/// <summary>
/// Returns a collection of string Guid pairs from the business object
/// collection provided. Each pair consists of a string version of a
/// business object and the object's ID.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="col">The business object collection</param>
/// <param name="sortByDisplayValue">Must the collection be sorted by the display value or not</param>
/// <param name="coverter">The delegated converter that converts a primary key to the appropriate string</param>
/// <returns>Returns a collection of display-value pairs</returns>
public static Dictionary <string, string> CreateDisplayValueDictionary
(IBusinessObjectCollection col, bool sortByDisplayValue, ConvertPrimaryKeyGetAsValueToString coverter)
{
if (sortByDisplayValue)
{
var keyLookupList = new SortedDictionary <string, string>();
foreach (BusinessObject bo in col)
{
var stringValue = GetAvailableDisplayValue(keyLookupList, bo.ToString());
keyLookupList.Add(stringValue, coverter(bo.ID.GetAsValue()));
}
var lookupList = new Dictionary <string, string>();
foreach (var key in keyLookupList.Keys)
{
AddBusinessObjectToLookupList(lookupList, keyLookupList[key], key);
}
return(lookupList);
}
else
{
var lookupList = new Dictionary <string, string>();
foreach (BusinessObject bo in col)
{
var stringValue = GetAvailableDisplayValue(lookupList, bo.ToString());
var objectID = coverter(bo.ID.GetAsValue());
AddBusinessObjectToLookupList(lookupList, objectID, stringValue);
}
return(lookupList);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a collection of string Guid pairs from the business object
/// collection provided. Each pair consists of a string version of a
/// business object and the object's ID.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="col">The business object collection</param>
/// <param name="sortByDisplayValue">Must the collection be sorted by the display value or not</param>
/// <param name="coverter">The delegated converter that converts a primary key to the appropriate string</param>
/// <returns>Returns a collection of display-value pairs</returns>
public static Dictionary<string, string> CreateDisplayValueDictionary
(IBusinessObjectCollection col, bool sortByDisplayValue, ConvertPrimaryKeyGetAsValueToString coverter)
{
if (sortByDisplayValue)
{
var keyLookupList = new SortedDictionary<string, string>();
foreach (BusinessObject bo in col)
{
var stringValue = GetAvailableDisplayValue(keyLookupList, bo.ToString());
keyLookupList.Add(stringValue, coverter(bo.ID.GetAsValue()));
}
var lookupList = new Dictionary<string, string>();
foreach (var key in keyLookupList.Keys)
{
AddBusinessObjectToLookupList(lookupList, keyLookupList[key], key);
}
return lookupList;
}
else
{
var lookupList = new Dictionary<string, string>();
foreach (BusinessObject bo in col)
{
var stringValue = GetAvailableDisplayValue(lookupList, bo.ToString());
var objectID = coverter(bo.ID.GetAsValue());
AddBusinessObjectToLookupList(lookupList, objectID, stringValue);
}
return lookupList;
}
}
