/// <summary>
/// Gets all data for a specific platform.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="platform">The platform to return data for (can be found by using GetPlatformsList)</param>
/// <returns>A Platform-object containing all the data about the platform, or null if no platform was found</returns>
public static Platform GetPlatform(PlatformSearchResult platform) {
return GetPlatform(platform.ID);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets a collection of all the available platforms.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A collection of all the available platforms</returns>
public static ICollection<PlatformSearchResult> GetPlatforms() {
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(@"http://thegamesdb.net/api/GetPlatformsList.php");
XmlNode root = doc.DocumentElement;
IEnumerator ienum = root.FirstChild.NextSibling.GetEnumerator();
List<PlatformSearchResult> platforms = new List<PlatformSearchResult>();
// Iterate through all platforms
XmlNode platformNode;
while (ienum.MoveNext()) {
platformNode = (XmlNode)ienum.Current;
PlatformSearchResult platform = new PlatformSearchResult();
IEnumerator ienumPlatform = platformNode.GetEnumerator();
XmlNode attributeNode;
while (ienumPlatform.MoveNext()) {
attributeNode = (XmlNode)ienumPlatform.Current;
// Iterate through all platform attributes
switch (attributeNode.Name) {
case "id":
int.TryParse(attributeNode.InnerText, out platform.ID);
break;
case "name":
platform.Name = attributeNode.InnerText;
break;
case "alias":
platform.Alias = attributeNode.InnerText;
break;
}
}
platforms.Add(platform);
}
return platforms;
}
