/// <summary>
/// Gets a SQL Local DB instance with the specified name if it exists, otherwise a new instance with the specified name is created.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="api">The <see cref="ISqlLocalDbApi"/> to use to get or create the instance.</param>
/// <param name="instanceName">The name of the SQL Server LocalDB instance to get or create.</param>
/// <returns>
/// A SQL Local DB instance with the name specified by <paramref name="instanceName"/>.
/// </returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
/// <paramref name="api"/> or <paramref name="instanceName"/> is <see langword="null"/>.
/// </exception>
public static ISqlLocalDbInstanceInfo GetOrCreateInstance(this ISqlLocalDbApi api, string instanceName)
{
if (api == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(api));
}
if (instanceName == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(instanceName));
}
// Instance names in SQL Local DB are case-insensitive
if (string.Equals(api.DefaultInstanceName, instanceName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
SqlLocalDbApi.IsDefaultInstanceName(instanceName))
{
// The default instance is always listed, even if it does not exist,
// so need to query that separately to verify whether to get or create.
ISqlLocalDbInstanceInfo info = api.GetInstanceInfo(instanceName);
if (info != null)
{
// If it exists (or it's a default instance), we can't create
// it so just return the information about it immediately.
if (info.Exists || info.IsAutomatic)
{
return(info);
}
}
}
if (api.InstanceExists(instanceName))
{
return(api.GetInstanceInfo(instanceName));
}
else
{
return(api.CreateInstance(instanceName, api.LatestVersion));
}
}
