TvDatabase.TvBusinessLayer.GetSetting C# (CSharp) Method

    public Setting GetSetting(string tagName)
    {
      SqlBuilder sb;
      try
      {
        sb = new SqlBuilder(StatementType.Select, typeof (Setting));
      }
      catch (TypeInitializationException)
      {
        checkGentleFiles(); // Try to throw a more meaningfull exception
        throw; // else re-throw the original error
      }

      sb.AddConstraint(Operator.Equals, "tag", tagName);
      SqlStatement stmt = sb.GetStatement(true);
      IList<Setting> settingsFound = ObjectFactory.GetCollection<Setting>(stmt.Execute());
      if (settingsFound.Count == 0)
      {
        Setting set = new Setting(tagName, "");
        set.Persist();
        return set;
      }
      return settingsFound[0];
    }

    public DateTime GetNextWakeupTime(DateTime earliestWakeupTime)
    {
      TvBusinessLayer layer = new TvBusinessLayer();
      bool remoteSchedulerEnabled = (layer.GetSetting("xmlTvRemoteSchedulerEnabled", "false").Value == "true");
      if (!remoteSchedulerEnabled)
      {
        return DateTime.MaxValue;
      }

      DateTime now = DateTime.Now;
      DateTime defaultRemoteScheduleTime = new DateTime(now.Year, now.Month, now.Day, 0, 0, 0);
      string remoteScheduleTimeStr =
        layer.GetSetting("xmlTvRemoteScheduleTime", defaultRemoteScheduleTime.ToString()).Value;

      DateTime remoteScheduleTime =
        (DateTime)
        (System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(new DateTime(now.Year, now.Month, now.Day)).ConvertFrom(
          remoteScheduleTimeStr));

      if (remoteScheduleTime == DateTime.MinValue)
      {
        remoteScheduleTime = defaultRemoteScheduleTime;
      }

      if ((now < remoteScheduleTime) && (remoteScheduleTime > DateTime.MinValue))
      {
        remoteScheduleTime.AddDays(1);
      }

      Log.Debug(this._handlerName + ".GetNextWakeupTime {0}", remoteScheduleTime);

      remoteScheduleTime.AddMinutes(-1); // resume 60sec before      

      return remoteScheduleTime;
    }