/// <summary>
/// is client entitled to feature. Entitlements work two ways - eaither by Default On or by Default Off.
/// If default is on, then A feature is turned off by having the client name in the list for this "feature/NotEntiled" app parm
/// in the shared table or having this feature appear in the client's AppParm "Setup/feature_NotEntitled" (which is created by SetupClient)
/// if the default is off, the a client has a feature truned on by having the client name in the app parm "feature/Entiled" in the
/// shared table or the or having this feature appear in the client's AppParm "Setup/feature_Entitled"
/// Most features in the system are by default entitled
/// </summary>
/// <param name="c"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool Entitled(string feature, GenericClient c, EntitlementType EntType)
{
string cname = c.Name.ToLower();
string ParmName;
bool ParmAction;
Dictionary<string, bool> ents = __EntsByFeatureUser[feature];
if (ents == null) {
if (EntType == EntitlementType.DefaultPositive) {
ParmName = "ClientsNotEntitled";
ParmAction = false;
} else {
ParmName = "ClientsEntitled";
ParmAction = true;
}
ents = new Dictionary<string, bool>();
__EntsByFeatureUser[feature] = ents;
//this parm that should only exist on shared level
string str = ApplicationParameters.GetParm(feature, ParmName);
if (str != null) {
str = str.ToLower();
string[] parts = str.Split(",".ToCharArray());
foreach (string name in parts) {
ents[name] = ParmAction;
}
}
}
//a null indicates we still have not checked the Setup paramaters on the client level
object o = ents[cname];
if (o != null)
return (bool)o;
if (EntType == EntitlementType.DefaultPositive) {
ParmName = "_NotEntitled";
ParmAction = false;
} else {
ParmName = "_Entitled";
ParmAction = true;
}
//now check client setup paramaters
string str2 = ApplicationParameters.GetParm("Setup", feature + ParmName);
if (str2 != null)
ents[cname] = ParmAction;
else
ents[cname] = !ParmAction;
return (bool)ents[cname];
}
public static void CacheCB(DataTable dt)
{
mClientCache.Clear();
foreach (DataRow r in dt.Rows) {
GenericClient c = new GenericClient();
c.Load(r);
mClientCache.Add(c);
}
}
