public static InspectionPlanCharacteristicDto GetOrCreateCharacteristic(DataServiceRestClient client, string partName, string characteristicName, Dictionary <string, ushort> mapping, Dictionary <string, object> values)
{
var characteristics = client.GetCharacteristics(PathHelper.String2PartPathInformation(partName), 1).Result;
var attributes = values.Select(pair => new AttributeDto(mapping[pair.Key], pair.Value)).ToArray();
var existingCharacteristic = characteristics.FirstOrDefault(p => string.Equals(p.Path.Name, characteristicName));
if (existingCharacteristic == null)
{
existingCharacteristic = new InspectionPlanCharacteristicDto
{
Path = PathHelper.RoundtripString2PathInformation("PC:/" + partName + " / " + characteristicName + "/"),
Uuid = Guid.NewGuid(),
Attributes = attributes
};
client.CreateCharacteristics(new[]
{
existingCharacteristic
}).Wait();
}
else
{
existingCharacteristic.Attributes = attributes;
//maybe update the existing characteristic, so the attributes are up-to-date
client.UpdateCharacteristics(new[]
{
existingCharacteristic
}).Wait();
}
return(existingCharacteristic);
}