//gets the sumary of the book (syn)
public static string GetSynopsis(int index)
{
string[] possible = SavedBooks.GetSynopsi();
try
{
return(possible[index]);
}
catch (Exception)
{
return("Invalid book index.");
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//This first block here is us creating our main book list and its grabbing it from the savedbook function.
List <Book> books = SavedBooks.FindBooks();
// we used a bool to keep the program running as long as the user wishes
bool continuing = true;
string choice = "";
Console.WriteLine("Welcome to four codemen library!");
//the "Do While" Loop is tracking userinput against cases that we've structured to give out responses according to the users wishes.
// The reason we choose a do while was so that the program would cycle through itself at least once.
// after we get our first input from the user the program breaks it down to different options after that using the case statements to...
// call on different methods for the desired user path.
do
{
Console.Clear();
// this is our user prompt and our open screen.
Console.WriteLine("1. Search by author" +
"\n2. Search by title keyword" +
"\n3. Search by genre" +
"\n4. Checkout a book, or turn one in" +
"\n5. Add a new book" +
"\n6. Display all titles with index" +
"\n7. Display all books and information" +
"\n8. Exit");
choice = Console.ReadLine().ToLower();
switch (choice)
{
// checking out and adding new books
case "1":
Console.Write("Please enter in an Author: ");
BookMethods.DisplaySpecific(books, "Author", Console.ReadLine());
break;
case "2":
Console.Write("Please enter in a Title: ");
BookMethods.DisplaySpecific(books, "Title", Console.ReadLine());
break;
case "3":
Console.Write("Please enter in a Genre: ");
BookMethods.DisplaySpecific(books, "Genre", Console.ReadLine());
break;
case "4":
BookMethods.ListBooks(books);
Console.WriteLine("What book would you like to checkout/turn in?? ");
try
{
BookMethods.BookDue(books.ElementAt(int.Parse(Console.ReadLine()) - 1));
}
catch
{
Console.WriteLine("Your entry was not a valid index." +
"\nPress any key to continue...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
break;
case "5":
Console.WriteLine("What book would you like to add to the library?");
Console.WriteLine("Enter a title: ");
string title = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine("Enter an author: ");
string author = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine("Enter a genre: ");
string genre = Console.ReadLine();
BookMethods.BookAdd(books, title, author, genre);
break;
case "6":
BookMethods.ListBooks(books);
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue...");
Console.ReadKey();
break;
case "7":
BookMethods.DisplaySpecific(books, "All", "");
break;
case "8":
continuing = false;
break;
default:
Console.WriteLine("Invalid choice!");
break;
}
} while (continuing);
Console.WriteLine("Goodbye!");
SavedBooks.SaveBooks(books);
}