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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);
               }
            }
         }
      }


        }
}