/// <summary>
/// Uses LibraryContext and LibraryContextInitializer to create a new Code First database.
/// </summary>
public static void CreateAndInitializeDatabase()
{
//Sets the initializer for the database
Database.SetInitializer <LibraryContextCodeFirst>(new LibraryContextInitializer());
//To create the database we must try to access it. Below the code will grab the first book but not do anything with it.
using (LibraryContextCodeFirst context = new LibraryContextCodeFirst())
{
BookCodeFirst book = (from b in context.Books
select b).FirstOrDefault();
//At this point the database will be made from Code First, and concludes the Code First contribution to this app.
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Sets the property of BookCodeFirst objects from an XML file.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public void GetBookCodeFirstsFromXDocument(string path)
{
//Get xelements using LINQ
var booksXML = (from b in XDocument.Load(path).Descendants("Book")
select b).ToList();
List <BookCodeFirst> books = new List <BookCodeFirst>(booksXML.Count);
BookCodeFirst book;
//Loop through each book entry in the XML file
foreach (XElement b in booksXML)
{
book = new BookCodeFirst();
//Loop through the child XElements in each book
foreach (XElement x in b.Elements())
{
//Swith is needed for the non-required fields
switch (x.Name.ToString())
{
case "BookID":
book.BookID = int.Parse(b.Element("BookID").Value.Trim());
break;
case "ISBN":
book.ISBN = b.Element("ISBN").Value.Trim();
break;
case "Title":
book.Title = b.Element("Title").Value.Trim();
break;
case "AuthorID":
book.AuthorID = int.Parse(b.Element("AuthorID").Value.Trim());
break;
case "NumPages":
book.NumPages = int.Parse(b.Element("NumPages").Value.Trim());
break;
case "Subject":
book.Subject = b.Element("Subject").Value.Trim();
break;
case "Description":
book.Description = b.Element("Description").Value.Trim();
break;
case "Publisher":
book.Publisher = b.Element("Publisher").Value.Trim();
break;
case "YearPublished":
book.YearPublished = b.Element("YearPublished").Value.Trim();
break;
case "Language":
book.Language = b.Element("Language").Value.Trim();
break;
case "NumberOfCopies":
book.NumberOfCopies = int.Parse(b.Element("NumberOfCopies").Value.Trim());
break;
}
}
books.Add(book);
}
Books = books;
}