/// <summary>
/// Create a list of of all the courses a specific teacher teaches
/// </summary>
/// <param name="teacher">The teacher to use</param>
/// <param name="searchForHomeroomCourses">Whether to gather homeroom teachers' courses too</param>
/// <returns>A list of courses this teacher can teach</returns>
public static List <Course> GetTeacherCourses(Teacher teacher, bool searchForHomeroomCourses)
{
List <Course> teacherCourses = new List <Course>();
if (teacher != null)
{
// Gather the teacher's courses information
if (teacher.firstCourseID != null)
{
teacherCourses.Add(teacher.FirstCourse);
}
if (teacher.secondCourseID != null)
{
teacherCourses.Add(teacher.SecondCourse);
}
if (teacher.thirdCourseID != null)
{
teacherCourses.Add(teacher.ThirdCourse);
}
if (teacher.fourthCourseID != null)
{
teacherCourses.Add(teacher.FourthCourse);
}
// Homeroom teachers can also teach their homeroom class any homeroom course
if (searchForHomeroomCourses && teacher.classID != null)
{
SchoolEntities schoolData = new SchoolEntities();
foreach (Course course in schoolData.Courses.Where(course => course.isHomeroomTeacherOnly))
{
// Make sure the course wasn't added already
if (!teacherCourses.Contains(course))
{
teacherCourses.Add(course);
}
}
}
}
return(teacherCourses);
}
static MessagesHandler()
{
_mySchoolDB = new SchoolEntities();
}
