Lesson 2 exercises

For each of the following exercises, your task is to add logic to each method. Add the methods to your console application and test each one by writing output to the console.

• Exercise 1

  Find all meters created from the specified element template and any derived templates. Print the names of each found meter in a list and their element template names. Count the number of derived templates found.

  void FindMetersByTemplate( AFDatabase database, string templateName)

  When the method is run, it should produce the following output:

  Find Meters by Name: Meter00*
  Element: Meter001, Template: MeterBasic, Categories: Measures Energy;
  Element: Meter002, Template: MeterBasic, Categories: Measures Energy;
  Element: Meter003, Template: MeterBasic, Categories: Measures Energy;
  Element: Meter004, Template: MeterBasic, Categories: Measures Energy;
  Element: Meter005, Template: MeterBasic, Categories: Measures Energy;
  Element: Meter006, Template: MeterBasic, Categories: Measures Energy;
  Element: Meter007, Template: MeterBasic, Categories: Measures Energy;
  Element: Meter008, Template: MeterBasic, Categories: Measures Energy;
  Element: Meter009, Template: MeterAdvanced, Categories: Measures Energy;Shows Status;

• Exercise 2

  Find all meters supplied by the specified substation. Print the names of each of the meters that were found.

  void FindMetersBySubstation( AFDatabase database, string substationLocation)

  When the method is run, it should produce the following output:

  Find Meters by Template: MeterBasic
  Element: Meter001, Template: MeterBasic
  Element: Meter002, Template: MeterBasic
  Element: Meter003, Template: MeterBasic
  Element: Meter004, Template: MeterBasic
  Element: Meter005, Template: MeterBasic
  Element: Meter006, Template: MeterBasic
  Element: Meter007, Template: MeterBasic
  Element: Meter008, Template: MeterBasic
  Element: Meter009, Template: MeterAdvanced
  Element: Meter010, Template: MeterAdvanced
  Element: Meter011, Template: MeterAdvanced
  Element: Meter012, Template: MeterAdvanced
  Found 4 derived templates

• Exercise 3

  Find all meters with energy usage greater than the specified limit. Print the names of each meter that was found.

  void FindMetersAboveUsage( AFDatabase database, double limit)

  When the method is run, it should produce the following output:

  Find Meters above Usage: 300
  Meter003, Meter005, Meter006, Meter008, Meter009, Meter012

• Exercise 4

  Find all attributes belonging to the Building Info attribute category that are part of the provided element template. Print the number of attributes returned by the search.

  void FindBuildingInfo( AFDatabase database, string templateName)

  When the method is run, it should produce the following output:

  Find Building Info: MeterAdvanced
  Found 8 attributes.