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using System;

using System.Text;

using System.Globalization;

using System.Collections;

using System.Windows.Forms;

using ReqPro40;

namespace EA_ReqPro

{

	/// <summary>

   /// ImportReqProDatabase is a specialisation of CopyReqProDatabaseToMemory, designed to copy the 

   /// ReqPro database content into an EA database, discarding the structure of and hierarchy of 

   /// packages, selecting just the requirements found in the ReqPro database for storage into EA,

   /// where they will be used for design traceability purposes.

	/// </summary>

   public class ImportReqProDatabase : CopyReqProDatabaseToMemory

   {

      private int totalRequirements = 0;

      /// <summary>

      /// Constructor logic

      /// </summary>

      /// <param name="ea_repository"></param>

      public ImportReqProDatabase(): base()

      {

         totalRequirements = 0;

      }

      /// <summary>

      /// Method to parse a ReqPro database using the information in a ReqProDB artifact,

      /// assumed to be selected in EA's project browser prior to the method call.

      /// </summary>

      /// <param name="ea_repository"></param>

      /// <returns></returns>

      public override bool prompt_and_parse(ReqProDB_Artifact.MODE mode, out bool cancelled)

      {

         cancelled = false;

         try

         {

            base.structure_only = false;

            string importDateTime = System.DateTime.Now.ToString();

            Main.WriteOutput("EA Requirement import at " + importDateTime, -1 );

            Main.WriteOutput("",-1);

            if (true == base.prompt_and_parse(mode, out cancelled))

            {

               if (Main.mustAbort)

                  return false;

               Main.EA_Repository.EnsureOutputVisible(Main.GUI_OUTPUT_TAB_NAME);

               // Configure the ReqProDB artifact as a traceability artifact

               RQ_Artifact.set_traceability_mode(RQ_Element);

               ImportFromReqPro(importDateTime);

               return true;

            }

         }

         catch (Exception ex)

         {

            Main.MessageBoxException(ex, "Exception (parse)");

         }      

         return false;

      }

      /// <summary>

      /// Displays the content of the change log element to the output trace display. This method must

      /// be kept in sync with the ImportFromReqPro method, obviously.

      /// </summary>

      /// <param name="ea_repository"></param>

      /// <param name="changeLog"></param>

      public void displayChangeLog(EA.Element changeLog)

      {

         // The change log element contains all the log in its notes section. Break it up into

         // lines, because each line is a single log entry, so that we can process them one at

         // a time.

         string delimStr = "\n";

         char [] delim = delimStr.ToCharArray();

         string[] log_strings = changeLog.Notes.Split(delim,2000);

         // Prepare a string to form an updated change log (needed to support the activity of orphaned 

         // requirement deletion).

         string newList = "";

         // modify delimiters to : character so that we can extract the parameters for each log entry

         delimStr = ":";

         delim = delimStr.ToCharArray();

         Main.WriteOutput("Displaying Import Change Log", -1);

         foreach(string s in log_strings)

         {

            if (Main.mustAbort)

               break;

            // over time, users may delete the orphaned requirements from the EA database, but their

            // GUIDs will still exist in the change log. Use of such a GUID will cause 

            // an exception in the GetElementByGuid() function. What should we do? We can attempt

            // to remove those GUIDs from the list. We can do this by accumulating a new list of GUIDs

            // that is formed from the old list, where only good items from the old list find their 

            // way into the new list. Gradually, the list is wittled away as EA users delete orphaned

            // requirements having first dealt with the design change impacts that resulted from their

            // orphanage.

            try

            {

               if (s.StartsWith("{"))

               {

                  string trimmed_s = s.Trim();

                  // Get log entry;s parameters.

                  string[] parameters = trimmed_s.Split(delim, 10);

                  // The first parameter is the GUID so use it to get the requirement element

                  EA.Element ea_req = Main.EA_Repository.GetElementByGuid(parameters[0]);

                  // Now discriminate actions based on the second parameter

                  if (parameters[1].StartsWith("Created"))

                  {

                     Main.WriteOutput("  Created : " + ea_req.Name, ea_req.ElementID );

                  }

                     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

                  else if (parameters[1].StartsWith("Orphaned"))

                  {

                     Main.WriteOutput("  Orphaned : " + ea_req.Name, ea_req.ElementID );

                     foreach (EA.Connector theConnector in ea_req.Connectors)

