/// <summary>
/// Constructor takes a file communicator object. If the file in question is already
/// being watched, this is ignored. Otherwise, the file is watched by a system file watcher
/// object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="comms">File CommunicatorModel</param>
public FlatFileHandler(FileCommunicator comms)
{
if (PathsBeingWatched.Contains(@comms.FilePath))
{
DebugOutput.Print("Already watching for updates on file at ", comms.FilePath);
}
else if (comms.Inbound)
{
DebugOutput.Print("Attempting to create new connection to file at ", comms.FilePath);
Communicator = comms;
StartFileWatcher();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Constructor takes a file communicator object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="comms">File Communicator Model</param>
public FlatFileHandler(FileCommunicator comms, Rule rule, Value val)
{
//Set the Communicator object.
_communicator = comms;
//Configure the local File Path variables.
_filePath = comms.FilePath;
//Give access to the value.
_value = val;
//Output the data required - any instance of [val] is replaced with the actual value
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(rule.Action.OutputValue);
builder.Replace("[val]", _value.StringValue);
//Output the string
OutputValue(builder.ToString());
}