// Goes through each individual map and generates a new master set of data by merging them together
public void MakeSureDataIsUpToDate()
{
if (!DataIsStale)
{
return;
}
if (IndividualMaps.Count == 0)
{
MapsDescription = "No maps loaded";
return;
}
bool success = false;
int attempts = 1;
while (!success)
{
// it's possible for the data to be modified while we are processing it (e.g. background process is re-generating it)
// which will throw an exception here. So we catch and handle this by trying again.
try
{
DataTable = new DataTablePlus();
// Set up copy of datatable structure only (no data)
var firstMap = IndividualMaps.First().Value;
// Following only copies structure + ColumnPositions etc. - doesn't copy rows of data. This will be handled in the foreach below, which also adds this maps data.
DataTable = firstMap.Data.DeepCopy();
MapsDescription = $"Showing data for {Metadata.Description}s";
Debug.Print($"Map data for {Metadata.Description}s is made up of...");
foreach (KeyValuePair <string, MapPackage> map in IndividualMaps)
{
MapPackage mapPackage = map.Value;
Debug.Print($" {Metadata.ArkEntityType}.{map.Key} - {mapPackage.Data.Rows.Count}");
// ToDo: Check this isnt remerging the now cloned dataset into itself!
this.DataTable.Merge(mapPackage.Data);
}
success = true;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.Print($"Error generating map data - restarting");
attempts++;
Thread.Sleep(attempts * 100);
if (attempts > 5)
{
Errors.ReportProblem(ex, "Internal problem updating data. Map data might not be showing correctly. Will keep going though! Feel free to try again...");
success = true;
}
}
}
Debug.Print($"...{this.DataTable.Rows.Count} total (took {attempts} attempts)");
DataIsStale = false;
}