/// <summary>
/// Creates Tag objects from a provided dictionary of string tags along with integer values indicating the weight of each tag.
/// This overload is suitable when you have a list of already weighted tags, i.e. from a database query result.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="weightedTags">A dictionary that takes a string for the tag text (as the dictionary key) and an integer for the tag weight (as the dictionary value).</param>
/// <param name="rules">A TagCloudGenerationRules object to decide how the cloud is generated.</param>
/// <returns>A list of Tag objects that can be used to create the tag cloud.</returns>
public static IEnumerable<Tag> CreateTags(IDictionary<string, int> weightedTags, TagCloudGenerationRules generationRules)
{
#region Parameter validation
if (weightedTags == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("weightedTags");
if (generationRules == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("generationRules");
#endregion
return CreateTags(weightedTags.ToList(), generationRules);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates Tag objects from a provided list of string tags.
/// The more times a tag occures in the list, the larger weight it will get in the tag cloud.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="tags">A string list of tags</param>
/// <param name="rules">A TagCloudGenerationRules object to decide how the cloud is generated.</param>
/// <returns>A list of Tag objects that can be used to create the tag cloud.</returns>
public static IEnumerable<Tag> CreateTags(IEnumerable<string> tags, TagCloudGenerationRules generationRules)
{
#region Parameter validation
if (tags == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("tags");
if (generationRules == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("generationRules");
#endregion
//Transform tag string list to list with each distinct tag and its weight
return CreateTags(from tag in tags
group tag by tag into tagGroup
select new KeyValuePair<string, int>(tagGroup.Key, tagGroup.Count()), generationRules);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates tag cloud html from a provided list of string tags along with integer values indicating the weight of each tag.
/// This overload is suitable when you have a list of already weighted tags, i.e. from a database query result.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="weightedTags">A list of KeyValuePair objects that take a string for the tag text and an integer for the weight of the tag.</param>
/// <param name="generationRules">A TagCloudGenerationRules object to decide how the cloud is generated.</param>
/// <returns>A string containing the html markup of the tag cloud.</returns>
public static MvcHtmlString TagCloud(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, int>> weightedTags, TagCloudGenerationRules generationRules)
{
return MvcHtmlString.Create(new TagCloud(weightedTags, generationRules).ToString());
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates tag cloud html from a provided dictionary of string tags along with integer values indicating the weight of each tag.
/// This overload is suitable when you have a list of already weighted tags, i.e. from a database query result.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="weightedTags">A dictionary that takes a string for the tag text (as the dictionary key) and an integer for the tag weight (as the dictionary value).</param>
/// <param name="generationRules">A TagCloudGenerationRules object to decide how the cloud is generated.</param>
/// <returns>A string containing the html markup of the tag cloud.</returns>
public static MvcHtmlString TagCloud(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IDictionary<string, int> weightedTags, TagCloudGenerationRules generationRules)
{
return MvcHtmlString.Create(new TagCloud(weightedTags, generationRules).ToString());
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates tag cloud html from a provided list of string tags.
/// The more times a tag occures in the list, the larger weight it will get in the tag cloud.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="tags">A string list of tags</param>
/// <param name="generationRules">A TagCloudGenerationRules object to decide how the cloud is generated.</param>
/// <returns>A string containing the html markup of the tag cloud.</returns>
public static MvcHtmlString TagCloud(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IEnumerable<string> tags, TagCloudGenerationRules generationRules)
{
return MvcHtmlString.Create(new TagCloud(tags, generationRules).ToString());
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates Tag objects from a provided list of string tags along with integer values indicating the weight of each tag.
