public ActionResult Saver(string ip, int port, int perSeconds, int seconds, string fileName)
{
// run the saving of the values in a new thread so the user won't wait for response
new Thread(() =>
{
// create a locator finding object
PlaneLocator locator = new PlaneLocator();
List <PlanePos> list = new List <PlanePos>();
// get the valued as requested in the url
for (int i = 0; i < perSeconds * seconds; i++)
{
PlanePos plane = locator.GetPlanePosition(ip, port);
list.Add(plane);
Thread.Sleep(1000 / perSeconds);
}
// create a serializer
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List <PlanePos>), new Type[] { typeof(PlanePos) });
// save the file to the location of the code
string str = fileName + ".xml";
var dir = Server.MapPath("~/");
var file = Path.Combine(dir, fileName + ".xml");
FileStream stream = new FileStream(file, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None);
serializer.Serialize(stream, list);
}).Start();
// send the values to the view
ViewBag.seconds = seconds;
ViewBag.ip = ip;
ViewBag.port = port;
ViewBag.perseconds = perSeconds;
// show the view of the location of the plane
return(View("~/Views/Saver.cshtml"));
}
public ActionResult Location(string ip, int port)
{
// return a json that is the plane location
PlaneLocator loc = new PlaneLocator();
PlanePos p = loc.GetPlanePosition(ip, port);
return(Json(p, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet));
}