Innovenergy_trunk/csharp/App/SinexcelCommunication/DataLogging/LogFileConcatenator.cs

using System.Text;

namespace InnovEnergy.App.SinexcelCommunication.DataLogging;

public class LogFileConcatenator
{
    private readonly String _LogDirectory;

    public LogFileConcatenator(String logDirectory = "JsonLogDirectory/")
    {
        _LogDirectory = logDirectory;
    }

    public String ConcatenateFiles(int numberOfFiles)
    {
        var logFiles = Directory
            .GetFiles(_LogDirectory, "log_*.json")
            .OrderByDescending(file => file)
            .Take(numberOfFiles)
            .OrderBy(file => file)
            .ToList();

        var concatenatedContent = new StringBuilder();

        foreach (var fileContent in logFiles.Select(File.ReadAllText))
        {
            concatenatedContent.AppendLine(fileContent);
            //concatenatedContent.AppendLine(); // Append an empty line to separate the files // maybe we don't need this 
        }

        return concatenatedContent.ToString();
    }
}