/*
* 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);
}
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);
}