public async Task <IPaginatedMessage> BuildTaxonMessageAsync(ITaxon taxon) { if (!taxon.IsValid()) { return(null); } List <string> subItems = new List <string>(); if (taxon.Rank.Type == TaxonRankType.Species) { ISpecies species = await Db.GetSpeciesAsync(taxon.Id); return(await BuildSpeciesMessageAsync(species)); } else if (taxon.Rank.Type == TaxonRankType.Genus) { // For genera, get all species underneath it. // This will let us check if the species is extinct, and cross it out if that's the case. List <ISpecies> speciesList = new List <ISpecies>(); foreach (ITaxon subtaxon in await Db.GetSubtaxaAsync(taxon)) { speciesList.Add(await Db.GetSpeciesAsync(subtaxon.Id)); } speciesList.Sort((lhs, rhs) => TaxonFormatter.GetString(lhs, false).CompareTo(TaxonFormatter.GetString(rhs, false))); foreach (ISpecies species in speciesList.Where(s => s.IsValid())) { subItems.Add(TaxonFormatter.GetString(species)); } } else { // Get all subtaxa under this taxon. IEnumerable <ITaxon> subtaxa = await Db.GetSubtaxaAsync(taxon); // Add all subtaxa to the list. foreach (ITaxon subtaxon in subtaxa) { if (subtaxon.Rank.Type == TaxonRankType.Species) { // Do not attempt to count sub-taxa for species. subItems.Add(subtaxon.GetName()); } else { // Count the number of species under this taxon. // Taxa with no species under them will not be displayed. long speciesCount = await Db.GetSpeciesCountAsync(subtaxon); if (speciesCount > 0) { // Count the sub-taxa under this taxon. long subtaxaCount = (await Db.GetSubtaxaAsync(subtaxon)).Count(); // Add the taxon to the list. if (subtaxaCount > 0) { subItems.Add(string.Format("{0} ({1})", subtaxon.GetName(), subtaxaCount)); } } } } } // Generate embed pages. string title = taxon.CommonNames.Count() <= 0 ? taxon.GetName() : string.Format("{0} ({1})", taxon.GetName(), taxon.GetCommonName()); string fieldTitle = string.Format("{0} in this {1} ({2}):", taxon.GetChildRank().GetName(true).ToTitle(), taxon.GetRank().GetName().ToLowerInvariant(), subItems.Count()); string thumbnailUrl = taxon.GetPictureUrl(); StringBuilder description = new StringBuilder(); description.AppendLine(taxon.GetDescriptionOrDefault()); if (subItems.Count() <= 0) { description.AppendLine(); description.AppendLine(string.Format("This {0} contains no {1}.", taxon.GetRank().GetName(), taxon.GetChildRank().GetName(true))); } List <Discord.Messaging.IEmbed> pages = new List <Discord.Messaging.IEmbed>(EmbedUtilities.CreateEmbedPages(fieldTitle, subItems, options: EmbedPaginationOptions.AddPageNumbers)); if (!pages.Any()) { pages.Add(new Discord.Messaging.Embed()); } IPaginatedMessage paginatedMessage = new PaginatedMessage(pages); foreach (Discord.Messaging.IEmbed page in paginatedMessage.Select(m => m.Embed)) { page.Title = title; page.ThumbnailUrl = thumbnailUrl; page.Description = description.ToString(); if (subItems.Count() > 0 && taxon.GetRank() != TaxonRankType.Genus) { page.Footer += string.Format(" — Empty {0} are not listed.", taxon.GetChildRank().GetName(true)); } } return(paginatedMessage); }