                     {

                        EA.Element tgt_ele = (EA.Element)Main.EA_Repository.GetElementByID( theConnector.SupplierID );

                        if (tgt_ele != null)

                        {

                           if (!tgt_ele.Type.StartsWith("Requirement"))

                           {

                              Main.WriteOutput("     --> " + tgt_ele.Name, tgt_ele.ElementID);

                           }

                        }

                     }

                  }

                     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

                  else if (parameters[1].StartsWith("Name"))

                  {

                     Main.WriteOutput("  Modified Name: " + ea_req.Name, ea_req.ElementID );

                     Main.WriteOutput("     <<< " + parameters[2], ea_req.ElementID);

                     Main.WriteOutput("     >>> " + parameters[3], ea_req.ElementID);

                  }

                     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

                  else if (parameters[1].StartsWith("Notes"))

                  {

                     Main.WriteOutput("  Modified Description: " + ea_req.Name, ea_req.ElementID );

                     Main.WriteOutput("     <<< " + parameters[2], ea_req.ElementID);

                     Main.WriteOutput("     >>> " + parameters[3], ea_req.ElementID);

                  }

                     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

                  else if (parameters[1].StartsWith("Difficulty"))

                  {

                     Main.WriteOutput("  Modified Difficulty: " + ea_req.Name, ea_req.ElementID );

                     Main.WriteOutput("     <<< " + parameters[2], ea_req.ElementID);

                     Main.WriteOutput("     >>> " + parameters[3], ea_req.ElementID);

                  }

                     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

                  else if (parameters[1].StartsWith("Priority"))

                  {

                     Main.WriteOutput("  Modified Priority: " + ea_req.Name, ea_req.ElementID );

                     Main.WriteOutput("     <<< " + parameters[2], ea_req.ElementID);

                     Main.WriteOutput("     >>> " + parameters[3], ea_req.ElementID);

                  }

                     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

                  else if (parameters[1].StartsWith("Version"))

                  {

                     Main.WriteOutput("  Modified Version: " + ea_req.Name, ea_req.ElementID );

                     Main.WriteOutput("     <<< " + parameters[2], ea_req.ElementID);

                     Main.WriteOutput("     >>> " + parameters[3], ea_req.ElementID);

                  }

                     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

                  else if (parameters[1].StartsWith("Status"))

                  {

                     Main.WriteOutput("  Modified Status: " + ea_req.Name, ea_req.ElementID );

                     Main.WriteOutput("     <<< " + parameters[2], ea_req.ElementID);

                     Main.WriteOutput("     >>> " + parameters[3], ea_req.ElementID);

                  }

                     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

                  else if (parameters[1].StartsWith("Subsystem"))

                  {

                     Main.WriteOutput("  Modified Subsystem: " + ea_req.Name, ea_req.ElementID );

                     Main.WriteOutput("     <<< " + parameters[2], ea_req.ElementID);

                     Main.WriteOutput("     >>> " + parameters[3], ea_req.ElementID);

                  }

                     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

                  else if (parameters[1].StartsWith("Stability"))

                  {

                     Main.WriteOutput("  Modified Stability: " + ea_req.Name, ea_req.ElementID );

                     Main.WriteOutput("     <<< " + parameters[2], ea_req.ElementID);

                     Main.WriteOutput("     >>> " + parameters[3], ea_req.ElementID);

                  }

                     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

                  else if (parameters[1].StartsWith("ReqType"))

                  {

                     Main.WriteOutput("  Modified Type: " + ea_req.Name, ea_req.ElementID );

                     Main.WriteOutput("     <<< " + parameters[2], ea_req.ElementID);

                     Main.WriteOutput("     >>> " + parameters[3], ea_req.ElementID);

                  }

                     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

                  else if (parameters[1].StartsWith("SourceVersion"))

                  {

                     Main.WriteOutput("  Modified Type: " + ea_req.Name, ea_req.ElementID );

                     Main.WriteOutput("     <<< " + parameters[2], ea_req.ElementID);

                     Main.WriteOutput("     >>> " + parameters[3], ea_req.ElementID);

                  }

                     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

                  else if (parameters[1].StartsWith("SourceSection"))

                  {

                     Main.WriteOutput("  Modified Type: " + ea_req.Name, ea_req.ElementID );

                     Main.WriteOutput("     <<< " + parameters[2], ea_req.ElementID);

                     Main.WriteOutput("     >>> " + parameters[3], ea_req.ElementID);

                  }

                     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

                  else if (parameters[1].StartsWith("Source"))

                  {

                     Main.WriteOutput("  Modified Type: " + ea_req.Name, ea_req.ElementID );

                     Main.WriteOutput("     <<< " + parameters[2], ea_req.ElementID);

                     Main.WriteOutput("     >>> " + parameters[3], ea_req.ElementID);

                  }

                  // accumulate good item into the newList

                  newList += trimmed_s + "\r\n";

               }

            }

            catch

            {

               // do nothing - the newList accumulator will not have the GUID that caused the exception

               // so the next time a display operation is attempted, the exception wont happen.

