/// <summary>
/// This method privides to load values into dictionary (specifically into
/// a String key and DefinitionTag object / value(s).
/// This method ignores the first rows of config file and store:
/// <list type="">
/// <item>Key: that is the DefinitionTag class Tag property.</item>
/// <item>Value: that is the DefinitionTag class Value property.</item>
/// <item>Description: that is Description class property.</item>
/// </list>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="TextData">Represents an array of strings</param>
/// <returns>A dictionary loaded of array strings.</returns>
public static Dictionary <String, DefinitionTag> SplitDataInDictionary(String[] TextData)
{
Dictionary <String, DefinitionTag> myRet = new Dictionary <String, DefinitionTag>();
Int32 nrRow = 0;
String myCh = String.Empty;
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
Int32 fistRow = Helper.getFirstRowReadable(TextData);
foreach (String row in TextData)
{
if (nrRow > fistRow)
{
myCh = StringExtensions.Left(row, Constants.K_ColumnDescriptionHidden).Trim();
if (myCh == Constants.K_CharDescription)
{
sb = sb.AppendLine(Helper.replaceFirst(row, Constants.K_CharDescription, ""));
}
else if (myCh == Constants.K_CharDescriptionAlt)
{
//NOP
}
else if (myCh.Length > 0)
{
//kCharDivideKeyValue[0] --> from string to char
String[] tokens = row.Split(Constants.K_CharDivideKeyValue[0]).Select(x => x.Trim()).ToArray();
String myDescription = sb.ToString().Trim();
DefinitionTag def = new DefinitionTag();
String tmpTag = tokens[0].ToString();
switch (tmpTag)
{
case Constants.K_FILE_PATTERNS:
def.Value = makeMultiValuesString(Constants.K_FILE_PATTERNS, nrRow, TextData);
break;
case Constants.K_ABBREVIATE_BRIEF:
def.Value = makeMultiValuesString(Constants.K_ABBREVIATE_BRIEF, nrRow, TextData);
break;
default:
def.Value = tokens[1].ToString().Replace("\"", "");
break;
}
def.Description = myDescription;
myRet.Add(tokens[0], def);
sb.Clear();
}
else
{
//NOP
}
}
nrRow++;
}
return(myRet);
}
//TODO: data integrity -- END
/// <summary>
/// This method update a custom tag value by creating a new DefinitionTag object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="TAG">Represents a tag as key</param>
/// <param name="NewValue">Represents a new value property.</param>
/// <param name="Description">Represents a description property.</param>
/// <param name="Dictionary">Represents a reference dictionary.</param>
public static void UpdateCustomValue(String TAG, String NewValue, String Description, ref Dictionary <String, DefinitionTag> Dictionary)
{
DefinitionTag dd = new DefinitionTag();
dd.Tag = TAG;
dd.Value = NewValue;
dd.Description = Description;
Dictionary[TAG] = dd;
}
/// <summary>
/// This method takes a dictionary parameter and copy key/value pairs
/// (value is a DefinitionTag object)
/// </summary>
/// <param name="original">It Represents the dicionary we want to clone</param>
/// <returns>Returns a new copied dictionary</returns>
public static Dictionary <String, DefinitionTag> CopyDictionary(Dictionary <String, DefinitionTag> original)
{
Dictionary <String, DefinitionTag> ret = new Dictionary <String, DefinitionTag>();
foreach (KeyValuePair <String, DefinitionTag> entry in original)
{
DefinitionTag dd = new DefinitionTag();
dd = entry.Value;
ret.Add(entry.Key, dd);
}
return(ret);
}