private DashboardableControlHostPanel Hydrate(IDashboardableControl theControlCreated, DashboardControl dbRecord)
{
var emptyCollection = theControlCreated.ConstructEmptyCollection(dbRecord);
foreach (DashboardObjectUse objectUse in dbRecord.ObjectsUsed)
{
var o = _activator.RepositoryLocator.GetArbitraryDatabaseObject(objectUse.ReferencedObjectRepositoryType, objectUse.ReferencedObjectType, objectUse.ReferencedObjectID);
emptyCollection.DatabaseObjects.Add(o);
}
try
{
emptyCollection.LoadExtraText(dbRecord.PersistenceString);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new DashboardControlHydrationException("Could not resolve extra text persistence string for control '" + theControlCreated.GetType() + "'", e);
}
theControlCreated.SetCollection(_activator, emptyCollection);
var host = new DashboardableControlHostPanel(_activator, dbRecord, theControlCreated);
host.Location = new Point(dbRecord.X, dbRecord.Y);
host.Width = dbRecord.Width;
host.Height = dbRecord.Height;
return(host);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a new instance of Type t (which must be an IDashboardableControl derrived ultimately from UserControl) which is then hydrated with an empty collection and a database
/// record is created which can be used to save it's collection state for the lifetime of the control (allowing you to restore the state later)
/// </summary>
/// <param name="forLayout"></param>
/// <param name="t"></param>
/// <param name="theControlCreated"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public DashboardControl Create(DashboardLayout forLayout, Type t, out DashboardableControlHostPanel theControlCreated)
{
var instance = CreateControl(t);
//get the default size requirements of the control as it exists post construction
int w = instance.Width;
int h = instance.Height;
var dbRecord = new DashboardControl(_activator.RepositoryLocator.CatalogueRepository, forLayout, t, _startLocationForNewControls.X, _startLocationForNewControls.Y, w, h, "");
theControlCreated = Hydrate((IDashboardableControl)instance, dbRecord);
return(dbRecord);
}