherItem> weatherItems = new List <WeatherItem>();
try
{
int startYear = int.Parse(startDateAndTime.Split('_')[0]);
int endYear = int.Parse(endDateAndTime.Split('_')[0]);
int currentYear = startYear;
int gap = ComputeGap(startYear, endYear);
if (gap == 0)
{
weatherItems.AddRange(rd.ReadYear(startDateAndTime, endDateAndTime));
return(weatherItems);
}
else if (gap == 1)
{
weatherItems.AddRange(rd.ReadYearStart(startDateAndTime));
weatherItems.AddRange(rd.ReadYearEnd(endDateAndTime));
return(weatherItems);
}
else if (gap > 1)
{
weatherItems.AddRange(rd.ReadYearStart(startDateAndTime));
currentYear++;
gap -= 1;
while (gap > 1)
{
weatherItems.AddRange(rd.ReadFullYear(currentYear));
currentYear++;
gap -= 1;
}
weatherItems.AddRange(rd.ReadYearEnd(endDateAndTime));
return(weatherItems);
}
else
{
return(null);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
return(null);
}