/// <summary>
/// Gets a collection of all election cycles in which a candidate is active.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="cutoff">The cutoff for supported election cycles.</param>
/// <param name="candidateID">The ID of the candidate whose active election cycles are to be retrieved.</param>
/// <returns>A collection of all election cycles in which the candidate is active.</returns>
public Elections GetActiveElections(string cutoff, string candidateID)
{
Elections elections = new Elections();
using (ActiveElectionCycleTds ds = new ActiveElectionCycleTds())
{
using (ActiveElectionCyclesTableAdapter ta = new ActiveElectionCyclesTableAdapter())
{
ta.ExecuteWithBackupSource(delegate()
{
ta.Fill(ds.ActiveElectionCycles, candidateID);
});
}
foreach (ActiveElectionCycleTds.ActiveElectionCyclesRow row in ds.ActiveElectionCycles.Rows)
{
string ec = row.ElectionCycle.Trim().ToUpper();
if (cutoff.CompareTo(ec) <= 0)
{
Election election = new Election(ec);
foreach (KeyValuePair <byte, Statement> pair in this.GetStatements(election.Cycle))
{
election.Statements.Add(pair.Key, pair.Value);
}
elections.Add(election);
}
}
}
return(elections);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets a collection of all supported election cycles.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="cutoff">The cutoff for supported election cycles.</param>
/// <returns>A collection of all supported election cycles.</returns>
public Elections GetElections(string cutoff)
{
Elections elections = new Elections();
using (ElectionCycleTds ds = new ElectionCycleTds())
{
using (ElectionCyclesTableAdapter ta = new ElectionCyclesTableAdapter())
{
ta.ExecuteWithBackupSource(delegate()
{
ta.Fill(ds.ElectionCycles, cutoff);
});
}
foreach (ElectionCycleTds.ElectionCyclesRow row in ds.ElectionCycles.Rows)
{
int year;
Election election = new Election(row.ElectionCycle.Trim().ToUpper())
{
Year = int.TryParse(row.Year, out year) ? year : -1,
ElectionDate = row.IsElectionDateNull() ? null : row.ElectionDate as DateTime?,
IsTIE = !row.IsIsTIENull() && row.IsTIE
};
foreach (KeyValuePair <byte, Statement> pair in this.GetStatements(election.Cycle))
{
election.Statements.Add(pair.Key, pair.Value);
}
elections.Add(election);
}
}
return(elections);
}
