private static void PopulateProperties(ref Band band, BandData data, Genre genre)
{
band.Name = data.Name;
band.YearFormed = data.YearFormed;
band.Members = data.Members;
band.Albums = data.Albums;
band.Genre = genre;
}
public static IndieBand GenerateNew(BandData data)
{
IndieBand band = new IndieBand();
band.Name = data.Name;
band.YearFormed = data.YearFormed;
band.Members = data.Members;
band.Albums = data.Albums;
return(band);
}
public static Band MakeNewBand(Genre genre, BandData data)
{
Band band = new RockBand(); // it doesn't matter what type of band we use,
// we just need to instantiate the 'band' object to a non-abstract type
CastToGenre(ref band, genre);
PopulateProperties(ref band, data, genre);
return(band);
}
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#endregion
#region Error Handling
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
public static bool Validate(BandData data) // tests to see if any of the bands data is null
{
PropertyInfo[] properties = data.GetType().GetProperties();
foreach (var property in properties)
{
if (property == null)
{
return(false);
}
}
return(true);
}
public MainWindow()
{
#region JSON stuf -- @todo cleanup, later
//bool isReal = File.Exists(@"C:\Users\David\Desktop\bands.json");
//string json = File.ReadAllText(@"C:\Users\David\Desktop\bands.json");
//BandDB[] jsonBands = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<BandDB[]>(json);
//RockBand rockBand = new RockBand(jsonBands[1]);
//PopBand popBand = new PopBand(jsonBands[0]);
#endregion
#region temp stuff
Album album1 = new Album
{
Name = "first",
YearReleased = Album.GenerateReleaseYear(),
SalesCount = 10000
};
Album[] band1Albums = new Album[] { album1, album1 };
BandData band1Data = new BandData
{
Name = "thiswon",
YearFormed = 1984,
Members = new string[] { "bob", "alan" },
Albums = band1Albums
};
RockBand band1 = RockBand.GenerateNew(band1Data);
PopBand band2 = PopBand.GenerateNew(band1Data);
IndieBand band3 = IndieBand.GenerateNew(band1Data);
PopBand band4 = BandFactory.MakeNewBand(Genre.Pop, band1Data) as PopBand;
RockBand band5 = BandFactory.MakeNewBand(Genre.Rock, band1Data) as RockBand;
IndieBand band6 = BandFactory.MakeNewBand(Genre.Indie, band1Data) as IndieBand;
PopBand band7 = BandFactory.MakeNewBand(Genre.Pop, band1Data) as PopBand;
RockBand band8 = BandFactory.MakeNewBand(Genre.Rock, band1Data) as RockBand;
IndieBand band9 = BandFactory.MakeNewBand(Genre.Indie, band1Data) as IndieBand;
#endregion
Band[] bands = { band1, band2, band3, band4, band5, band6, band7, band8, band9 };
Array.Sort(bands);
InitializeComponent();
//textBoxFormed.Text = json;
listBoxBands.ItemsSource = bands;
comboBoxGenres.ItemsSource = Enum.GetNames(typeof(Genre));
}