/// This overload is suitable when you have a list of already weighted tags, i.e. from a database query result.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="weightedTags">A list of KeyValuePair objects that take a string for the tag text and an integer for the weight of the tag.</param>
/// <param name="rules">A TagCloudGenerationRules object to decide how the cloud is generated.</param>
/// <returns>A list of Tag objects that can be used to create the tag cloud.</returns>
public static IEnumerable<Tag> CreateTags(IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, int>> weightedTags, TagCloudGenerationRules generationRules)
{
#region Parameter validation
if (weightedTags == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("weightedTags");
if (generationRules == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("generationRules");
#endregion
// Select all tags that exists "settings.RequiredTagWeight" times or more and order them by weight.
weightedTags = from weightedTag in weightedTags
where weightedTag.Value >= generationRules.RequiredTagWeight
orderby weightedTag.Value descending
select weightedTag;
// Crop list if "settings.MaxNumberOfTags" is specified
if (generationRules.MaxNumberOfTags.HasValue)
weightedTags = weightedTags.Take(generationRules.MaxNumberOfTags.Value);
// Change sort order if necessary (the list is already ordered by weight descending)
switch (generationRules.Order)
{
case TagCloudOrder.Alphabetical: // Renders tags alphabetically
weightedTags = weightedTags.OrderBy(tag => tag.Key);
break;
case TagCloudOrder.AlphabeticalDescending: // Renders tags alphabetically descending
weightedTags = weightedTags.OrderByDescending(tag => tag.Key);
break;
case TagCloudOrder.Weight: // Renders tags with higher weight at the end
weightedTags = weightedTags.OrderBy(tag => tag.Value);
break;
case TagCloudOrder.Centralized: // Renders tags with higher weight in the middle
weightedTags = weightedTags.OrderBy(tag => tag.Value);
weightedTags = weightedTags.Where((kvp, i) => (i % 2 == 0)).Concat(weightedTags.Where((kvp, i) => (i % 2 == 1)).Reverse());
break;
case TagCloudOrder.Decentralized: // Renders tags with higher weight at the edges (start and end)
weightedTags = weightedTags.OrderBy(tag => tag.Value);
weightedTags = weightedTags.Where((kvp, i) => (i % 2 == 0)).Reverse().Concat(weightedTags.Where((kvp, i) => (i % 2 == 1)));
break;
case TagCloudOrder.Random: // Renders tags rendomly
weightedTags = weightedTags.OrderBy(tag => tag, RandomComparer.Comparer);
break;
}
// Retrieve the css class table used to decide the style of the tags
Dictionary<int, string> cssClassTable = GenerateCssClassTable(weightedTags, generationRules.TagCssClassPrefix, generationRules.WeightClassPartitioning.ToArray());
// Transform all the string tags into Tag objects
IEnumerable<Tag> cloudTags = from weightedTag in weightedTags
select new Tag
{
Text = weightedTag.Key,
TagWeight = weightedTag.Value,
CssClass = cssClassTable[weightedTag.Value],
NavigateUrl = string.Format(generationRules.TagUrlFormatString, HttpUtility.UrlEncode(weightedTag.Key)),
ToolTip = string.Format(generationRules.TagToolTipFormatString, weightedTag.Value),
HtmlAttributes = generationRules.HtmlAttributes
};
return cloudTags;
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a tag cloud from a provided list of string tags along with integer values indicating the weight of each tag.
/// This constructor is suitable when you have a list of already weighted tags, i.e. from a database query result.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="weightedTags">A list of KeyValuePair objects that take a string for the tag text and an integer for the weight of the tag.</param>
/// <param name="generationRules">A TagCloudGenerationRules object to decide how the cloud is generated.</param>
public TagCloud(IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, int>> weightedTags, TagCloudGenerationRules generationRules)
{
#region Parameter validation
if (weightedTags == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("weightedTags");
if (generationRules == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("generationRules");
#endregion
this.Tags = CreateTags(weightedTags, generationRules);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a tag cloud from a provided list of string tags.
/// The more times a tag occures in the list, the larger weight it will get in the tag cloud.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="tags">A string list of tags</param>
/// <param name="generationRules">A TagCloudGenerationRules object to decide how the cloud is generated.</param>
public TagCloud(IEnumerable<string> tags, TagCloudGenerationRules generationRules)
{
#region Parameter validation
if (tags == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("tags");
if (generationRules == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("generationRules");
#endregion
this.Tags = CreateTags(tags, generationRules);
}