/* This function runs in a thread and will remain alive until all of the airline threads
* have ended. The function checks whether or not a price drop event has occured by
* checking the value of 'priceDropOccured'. If a price drop occurs then this function
* creates an OrderObject and sends it to the MultiCellBuffer.
*/
public void runAgency()
{
// Run the thread while the airline thread is still alive.
while(airline.IsAlive)
{
if(priceDropOccured)
{
// Get the previous price and new price (used for calculating ticket need)
int previousPrice = ((PriceDropEventArgs)currentEventArgs).getPrevious();
int lowPrice = ((PriceDropEventArgs)currentEventArgs).getLow();
int ticketNeed = calculateTicketNeed(previousPrice, lowPrice);
OrderObject order = new OrderObject(agencyName, generateCreditNo(), ticketNeed, lowPrice);
string encodedOrderString= Encoder.encodeOrder(order);
lock (buffer)
{
buffer.setOneCell(encodedOrderString);
}
// Reset the priceDropOccured data member once it's been handeled.
priceDropOccured = false;
}
}
}
public static string encodeOrder(OrderObject order)
{
string encodedOrderString = string.Format("{0}.{1}.{2}.{3}",
order.getId(), order.getCardNo(), order.getAmount(), order.getUnitPrice());
return encodedOrderString;
}