            }

         }

         // Update the change log

         changeLog.Notes = newList;

         changeLog.Update();

      }

      /// <summary>

      /// Rid a string of any : char because we use that as a delimiter in the change log and so we 

      /// do not want a users use of the character to confuse the change log display mechanism.

      /// </summary>

      /// <param name="s"></param>

      /// <returns></returns>

      private string NO_COLONS(string s)

      {

         string sc =  s.Replace(':', ' ');

         sc = sc.Replace('\r' , ' ');

         sc = sc.Replace('\n' , ' ');

         return sc;

      }

      /// <summary>

      /// Get a new import package in which to store change log and new requirements from the import.

      /// </summary>

      /// <param name="parentPackage"></param>

      /// <param name="importDateTime"></param>

      /// <returns></returns>

      private EA.Package createImportPackage(EA.Package parentPackage, string importDateTime)

      {

         EA.Package importPackage = null;

         string importSubDir = EA_TaggedValues.Read(base.RQ_Element, Constants.TAG_IMPORT_SUB_DIR, "");

         if (importSubDir != null && importSubDir.Length > 0)

         {

            importPackage = (EA.Package)parentPackage.Packages.GetByName(importSubDir);

            if (importPackage != null)

            {

               parentPackage = importPackage;

            }

            else

            {

               // create a subdir and use it as the parent

               parentPackage = (EA.Package )parentPackage.Packages.AddNew( importSubDir, "Package");

               parentPackage.Update();

            }

         }

         // create the import dir in the parent

         importPackage = (EA.Package )parentPackage.Packages.AddNew( "import " + importDateTime, "Package");

         importPackage.Update();

         return importPackage;

      }

      /// <summary>

      /// A method that imports requirements from a ReqPro database into EA for the purpose

      /// of supporting requirement-to-design traceability.

      /// </summary>

      /// <param name="repository"></param>

      private void ImportFromReqPro(string importDateTime)

      {

         try

         {

            // Get a list of EA requirements and their associated ReqPro GUIDs

            ArrayList ea_reqs;

            ArrayList ea_GUIDs = new ArrayList();

            ArrayList ea_req_matched = new ArrayList();

            // Obtain the EA parent package so that we can create under it an import package

            // if need be, and scan for existing requirement elements.

            EA.Package parentPackage = Main.EA_Repository.GetPackageByID( base.RQ_Element.PackageID );

            ArrayList allowedElementTypes = new ArrayList();

            allowedElementTypes.Add("Requirement");

            allowedElementTypes.Add("UseCase");

            Main.WriteOutput("Acquiring list of elements already in EA", -1);

            ElementAccumulator reqLister = new ElementAccumulator(allowedElementTypes);

            EA_Utilities.findAndProcessPackageElements( parentPackage, reqLister, true );

            if (Main.mustAbort)

               return;

            ea_reqs = reqLister.Elements; 

            foreach (EA.Element ea_req in ea_reqs)

            {

               string GUID = EA_TaggedValues.Read(ea_req, Constants.TAG_GUID);

               ea_GUIDs.Add(GUID);

               ea_req_matched.Add(false);

            }

            if (Main.mustAbort)

               return;

            // Create an import package to store new requirements and the change log

            EA.Package importPackage = createImportPackage(parentPackage, importDateTime);

            // Create the change log element in the import package

            EA.Element changeLog = (EA.Element)importPackage.Elements.AddNew("Change Log","InformationItem");

            changeLog.Update();

            // Get a flattened list of requirements from the hierarchical data the user has filtered

            ArrayList rq_req_collection = new ArrayList();

            get_rq_req_collection(ref rq_req_collection);

            int newRequirementCount = 0;

            int modifiedRequirementCount = 0;

            int statusUpdatedRequirementCount = 0;

            int orphanedCount = 0;

