/// <summary>
/// Parses the basic information from the XML response (ID, name, image links, Goodreads link).
/// </summary>
/// <param name="xmlAuthorBasic">The XML node containing the information.</param>
/// <returns>The parsed <see cref="Author"/>.</returns>
internal static Author ParseAuthorBasic(XElement xmlAuthorBasic)
{
var author = new Author();
author.Name = xmlAuthorBasic.Element("name").Value;
author.ID = xmlAuthorBasic.Element("id").IntValue();
author.Link = xmlAuthorBasic.Element("link").Value;
author.ImageLink = xmlAuthorBasic.Element("image_url").Value;
author.ImageSmallLink = xmlAuthorBasic.Element("small_image_url").Value;
return author;
}
internal static Author ParseAuthor(XElement xmlAuthor)
{
var author = new Author();
author = ParseAuthorBasic(xmlAuthor);
author.FansCount = xmlAuthor.Element("fans_count").IntValue();
author.About = xmlAuthor.Element("about").Value;
// TODO: parse influences
author.WorksCount = xmlAuthor.Element("works_count").IntValue();
author.Gender = xmlAuthor.Element("gender").Value.ToGender();
author.Hometown = xmlAuthor.Element("hometown").Value;
author.DateOfBirth = DateTime.Parse(xmlAuthor.Element("born_at").Value);
author.DateOfDeath = DateTime.Parse(xmlAuthor.Element("died_at").Value);
return author;
}