/// <summary>
/// Constructs the state list from the given text file.
///
/// The file should consists of lines of the form:
/// name-abbr-population
///
/// Expects the file "statedata.txt" in app_data.
/// </summary>
public USStateList(string filename)
{
List <string> data = FileTools.FileDataAbsolutePath(filename);
foreach (string s in data)
{
this.Add(new USStateData(s));
}
}
/*
* Return the key associated with the keyidentifier.
*
* This is the trimmed first line in the file with name
* KeyFileName.
*
* In particular, additional lines are ignored.
*
* The HttpServerUtility is needed to find the file system path.
*/
public static string GetKey(HttpServerUtility server, string keyidentifier)
{
string rootparent = FileTools.GetRootParent(server);
string filename = rootparent + KeyFileName(keyidentifier);
List <string> data = FileTools.FileDataAbsolutePath(filename);
if (data.Count <= 0)
{
return("");
}
else
{
return(data[0]);
}
}