/// <summary>
/// Consider a perform rulebook. First, check every argument for matching rules. Finally, check global rules.
/// A perform rulebook continues execution until a rule returns PerformResult.Stop.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="Name"></param>
/// <param name="Arguments"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public PerformResult ConsiderPerformRule(String Name, params Object[] Arguments)
{
//A single null value passed to a params argument is interpretted by C# as a null Object[]
//reference, not as an array with a single element that is null.
if (Arguments == null)
{
Arguments = new Object[] { null }
}
;
foreach (var ruleset in EnumerateRuleSets(Arguments))
{
if (ruleset.ConsiderPerformRule(Name, Arguments) == PerformResult.Stop)
{
return(PerformResult.Stop);
}
}
if (Rules == null)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException();
}
return(Rules.ConsiderPerformRule(Name, Arguments));
}
public PerformResult ConsiderPerformRule_Enum(String Name, Func <Object[], IEnumerable <RuleSet> > RuleSetEnumerator, params Object[] Arguments)
{
if (Arguments == null)
{
Arguments = new Object[] { null }
}
;
foreach (var ruleset in RuleSetEnumerator(Arguments))
{
if (ruleset.ConsiderPerformRule(Name, Arguments) == PerformResult.Stop)
{
return(PerformResult.Stop);
}
}
if (Rules == null)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException();
}
return(Rules.ConsiderPerformRule(Name, Arguments));
}
