private static ElementId ParseElementId(String singleElementValue)
{
ElementId elementId;
if (ElementId.TryParse(singleElementValue, out elementId))
{
return(elementId);
}
else
{
// Error - the option supplied could not be mapped to int.
// TODO: consider logging this error later and handling results better.
throw new Exception("String did not map to a usable element id");
}
}
private static IList <ElementId> ParseElementIds(String elementsToExportValue)
{
String[] elements = elementsToExportValue.Split(';');
List <ElementId> ids = new List <ElementId>();
foreach (String element in elements)
{
ElementId elementId;
if (ElementId.TryParse(element, out elementId))
{
ids.Add(elementId);
}
else
{
// Error - the option supplied could not be mapped to int.
// TODO: consider logging this error later and handling results better.
throw new Exception("Substring " + element + " did not map to a usable element id");
}
}
return(ids);
}