public bool Follow(User Follower, User Following)
{
bool result;
// add user as follower
result = Follower.Follow(Following);
if (!result)
{
return false;
}
// notify user that they have an added follower
result = Follower.FollowerAdded(Follower);
if (!result)
{
return false;
}
// post that user is now following a new person
result = Follower.FollowingTextPost(Following);
if (!result)
{
return false;
}
// notify all of user's followers of new following activity
result = Follower.NotifyFollowers(Following);
if (!result)
{
return false;
}
return true;
}
public bool NotifyUser(User user, string message)
{
// code for notification
// might be an SMS, email, internal app messaging, etc.
return true;
}
public bool NotifyFollowers(User userToFollow)
{
bool result = true;
Notification notification = new Notification();
foreach (User follower in Followers)
{
// code for notifying followers of new activity
result = notification.NotifyUser(this, this.UserName + " is now following " + userToFollow.UserName);
if (!result)
{
break;
}
}
return result;
}
private void btnFollowSomeone_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
User me = new User();
me.UserName = "******";
User userIWantToFollow = new User();
userIWantToFollow.UserName = "******";
Follower follower = new Follower();
if (follower.Follow(me, userIWantToFollow))
{
MessageBox.Show("You have successfully followed " + userIWantToFollow.UserName);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("Sorry, something went wrong.");
}
}
public bool FollowingTextPost(User userToFollow)
{
// code for posting simple text
Post post = new Post();
return post.PostText(this, this.UserName + " is now following " + userToFollow.UserName);
}
public bool FollowerAdded(User newFollower)
{
// code for notifying user that they have an added follower
Notification notification = new Notification();
return notification.NotifyUser(this, newFollower.UserName + " is now following you!");
}
public bool Follow(User userToFollow)
{
// code for adding you as a follower
return true;
}
public bool PostText(User user, string message)
{
// code for posting simple text
return true;
}
