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OpenWPFChart: Assembling Charts from Components. Part II - Controls

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// <copyright file="SpaceSeparatedDataFileParser.cs" company="Oleg V. Polikarpotchkin">
// Copyright © 2008-2009 Oleg V. Polikarpotchkin. All Right Reserved
// </copyright>
// <author>Oleg V. Polikarpotchkin</author>
// <email>ov-p@yandex.ru</email>
// <date>2009-03-09</date>
// <summary>OpenWPFChart library. Space-separated File Parser.</summary>
// <revision>$Id: SpaceSeparatedDataFileParser.cs 19247 2009-03-22 07:34:44Z unknown $</revision>

using System;
using System.Collections; // for ArrayList
using System.Collections.ObjectModel; // For ObservableCollection
using System.IO;
using OpenWPFChart.Parts;

namespace TemperatureSample
{
	/// <summary>
	///  Space-separated File Parser.
	/// </summary>
	/// <remarks>
	/// <para>Text data file is the rectangular table of fields separated by either space or tab.
	/// Data file must contain one header line and one or more series points lines.</para>
	/// <para>Header line is the list of string column names ( > 1) and looks like</para>
	/// <para>name1 name2 name3 name4</para>
	/// <para>First column is treated as abscissa.</para>
	/// <para>Series points line is the list of series values and looks like</para>
	///	<para>100 1/1/2008 term 35.0</para>
	///	<para>Token counts in the header and in each series line must be equal.</para>
	/// <para>Each column values must be convertible to the same base type.</para>
	///	<para>Base type is determined by the first series line in the following manner:</para>
	///	<list type="bullet">
	///	<item>If the token can be converted to <c>double</c>, the base type is <c>double</c>.</item>
	///	<item>If the token can be converted to <c>DateTime</c>, the base type is <c>DateTime</c>.</item>
	/// <item>Otherwise the base type is <c>string</c>.</item>
	/// </list>
	/// </remarks>
	static class SpaceSeparatedDataFileParser
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Parses the <paramref name="fileName"/> file.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="fileName">Name of the file.</param>
		/// <returns><see cref="ItemData"/> collection from the <paramref name="fileName"/> file.</returns>
		public static ObservableCollection<ItemData> Parse(string fileName)
		{
			char[] separators = { ' ', '\t' };
			string[] curveNames = null; // File header.
			ArrayList[] columns = null; // File data table columns.
			int n = 0;
			string ln;
			Type xType = null; // Abscissa data type.

			using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(fileName))
			{
				while ((ln = reader.ReadLine()) != null)
				{
					n++;
					string[] tokens = ln.Split(separators, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
					if (tokens.Length == 0)
						continue;

					if (curveNames == null)
					{
						curveNames = tokens;

						columns = new ArrayList[curveNames.Length];
						for (int i = 0; i < columns.Length; ++i)
							columns[i] = new ArrayList();
					}
					else
					{
						if (tokens.Length != curveNames.Length)
							throw new Exception(string.Format("Invalid token count at line {0}", n));

						// Get abscissa - either double, DateTime or string.
						object x = parse(tokens[0], ref xType);
						if (x == null)
							throw new Exception(string.Format("Invalid token 0 at line {0}", n));
						else
							columns[0].Add(x);

						// Get ordinate - double only.
						double y;
						for (int i = 1; i < tokens.Length; ++i)
						{
							if (!double.TryParse(tokens[i], out y))
								throw new Exception(string.Format("Invalid token {0} at line {1}", i, n));

							columns[i].Add(y);
						}
					}
				}
			}
			if (curveNames == null || curveNames.Length == 0)
				throw new Exception(string.Format("Empty Data File {0}", fileName));
			if (columns[0].Count == 0)
				throw new Exception(string.Format("Series data missed in the Data File {0}", fileName));

			ObservableCollection<ItemData> curveDataList = new ObservableCollection<ItemData>();
			for (int i = 1; i < curveNames.Length; ++i)
			{
				if (xType == typeof(double))
				{
					ObservableCollection<DataPoint<double, double>> points = new ObservableCollection<DataPoint<double, double>>();
					for (int j = 0; j < columns[0].Count; ++j)
					{
						points.Add(new DataPoint<double, double>((double)columns[0][j], (double)columns[i][j]));
					}
					SampledCurveData<double, double> curveData = new SampledCurveData<double, double>()
					{
						ItemName = curveNames[i],
						Points = points
					};
					curveDataList.Add(curveData);
				}
				else if (xType == typeof(DateTime))
				{
					ObservableCollection<DataPoint<DateTime, double>> points
						= new ObservableCollection<DataPoint<DateTime, double>>();
					for (int j = 0; j < columns[0].Count; ++j)
					{
						points.Add(new DataPoint<DateTime, double>((DateTime)columns[0][j], (double)columns[i][j]));
					}
					SampledCurveData<DateTime, double> curveData = new SampledCurveData<DateTime, double>()
					{
						ItemName = curveNames[i],
						Points = points
					};
					curveDataList.Add(curveData);
				}
				else // xType == typeof(string)
				{
					ObservableCollection<DataPoint<object, double>> points
						= new ObservableCollection<DataPoint<object, double>>();
					for (int j = 0; j < columns[0].Count; ++j)
					{
						points.Add(new DataPoint<object, double>(columns[0][j], (double)columns[i][j]));
					}
					SampledCurveData<object, double> curveData = new SampledCurveData<object, double>()
					{
						ItemName = curveNames[i],
						Points = points
					};
					curveDataList.Add(curveData);
				}
			}

			return curveDataList;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Parses the token.
		/// Its type could be either double, DateTime or string.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="token">The token.</param>
		/// <param name="tokenType">Type of the token.</param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		static object parse(string token, ref Type tokenType)
		{
			if (tokenType != null && tokenType == typeof(string))
				return token;

			double doubleX;
			if (double.TryParse(token, out doubleX))
			{
				if (tokenType == null)
					tokenType = typeof(double);
				else if (tokenType != typeof(double))
					return null;
				return doubleX;
			}
			DateTime dateTimeX;
			if (DateTime.TryParse(token, out dateTimeX))
			{
				if (tokenType == null)
					tokenType = typeof(DateTime);
				else if (tokenType != typeof(DateTime))
					return null;
				return dateTimeX;
			}
			tokenType = typeof(string);
			return token;
		}
	}
}

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