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Reputationator - CP Narcissists Rejoice! Part 2 of 4

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Keep more detailed track of your Codeproject reputation points.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

using System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting;

using ReputationLib;

namespace Reputationator
{
	//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	/// <summary>
	/// Represents a reputation chart.
	/// </summary>
	public class RepChart
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Contains the colors used for each chart series. By default, we use 
		/// CodeProject's colors.
		/// </summary>
		public static Dictionary<RepCategory, Color> m_seriesColors = new Dictionary<RepCategory,Color>();

		/// <summary>
		/// The font used for the chart title
		/// </summary>
		protected Font m_titleFont = new Font("Arial", 12, FontStyle.Bold | FontStyle.Italic, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);

		/// <summary>
		/// The DataVisualization.Charting.Chart object for this RepChart
		/// </summary>
		public Chart ChartObj { get; private set; }

		/// <summary>
		/// Event handler for the "No data" event
		/// </summary>
		public event NoDataEventHandler NoDataEvent = delegate{};

		protected DateTime m_dateFrom;
		protected DateTime m_dateTo;
		
		public bool ShowTrendLine { get; set; }

		//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
		/// <summary>
		/// Constructor - sets default values for many of the chart's properties, and 
		/// creates several objects necessary to bring a given chart to life.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="name"></param>
		public RepChart(string name)
		{
			this.ShowTrendLine     = false;

			InitSeriesColors();
			this.ChartObj              = new Chart();
			this.ChartObj.Name         = name;
			this.ChartObj.Dock         = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;
			this.ChartObj.Visible      = false;
			this.ChartObj.Tag          = this;
			this.ChartObj.Location     = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
			this.ChartObj.TabIndex     = 1;
			this.ChartObj.Text         = name;
			this.ChartObj.Palette      = ChartColorPalette.BrightPastel;
			this.ChartObj.AntiAliasing = AntiAliasingStyles.All;
			this.ChartObj.Series.Clear();
			this.ChartObj.ChartAreas.Clear();
			this.ChartObj.Legends.Clear();
			// add the chart area
			ChartArea area = new ChartArea("ChartArea1");
			this.ChartObj.ChartAreas.Add(area);

			// add the legend
			Legend legend = new Legend("Legend1");
			this.ChartObj.Legends.Add(legend);
		}

		//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
		/// <summary>
		/// Sets the title for the chart object. By default, the chart title is the text 
		/// that appears in the chart category combo box on the form. To make it more 
		/// meaningful, use this method to describe the represented time period.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="period">A string that represents data added to the name of the 
		/// chart that indicates the covered date period. You should set the string to 
		/// whatever is needed to make sense such as putting the word "from", or "for" 
		/// BEFORE the actual time period. </param>
		protected void SetTitle(string period)
		{
			string title = this.ChartObj.Name;
			if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(period))
			{
				title = string.Format("{0} {1}", this.ChartObj.Name, period);
			}
			if (this.ChartObj.Titles.Count == 0)
			{
				this.ChartObj.Titles.Add(new Title(title, Docking.Top, m_titleFont, Color.Black));
			}
			else
			{
				this.ChartObj.Titles[0].Text = title;
			}
		}

		//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
		/// <summary>
		/// The base PopulateChart method. Using this base instance with throw a 
		/// NotImplementedException.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="scraper"></param>
		/// <param name="comboTimePeriod"></param>
		/// <param name="dateFrom"></param>
		/// <param name="dateTo"></param>
		/// <param name="categories"></param>
		public virtual void PopulateChart(RepScraper scraper, string comboTimePeriod, DateTime dateFrom, DateTime dateTo, DisplayCategories categories)
		{
			throw new NotImplementedException("You MUST use an overridden version of this method in your derived class.");
		}

		//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
		/// <summary>
		/// sets the colors used by the various series. This base version uss colors 
		/// similar to what are used on the CodeProject web site.  If you want to set 
		/// different colors, override this method.
		/// </summary>
		protected virtual void InitSeriesColors()
		{
			if (m_seriesColors.Count == 0)
			{
				m_seriesColors.Add(RepCategory.Author,      Color.DarkRed);
				m_seriesColors.Add(RepCategory.Authority,   Color.DarkGreen);
				m_seriesColors.Add(RepCategory.Debator,     Color.Magenta);
				m_seriesColors.Add(RepCategory.Editor,      Color.Goldenrod);
				m_seriesColors.Add(RepCategory.Enquirer,    Color.Purple);
				m_seriesColors.Add(RepCategory.Organiser,   Color.Olive);
				m_seriesColors.Add(RepCategory.Participant, Color.LightSteelBlue);
				m_seriesColors.Add(RepCategory.Total,       Color.Orange);
			}
		}

