Neural Dot Net Pt 3 The Adaline Network

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.ComponentModel;


/// SharpUtils is nothing more than a namespace to store 
/// useful classes
namespace SharpUtils
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for SimpleEventLog.
	/// </summary>
	public class SimpleEventLog : EventLog
	{
		/// as can't tell if there is an error or how to return it 
		/// set up a simple error reporting system
	  
		private string strError;
		private bool bError = false;

		/// <summary>
		/// get or set the error string
		/// </summary>
		public string Error
		{
			get
			{
				return strError;
			}
			set
			{
				strError = value;
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// check if there has been an error
		/// </summary>
		public bool IsError
		{
			get
			{
				return bError;
			}
			set
			{
				bError = value;
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// One argument constructor
		/// Creates the eventlog specified if necassary
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="eventLogName"></param>
		public SimpleEventLog( string eventLogName )
		{
			if( EventLog.SourceExists( eventLogName ) == false )
			{
				/// create the event log on the current computer
				try
				{
					EventLog.CreateEventSource( eventLogName, eventLogName );
				}
				catch( ArgumentException )
				{
					IsError = true;
					Error = "The string passed to CreateEventSource is null";
				}
				catch( Exception )
				{
					IsError = true;
					Error = "The system could not open the registry key for " + eventLogName;
				}
			}
			else
			{
				Source = eventLogName;
			}
		}


		/// <summary>
		/// Second constructor takes two parameters 
		/// Note the use of the contrustor intialiser that calls the one argument
		/// constructor first
		/// The second parameter gives the option to clear the event log on start up
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="eventLogName"></param>
		/// <param name="clear"></param>
		public SimpleEventLog( string eventLogName, bool clear ) : this( eventLogName )
		{
			if( clear == true )
			{
				ClearSimpleEventLog();
			}
		}


		/// <summary>
		/// Write an entry into the log
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="entry">Text to be written to the log</param>
		/// <returns>false on error</returns>
		private bool WriteSimpleEntry( string entry, EventLogEntryType eventType )
		{
			IsError = false;
			try
			{
				WriteEntry( entry, eventType );
			}
			catch( ArgumentException argExp )
			{
				IsError = true;
				Error = "Argument exception is " + argExp.Message;
			}
			catch( InvalidOperationException )
			{
				IsError = true;
				Error = "You do not have write permission for the event log";
			}
			catch( Win32Exception winExp )
			{
				IsError = true;
				Error = "Win32Exception is " + winExp.Message;
			}
			catch( SystemException )
			{
				IsError = true;
				Error = "The event log could not be notified to start recieing events";
			}
			catch( Exception )
			{
				IsError = true;
				Error = "The registry entry for the log could not be opened on the remote computer";
			}


			if( IsError == true )
				return false;
			else
				return true;
		}



		/// <summary>
		/// Write an information entry into the event log
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="information">Information to be written to the event log</param>
		/// <returns>true if written to the event log</returns>
		public bool WriteInformation( string information )
		{
			return WriteSimpleEntry( information, EventLogEntryType.Information );
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Write a warning to the current event log
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="warning">warning to be written to the event log</param>
		/// <returns>true on success</returns>
		public bool WriteWarning( string warning )
		{
			return WriteSimpleEntry( warning, EventLogEntryType.Warning );
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Write an error to the current event log
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="error">error to be written to the event log</param>
		/// <returns>true on success</returns>
		public bool WriteError( string error )
		{
			return WriteSimpleEntry( error, EventLogEntryType.Error );
		}


		/// <summary>
		/// clear all the data out of the current event log
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>false on error </returns>
		public bool ClearSimpleEventLog()
		{
			IsError = false;
			try
			{
				Clear();
			}
			catch( Win32Exception winExp )
			{
				IsError = true;
				Error = "Win 32 Exception " + winExp.Message;
			}
			catch( ArgumentException )
			{
				IsError = true;
				Error = "The log name is empty";
			}
			catch( Exception )
			{
				IsError = true;
				Error = "The log could not be opened";
			}

			if( IsError == true )
				return false;
			else
				return true;
		}


		/// <summary>
		/// Remove the current event log and source from the system
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="eventLogName">Name of the event log to be deleted</param>
		/// <returns>false if error</returns>
		public bool DeleteSimpleEventLog()
		{
			IsError = false;

			try
			{
				EventLog.Delete( Source );
			}
			catch( ArgumentException )
			{
				IsError = true;
				Error = "Event Log Name is null";
			}
			catch( SystemException sysExp )
			{
				IsError = true;
				Error = "System Exception " + sysExp;
			}

			if( IsError == true )
				return false;
			else
				return true;
		}
	}
}