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Event traffic calming

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26 Jan 2013CPOL6 min read 17K   207   6  
How to build an object to calm down event traffic.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows.Forms;

using SampleDomain;
using TrafficCalming;

namespace RealTimeClient
{
    public partial class MainForm : Form
    {
        private readonly OrderRepository _ordersRepository = new OrderRepository();
        
        private DateTime _lastTimeUpdatedAt = DateTime.MinValue;
        
        public MainForm()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            
            _ordersRepository.OrderArrived += HandleOrderArrived;
        }        
        
        private void HandleOrderArrived(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (Handle == IntPtr.Zero)
                return;
                
            this.Invoke(new Action(UpdateOrdersGrid));
        }
        
        private void UpdateOrdersGrid()
        {
            var orders = _ordersRepository.ListFrom(_lastTimeUpdatedAt).ToList();
            
            _ordersGrid.DataSource = orders ;
            
            _lastTimeUpdatedAt = DateTime.Now;
        }
        
        private void MainFormLoad(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            _ordersRepository.StartGenerating();
        }
    }
}

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Architect SunHotels
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I Received a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science at the Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty, University of Havana, Cuba.

I mainly work in web applications using C# and some Javascript. Some very few times do some Java.

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