/// <summary>
/// Returns profile information for a candidate who is active in an election cycle.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="candidateID">The desired candidate's CFIS ID.</param>
/// <param name="electionCycle">The desired election cycle.</param>
/// <returns>The specified candidate's profile for the specified election cycle.</returns>
public ActiveCandidate GetActiveCandidate(string candidateID, string electionCycle)
{
using (ActiveCandidateTds ds = new ActiveCandidateTds())
{
using (ActiveCandidateTableAdapter ta = new ActiveCandidateTableAdapter())
{
ta.FillByCandidate(ds.ActiveCandidate, candidateID, electionCycle);
}
foreach (ActiveCandidateTds.ActiveCandidateRow row in ds.ActiveCandidate.Rows)
{
return(Parse(row));
}
return(null);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Retrieves basic profile information for all candidates active in a specific election cycle.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="electionCycle">The election cycle to filter by.</param>
/// <returns>A collection of <see cref="ActiveCandidate"/> objects representing all candidates active in the <paramref name="electionCycle"/> election cycle, indexed by CFIS ID.</returns>
public Dictionary <string, ActiveCandidate> GetActiveCandidates(string electionCycle)
{
Dictionary <string, ActiveCandidate> candidates = new Dictionary <string, ActiveCandidate>();
using (ActiveCandidateTds ds = new ActiveCandidateTds())
{
using (ActiveCandidateTableAdapter ta = new ActiveCandidateTableAdapter())
{
ta.FillBy(ds.ActiveCandidate, electionCycle);
}
foreach (ActiveCandidateTds.ActiveCandidateRow row in ds.ActiveCandidate.Rows)
{
ActiveCandidate c = Parse(row);
if (c != null)
{
candidates.Add(c.ID, c);
}
}
}
return(candidates);
}