            Main.WriteOutput("Merging ReqPro content to EA", -1);

            // loop through all of the ReqPro requirements

            foreach(ReqPro_object rq_obj in rq_req_collection)

            {

               if (Main.mustAbort)

                  break;

               try

               {

                  // Find which EA requirement element refers to the current ReqPro GUID

                  int i_ea_req;

                  i_ea_req = ea_GUIDs.IndexOf( rq_obj.guid );

                  // If EA element was found

                  if (0 <= i_ea_req)

                  {

                     ea_req_matched[i_ea_req] = true;

                     EA.Element ea_req = ((EA.Element)ea_reqs[i_ea_req]);

                     rq_obj.ea_element_ID = ea_req.ElementID;

                     // Only update the requirement if it was not mastered in EA, or

                     // unrestricted imports have been enabled

                     if (  (false == EA_TaggedValues.Read(ea_req, Constants.TAG_CREATED_IN_EA, Constants.DEFAULT_CREATED_IN_EA))

                        || (true == EA_TaggedValues.Read(ea_req, Constants.TAG_UNRESTRICTED_IMPORTS, Constants.DEFAULT_UNRESTRICTED_IMPORTS)) )

                     {

                        // This ReqPro requirement already has a counterpart in EA, so we must simply

                        // update the counterpart. But, to aid the designer, we need to try to tell them

                        // how the requirement has changed, which could ofcoarse change the meaning 

                        // of the requirement and require design changes to be done.

                        bool meaningMayHaveChanged = false;

                        bool statusMayHaveChanged = false;

                        string ea_req_name = rq_obj.tag + " " + rq_obj.name;

                        Main.WriteOutput("Updating: " + ea_req_name, rq_obj.ea_element_ID);

                        ea_req.Name       = updated_property_value_if_changed(changeLog, ea_req, ea_req.Name, "Name", ea_req_name, ref meaningMayHaveChanged);

                        ea_req.Notes      = updated_property_value_if_changed(changeLog, ea_req, ea_req.Notes, "Notes", rq_obj.text, ref meaningMayHaveChanged);

                        ea_req.Difficulty = updated_property_value_if_changed(changeLog, ea_req, ea_req.Difficulty, "Difficulty", rq_obj.difficulty, ref statusMayHaveChanged);

                        ea_req.Priority   = updated_property_value_if_changed(changeLog, ea_req, ea_req.Priority, "Priority", rq_obj.priority, ref statusMayHaveChanged);

                        ea_req.Status     = updated_property_value_if_changed(changeLog, ea_req, ea_req.Status, "Status", rq_obj.status, ref statusMayHaveChanged);

                        if_tagged_value_changed_update_it(changeLog, ea_req, Constants.TAG_SOURCE, "Source", rq_obj.source, ref statusMayHaveChanged);

                        if_tagged_value_changed_update_it(changeLog, ea_req, Constants.TAG_SOURCE_VERSION, "SourceVersion", rq_obj.sourceVersion, ref statusMayHaveChanged);

                        if_tagged_value_changed_update_it(changeLog, ea_req, Constants.TAG_SOURCE_SECTION, "SourceSection", rq_obj.sourceSection, ref statusMayHaveChanged);

                        if_tagged_value_changed_update_it(changeLog, ea_req, Constants.TAG_SUBSYSTEM, "Subsystem", rq_obj.subsystem, ref statusMayHaveChanged);

                        if_tagged_value_changed_update_it(changeLog, ea_req, Constants.TAG_STABILITY, "Stability", rq_obj.stability, ref statusMayHaveChanged);

                        // Requirement Types are actually implemented using ordinary EA element stereotypes.

                        // Use StereotypeEx field to see if the type already exists, since that field can be a comma

                        // seperated list of more than one stereotype, just in case user has added additional stereotypes

                        // to the item.

