Azavea.NijPredictivePolicing.ACSAlchemistLibrary.FileFormats.ShapefileHelper.LoadShapefile C# (CSharp) Method

        public static bool LoadShapefile(string filename, string tableName, IDataClient DbClient, out ICoordinateSystem CRS)
        {
            CRS = null;
            if ((string.IsNullOrEmpty(filename)) || (!File.Exists(filename)))
            {
                _log.ErrorFormat("LoadShapefile failed: filename was empty or file does not exist {0}", filename);
                return false;
            }

            try
            {
                string fileWithoutExt = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filename);
                string prjFileName = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(filename), fileWithoutExt) + ".prj";

                if (ShapefileHelper.IsForbiddenShapefileName(fileWithoutExt))
                {
                    _log.ErrorFormat("LoadShapefile failed: {0} conflicts with a reserved census shapefile name, please rename", fileWithoutExt);
                    return false;
                }

                if (File.Exists(prjFileName))
                {
                    CRS = Utilities.GetCoordinateSystemByWKTFile(prjFileName);
                }
                else
                {
                    _log.ErrorFormat("LoadShapefile failed: shapefile {0} is missing a .prj file.", filename);
                    return false;
                }

                using (DbConnection conn = DbClient.GetConnection())
                {
                    if (!ShapefileHelper.ImportShapefile(conn, DbClient, filename, tableName, (int)CRS.AuthorityCode))
                    {
                        _log.Error("LoadShapefile failed: unable to import shapefile.");
                        return false;
                    }
                }

                _log.Debug("Shapefile imported successfully...");
                return true;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                _log.Error("Error while importing shapefile", ex);
            }

            return false;
        }