		//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
		/// <summary>
		/// Retrieves a list of reputation items based on the specified time period 
		/// category, the reputation category, and the from/to dates.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="repItems">The list of reputation items to process</param>
		/// <param name="comboTimePeriod">The selected time perio (current week, current year, etc)</param>
		/// <param name="category">The reputation category to pull items for</param>
		/// <param name="dateFrom">The starting date of the specified time period</param>
		/// <param name="dateTo">The ending date of the specified time period</param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		protected virtual List<RepItem> GetSeriesList(RepItemCollection repItems, string comboTimePeriod, RepCategory category, DateTime dateFrom, DateTime dateTo)
		{
			// exception throws
			// we have to have reputation items
			if (repItems.Count <= 0)
			{
				throw new Exception(string.Format("No reputation items found. ({0} / {1})", comboTimePeriod, category.ToString()));
			}
			// there are no points associated with the Unknown reputaion category
			if (category == RepCategory.Unknown)
			{
				throw new Exception(string.Format("Invalid reputation cateory. ({0} / {1})", comboTimePeriod, category.ToString()));
			}
			// if this is for a specific time period, the dateFrom parameter must be 
			// valid (ticks > 0)
			if (comboTimePeriod == "Specified Period" && dateFrom.Ticks == 0)
			{
				throw new Exception(string.Format("Invalid start date (dateFrom) used for retrieving series data. ({0} / {1})", comboTimePeriod, category.ToString()));
			}
			// the "dateTo" must be set (ticks > 0) - we don't actually check to make 
			// sure it's >= the from date unless this is for a "Specified Period"
			if (dateTo.Ticks == 0)
			{
				throw new Exception(string.Format("Invalid end date (dateTo) used for retrieving series data. ({0} / {1})", comboTimePeriod, category.ToString()));
			}
			// so we can avoid a smart-ass programmer trying something like setting the 
			// dateTo parameter to a value that would result in a dateFrom being less 
			// than the lowest possible date (ticks = 0), we provide one last sanity 
			// check before proceeding, making sure that the dateFrom is really set to 
			// 0 ticks (but only if we're not doing  a "specified period"
			if (comboTimePeriod != "Specified Period" && dateFrom.Ticks > 0)
			{
				dateFrom.AddTicks(dateFrom.Ticks * -1);
			}

			// when we calculate the dateFrom, we do a Math.Max on the resulting ticks 
			// to mack sure we're not going to generate an invalid date
			switch (comboTimePeriod)
			{
				case "Current Week" :
					dateFrom = dateFrom.AddTicks(Math.Max(0, dateTo.WeekStartDate().Ticks));
					break;

				case "Current Month" :
					dateFrom = dateFrom.AddTicks(Math.Max(0, (dateTo.AddDays((dateTo.Day - 1) * -1).Ticks)));
					break;

				case "Current Year" :
					dateFrom = dateFrom.AddTicks(Math.Max(0, (dateTo.AddDays((dateTo.DayOfYear - 1) * -1).Ticks)));
					break;

				case "Last 7 days" :
					dateFrom = dateFrom.AddTicks(Math.Max(0, (dateTo.AddDays(-7)).Ticks));
					break;

				case "Last 30 days" :
					dateFrom = dateFrom.AddTicks(Math.Max(0, (dateTo.AddDays(-30)).Ticks));
					break;

				case "Last 365 days" :
					dateFrom = dateFrom.AddTicks(Math.Max(0, (dateTo.AddDays(-365)).Ticks));
					break;

				case "Specified Period" :
					if (dateTo < dateFrom)
					{
						throw new Exception(string.Format("End date (dateTo) cannot be ealier than start date (dateFrom). ({0} / {1})", comboTimePeriod, category.ToString()));
					}
					break;
			}

			m_dateTo = dateTo;
			m_dateFrom = dateFrom;

			// now that we have our from/to dates we can retrieve/return the specified items
			List<RepItem> list = null;
			list = (from item in repItems 
					where ((item.Category == category) && (item.TimeScraped.Between(dateFrom, dateTo, true)))
					select item).ToList();
			return list;
		}

		//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
		/// <summary>
		/// determines the highest value to be represented on the chart, and essentially 
		/// allows that value to be the next highest possible delta (if the actual 
		/// highest value on the chart is 950, the highest value shown will be 1000.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="maxY"></param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		protected virtual int NormalizeMaxY(int maxY)
		{
			int thousands = (int)Math.Ceiling(maxY / 1000d);
			if (thousands > 100)
			{
				thousands += (50 -  (thousands % 50));
			}
			else if (thousands > 10)
			{
				thousands += (5 - (thousands % 5));
			}
			maxY =  1000 * thousands; 
			return maxY;
		}

		//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
		/// <summary>
		/// Determines the Y-Axis interval based on the max possible value on the Y-Axis.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="maxY"></param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		protected virtual int NormalizeInterval(int maxY)
		{
			int interval = 0;
			if (maxY > 100000)
			{
				interval = 50000;
			}
			else if (maxY > 10000)
			{
				interval = 10000;
			}
			else if (maxY > 1000)
			{
				interval = 1000;
			}
			else 
			{
				interval = 100;
			}
			return interval;
		}

		//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
		/// <summary>
		/// Raises the No Data event that signifies that the resulting list of repitems 
		/// is empty, and no chart can be rendered.
		/// </summary>
		protected void RaiseNoDataEvent()
		{
			NoDataEvent(this, null);
		}

		//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
		/// <summary>
		/// Calculates the trend line based on the specified parent series, and creates a 
		/// series for the chart.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="series"></param>
		/// <param name="categoryCount"></param>
		protected void CalculateTrendLine(Series series, int categoryCount)
		{
			if (this.ShowTrendLine)
			{
				int pointCount = series.Points.Count;
				Series trend = new Series("Trend", pointCount);
				trend.ChartArea  = this.ChartObj.ChartAreas[0].Name;
				trend.ChartType  = SeriesChartType.Line;
				trend.XValueType = ChartValueType.DateTime;
				trend.YValueType = ChartValueType.Double;
				trend.Color      = (categoryCount > 1) ? series.Color : Color.Black;

				double[] points = new double[pointCount];
				for (int i = 0; i < series.Points.Count; i++)
				{
					DataPoint point = series.Points[i];
					points[i] = point.YValues[0];
				}

				double a = 0;
				double b = 0;
				Globals.Regress(points, ref a, ref b);
				for (int i = 0; i < pointCount; i++)
				{
				    double yield = a + b * i;
				    trend.Points.AddXY(series.Points[i].XValue, yield);
				}

				trend.Name = string.Format("{0} Trend",series.Name);
				this.ChartObj.Series.Add(trend);
			}
		}

	}
}

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