// helper function for incrementDay
private void initMail(int storyID)
{
// update daysBeforeDeliver
daysBeforeDeliver[storyID] = -1;
// update latestMailWaiting
latestMailWaiting[storyID]++;
// actually init the mail
string currMailID = getMailIDString(storyID, latestMailWaiting[storyID]);
Mail currMail = mailDb.getMailByID(currMailID);
Debug.Log(currMail.getFromHouseID());
House currHouse = houseDb.getHouseByID(currMail.getFromHouseID());
currHouse.addMail(currMailID);
}
// returns house response
// TODO: add interesting responses per house
public string pickupMail(string houseID)
{
// check for valid houseID
if (!houseDb.isValidHouse(houseID))
{
throw new System.Exception("Dashboard: pickupMail() _ invalid houseID");
}
House house = houseDb.getHouseByID(houseID);
// check house has mail
if (!house.checkHasMailToSend())
{
if (DASHBOARD_DEBUG)
{
Debug.Log("Dashboard: house " + houseID + " does not have mail to deliver");
}
return("Sorry, I don't have any mail for you!");
}
else
{
List <string> houseMail = house.pickupMailToSend();
for (int i = 0; i < houseMail.Count; i++)
{
string mailID = houseMail [i];
Mail mail = mailDb.getMailByID(mailID);
mail.setPicked();
mailBeingHeld.Add(mailID);
if (DASHBOARD_DEBUG)
{
Debug.Log("Dashboard: picked up mail with ID " + mailID + " from house " + houseID);
}
}
if (mailHeldChanged != null)
{
mailHeldChanged(mailBeingHeld);
}
return("Yay, it's the mailman!");
}
}