//ToDo: make async versions
public static ComputerInventory FromConfigurationFile(this ComputerInventory me, string path)
{
if (path == string.Empty)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(path));
}
string computerName;
ComputerHardware lcH;
ComputerSoftware lcS;
ComputerProcesses lcP;
// Use JSON as the default structure
//var computerInventory = FromJson<ComputerInventory>();
// Just read the file into a
// If using XML,
// open the path as a stream, setup async buffered read, read into a structured format, catch exceptions
// Get the hardware by selecting a node range in the structured format
// lcH=new ComputerHardware().FromStructuredFormat(path);
// ToDo: add "FromComputerName" extension method to ComputerSoftware and ComputerProcesses
lcH = me.ComputerHardware;
lcS = me.ComputerSoftware;
lcP = me.ComputerProcesses;
computerName = me.ComputerName;
return(new ComputerInventory(lcH, lcS, lcP, computerName));
}
public static ComputerInventory FromComputerName(this ComputerInventory me, string computerName)
{
if (computerName == string.Empty)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(computerName));
}
ComputerHardware lcH;
ComputerSoftware lcS;
ComputerProcesses lcP;
switch (computerName.Trim().ToLowerInvariant())
{
//ToDo: read actual inventory, currently specific for laptop
case "localhost":
// Get the hardware
lcH = new ComputerHardware().FromComputerName(computerName);
// ToDo: add "FromComputerName" extension method to ComputerSoftware and ComputerProcesses
lcS = me.ComputerSoftware;
lcP = me.ComputerProcesses;
break;
default:
throw new NotImplementedException($"cannot populate ComputerInventory object from computerName = {computerName}");
}
ComputerInventory lCI = new ComputerInventory()
{
ComputerName = computerName, ComputerHardware = lcH, ComputerSoftware = lcS, ComputerProcesses = lcP
};
return(lCI);
}
//ToDo: Implement writing a ComputerInventory object to a set of Configuration Settings
public static Dictionary <string, string> ToConfigurationSettings(this ComputerInventory computerInventory)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
public static ComputerInventory InventoryThisComputer(this ComputerInventory computerInventory)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}