/// <see cref="IComponent.Start"/>
public void Start()
{
/// Load the simulation metadata files from the configured directory
DirectoryInfo rootDir = new DirectoryInfo(Constants.METADATA_DIR);
this.metadata = new ScenarioMetadata();
if (rootDir.Exists)
{
FileInfo[] metadataFiles = rootDir.GetFiles("*.xml", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
foreach (FileInfo metadataFile in metadataFiles)
{
/// TODO: this is a hack! Later we will have binary metadata format.
string xmlStr = File.ReadAllText(metadataFile.FullName);
string imageDir = metadataFile.DirectoryName;
XmlMetadataReader.Read(xmlStr, imageDir, this.metadata);
}
}
/// Register the entity constraints to the corresponding entity types.
foreach (KeyValuePair <string, List <EntityPlacementConstraint> > item in this.entityConstraints)
{
ScenarioElementType elementType = this.metadata.GetElementTypeImpl(item.Key);
foreach (EntityPlacementConstraint constraint in item.Value)
{
elementType.AddPlacementConstraint(constraint);
}
}
/// Register the suggestion providers to the corresponding building types.
foreach (KeyValuePair <string, List <BuildingPlacementSuggestionProvider> > item in this.suggestionProviders)
{
BuildingType buildingType = this.metadata.GetBuildingTypeImpl(item.Key);
foreach (BuildingPlacementSuggestionProvider provider in item.Value)
{
buildingType.AddPlacementSuggestionProvider(provider);
}
}
/// Finalize the metadata.
this.metadata.CheckAndFinalize();
}
