Example #1
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        /*
         * converts a list of books to a list of book descriptions
         */
        public List <BookDesc> ConvertBookListToDesc(List <Book> books)
        {
            AuthorManager   authorManager = new AuthorManager();
            List <BookDesc> bookDescs     = new List <BookDesc>();

            foreach (Book book in books)
            {
                Author author = authorManager.GetAuthorByID(book.AuthorID);

                BookDesc bookDesc = new BookDesc();

                bookDesc.Title      = book.Title;
                bookDesc.ISBN       = book.ISBN;
                bookDesc.AuthorName = author.LastName + ", " + author.FirstName;
                bookDesc.AuthorID   = book.AuthorID;
                bookDesc.Publisher  = book.Publisher;
                bookDesc.Pages      = book.Pages;
                bookDesc.Copies     = book.Copies;
                bookDesc.Active     = book.Active;

                bookDescs.Add(bookDesc);
            }

            return(bookDescs);
        }
Example #2
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        public BookDesc ConvertBookToDesc(Book book)
        {
            AuthorManager authorManager = new AuthorManager();
            Author        author        = authorManager.GetAuthorByID(book.AuthorID);
            BookDesc      bookDesc      = new BookDesc();

            bookDesc.Title      = book.Title;
            bookDesc.ISBN       = book.ISBN;
            bookDesc.AuthorName = author.LastName + ", " + author.FirstName;
            bookDesc.AuthorID   = book.AuthorID;
            bookDesc.Publisher  = book.Publisher;
            bookDesc.Pages      = book.Pages;
            bookDesc.Copies     = book.Copies;
            bookDesc.Active     = book.Active;

            return(bookDesc);
        }