Copying and Pasting cs Code

In cs, like in almost any computer programming language, reading data from a file can be tricky. You add extra lines of code to tell the computer what to do. Sometimes you can copy and paste these lines from other peoples’ code.

For example, you can follow the pattern in this listing:

         public virtual bool OpAuthenticate(string appId, string appVersion, string userId, AuthenticationValues authValues, string regionCode)
         {
             if (this.DebugOut >= DebugLevel.INFO)
             {
                 this.Listener.DebugReturn(DebugLevel.INFO, "OpAuthenticate()");
             }

             Dictionary opParameters = new Dictionary();
             if (authValues != null && authValues.Secret != null)
             {
                 opParameters[ParameterCode.Secret] = authValues.Secret;
                 return this.OpCustom(OperationCode.Authenticate, opParameters, true, (byte)0, false);
             }

             opParameters[ParameterCode.AppVersion] = appVersion;
             opParameters[ParameterCode.ApplicationId] = appId;

             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(regionCode))
             {
                 opParameters[ParameterCode.Region] = regionCode;
             }

             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(userId))
             {
                 opParameters[ParameterCode.UserId] = userId;
             }


             if (authValues != null && authValues.AuthType != CustomAuthenticationType.None)
             {
                 if (!this.IsEncryptionAvailable)
                 {
                     this.Listener.DebugReturn(DebugLevel.ERROR, "OpAuthenticate() failed. When you want Custom Authentication encryption is mandatory.");
                     return false;
                 }

                 opParameters[ParameterCode.ClientAuthenticationType] = (byte)authValues.AuthType;
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(authValues.Secret))
                 {
                     opParameters[ParameterCode.Secret] = authValues.Secret;
                 }
                 //else
                 //{
                     if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(authValues.AuthParameters))
                     {
                         opParameters[ParameterCode.ClientAuthenticationParams] = authValues.AuthParameters;
                     }
                     if (authValues.AuthPostData != null)
                     {
                         opParameters[ParameterCode.ClientAuthenticationData] = authValues.AuthPostData;
                     }
                 //}
             }

             bool sent = this.OpCustom(OperationCode.Authenticate, opParameters, true, (byte)0, this.IsEncryptionAvailable);
             if (!sent)
             {
                 this.Listener.DebugReturn(DebugLevel.ERROR, "Error calling OpAuthenticate! Did not work. Check log output, CustomAuthenticationValues and if you're connected.");
             }
             return sent;
         }