                        if (0 > ea_req.StereotypeEx.IndexOf(rq_obj.type))

                        {

                           changeLog.Notes += ea_req.ElementGUID + ":ReqType:" + ea_req.Stereotype + ":" + rq_obj.type + "\r\n";

                           changeLog.Update();

                           statusMayHaveChanged = true;

                           if (ea_req.StereotypeEx.Length > 0)

                              ea_req.StereotypeEx = rq_obj.type + "," + ea_req.StereotypeEx;

                           else

                              ea_req.StereotypeEx = rq_obj.type;

                        }

                        if (ea_req.Stereotype.Length == 0)

                        {

                           ea_req.Stereotype = ea_req.StereotypeEx.Split(",".ToCharArray())[0];

                        }

                        ea_req.Update();

                        if (meaningMayHaveChanged)

                        {

                           modifiedRequirementCount++;

                        }

                        if (statusMayHaveChanged)

                        {

                           statusUpdatedRequirementCount++;

                        }

                        totalRequirements++;

                     }

                  }

                  else

                  {

                     totalRequirements++;

                     // This ReqPro requirement does not have a counterpart in EA, so we must create

                     // a new one.

                     newRequirementCount++;

                     // create the new EA requirement in the import package

                     EA.Element ea_req = (EA.Element)importPackage.Elements.AddNew( rq_obj.tag + " " + rq_obj.name, "Requirement");

                     rq_obj.ea_element_ID = ea_req.ElementID;

                     CopyReqProDatabase.copyReq(ea_req, rq_obj);

                     ea_req.Notes = rq_obj.text;

                     ea_req.Update();

                     changeLog.Notes += ea_req.ElementGUID + ":Created:" + ea_req.Name + "\r\n";

                     changeLog.Update();

                     Main.WriteOutput("Created: " + ea_req.Name, ea_req.ElementID);

                  }

               }

               catch (Exception ex)

               {

                  Main.WriteOutput("Exception (ImportFromReqPro), " + ex.Message + ", " + rq_obj.name, -1);

               }

            }

            if (Main.mustAbort)

               return;

            Main.WriteOutput("Checking for orphaned requirements", -1);

            // Now check for orphaned EA requirements

            for (int i = 0; i < ea_GUIDs.Count; i++)

            {

               if (Main.mustAbort)

                  break;

               string rq_GUID = (string)ea_GUIDs[i];

               if (rq_GUID != "")

               {

                  if ((bool)ea_req_matched[i] == false)

                  {

                     EA.Element ea_req = (EA.Element)ea_reqs[i];

                     orphanedCount++;

                     changeLog.Notes += ea_req.ElementGUID + ":Orphaned:" + ea_req.Name + "\r\n";

                     changeLog.Update();

                  }

               }

            }

            bool changeLogDeleted = false;

            if (changeLog.Notes != null && changeLog.Notes.Length > 0)

            {

               DialogResult dlgres = MessageBoxEx.Show("Display Change Log?", "Change Log", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo);

               if (dlgres == DialogResult.Yes)

                  displayChangeLog(changeLog);

            }

            else

            {

               importPackage.Elements.Refresh();

               if (importPackage.Elements.Count == 1)

               {

                  EA_Utilities.deletePackage(importPackage);

                  changeLogDeleted = true;

               }

            }

            Main.EA_Repository.RefreshModelView(parentPackage.PackageID);

            // Setup the internal requirement to requirement connectivity. This is seperate from the browser

            // organisation of elements in EA, but since in ReqPro, that organisation tells part of the story

            // of requirement to requirement connectivity, it is mirrored in the internal connectivity, along

            // with explicit trace relationships setup in ReqPro.

            // The purpose of this internal connectivity is to support relationship matrix tables in documentation

            // generated by EA_DocGen, or to support diagrammatic representations of the requirements in EA,

            // where the connectivity will become apparent through links ajoining the requirement elements in the

            // diagram.

            write_traces(totalRequirements);

            if (Main.mustAbort)

               return;

            writeDelayedMessages();

            // display summary stats

            Main.WriteOutput(newRequirementCount.ToString() + " new requirements", -1);

            Main.WriteOutput(modifiedRequirementCount.ToString() + " requirements modified", -1);

            Main.WriteOutput(statusUpdatedRequirementCount.ToString() + " requirements had status changes", -1);

            Main.WriteOutput(orphanedCount.ToString() + " requirements were orphaned", -1);

            if (changeLogDeleted)

            {

               Main.WriteOutput("NOTE: import package and change log deleted, since nothing changed in this import", -1);

            }

            Main.WriteOutput("Import Completed", -1);

            MessageBoxEx.Show("Import Completed");

         }

         catch (Exception ex)

         {

            Main.MessageBoxException(ex, "Exception (ImportFromReqPro)");

         }

      }

      private string updated_property_value_if_changed(EA.Element changeLog, 

         EA.Element ea_req, 

         string dest_value, 

         string changeLogName, 

         string source_value,

         ref bool mayHaveChanged)

