/// <summary>
/// logs display string of <paramref name="menuDialog"/> to console,
/// blocks until user selects a menu option,
/// and returns selected menu option index.
/// </summary>
/// <seealso cref="LogNotice(string, eOutputReportType, bool)"/>
/// <seealso cref="int.TryParse(string, out int)"/>
/// <param name="menuDialog"></param>
/// <param name="outputReportType"></param>
/// <returns>
/// menu option index user selected
/// </returns>
/// <exception cref="ObjectDisposedException">
/// <seealso cref="LogNotice(string, eOutputReportType, bool)"/>
/// </exception>
public int ShowMenuDialog(MenuDialog menuDialog, eOutputReportType outputReportType)
{
// display menu dialog
LogNotice(menuDialog.DisplayString, outputReportType);
// read user input
string userInput = base.ReadLine();
// parse int from user input
bool parseSuccessful = int.TryParse(userInput, out int userSelectedOptionIndex);
// keep requesting input so long as it's not valid
while (!(parseSuccessful && menuDialog.IsValidOptionIndex(userSelectedOptionIndex)))
{
LogNoticeFormat(
false,
outputReportType,
"Invalid input, please select an option in range [{0} - {1}]:",
menuDialog.MinValidOptionIndex,
menuDialog.MaxValidOptionIndex);
userInput = base.ReadLine();
parseSuccessful = int.TryParse(userInput, out userSelectedOptionIndex);
}
return(userSelectedOptionIndex);
}
