//append another CML data file to the end of this one
virtual public bool Join(CML other, CMLCopyMode copy_mode = CMLCopyMode.no_id) {
if (null == other || other.Count == 0)
return false;
foreach(cmlData d in other) {
Elements.Add( d.Copy(copy_mode, Elements.Count.ToString()) );
}
return true;
}
//returns a duplicate of this cmlData object
virtual public cmlData Copy(CMLCopyMode mode = CMLCopyMode.no_id, string id_value="-1") {
cmlData result = new cmlData();
result.data_type = this.data_type;
foreach (var data in this.defined) {
if (data.Key != "id") {
result.Set(data.Key, data.Value);
} else {
switch (mode) {
//keep the original id....
case CMLCopyMode.old_id:
result.Set("id", data.Value);
break;
case CMLCopyMode.new_id :
result.Set("id", id_value);
break;
case CMLCopyMode.no_id :
result.Remove("id");
break;
}
}
}
foreach (string s in this.data)
result.data.Add(s);
return result;
}