      {

         if (dest_value.CompareTo(source_value) != 0 )

         {

            changeLog.Notes += ea_req.ElementGUID + ":" + changeLogName+ ":" + NO_COLONS(dest_value) + ":" + NO_COLONS(source_value) + "\r\n";

            changeLog.Update();

            mayHaveChanged = true;

            return source_value;

         }

         return dest_value;

      }

      private void if_tagged_value_changed_update_it(EA.Element changeLog, 

         EA.Element ea_req, 

         string tagname, 

         string changeLogName, 

         string source_value,

         ref bool statusMayHaveChanged)

      {

         string value = EA_TaggedValues.Read(ea_req, tagname, "");

         if ((source_value != null) && (false == source_value.Equals(value)))

         {

            changeLog.Notes += ea_req.ElementGUID + ":" + changeLogName + ":" + value + ":" + source_value + "\r\n";

            changeLog.Update();

            EA_TaggedValues.Write(ea_req, tagname, source_value);

            statusMayHaveChanged = true;

         }

      }

      /// <summary>

      /// This method (along with its sibling overload) obtains a flattened view of the 

      /// hierarchical requirements obtained from the ReqPro database. This accumulation

      /// takes account of the users filtering requests.

      /// </summary>

      /// <param name="ea_repository"></param>

      private void get_rq_req_collection(ref ArrayList rq_req_collection)

      {

         foreach( ReqPro_object sub_obj in rq_root_package.ReqPro_objects )

         {

            get_rq_req_collection(ref rq_req_collection, sub_obj);

         }

      }

      private void get_rq_req_collection(ref ArrayList rq_req_collection,

                                         ReqPro_object rq_obj )

      {

         if (rq_obj.isPackage)

         {

            // if the package is not filtered, or if we are allowed to dig beneath filtered

            // packages...

            if (rq_obj.filtered == false || base.allowPackageStructureFragments)

            {

               // Using recursion, scan this objects sub-objects

               foreach( ReqPro_object sub_obj in rq_obj.ReqPro_objects )

               {

                  // if the sub-object is a package, always recurse to process it, else

                  // if the sub-object is a requirement, only recurse if the containing package

                  // is not filtered, so that requirements of filtered packages are themselves

                  // filtered out by virtue of their parent packages filtering state.

                  if (  sub_obj.isPackage

                     || (sub_obj.isRequirement && rq_obj.filtered == false))

                  {

                     get_rq_req_collection(ref rq_req_collection, sub_obj);

                  }

               }

            }

         }

         else if (rq_obj.isRequirement)

         {

            if ( ! (reqTypeIsFiltered(rq_obj) || reqStatusTypeIsFiltered(rq_obj)) )

            {

               // Add this requirement to the flattened list we are accumulating

               rq_req_collection.Add(rq_obj);

               // In ReqPro, a requirement can be related to another requirement in several ways:

               // 1. By virtue of its position relative to another in the browser display. That is, 

               //    if you place a requirement beneath a parent requirement, you are establishing a 

               //    parent-child relationship.

               // 2. By virtue of a specific TraceTo relationship being made via the Traceability menu

               //    option. 

               // Interestingly, ReqPro prevents you creating a relationship of one of the above types,

               // if a relationship of the other type already exists. This implies that the relationship

               // between a parent and child requirement must be singular and is important regardless

               // of the manner in which it was created or represented.

               // The CopyReqProDatabaseToMemory base class will already have taken care of recording

               // relationships detected from ReqPro made using method 2 above. What we need to do here is

               // take care of those apparent from the browser based hierarchical organisation (ie. made

               // in ReqPro using method 1).

               // All we need to do is grab the parent object (if any) and add the GUID of the child to 

               // its list of trace-to's. Later on, the write_traces() class method will turn these into

               // EA based connection objects that belong to the parent requirement elements.

               if (rq_obj.parent != null)

               {

                  rq_obj.parent.ReqPro_traces.Add(rq_obj.guid);

               }

               // Using recursion, scan this objects sub-objects, which in practise will all

               // be requirement objects. At this time requirement objects cannot have packages 

               // as children.

               foreach( ReqPro_object sub_obj in rq_obj.ReqPro_objects )

               {

                  get_rq_req_collection(ref rq_req_collection, sub_obj);

               }

            }

         }

      }

	}

}