public static MusicDataStore TestData()
{
MusicDataStore result = new MusicDataStore();
string[] artistNames = new string[] { "Rob Miles", "Fred Bloggs", "The Bloggs Singers", "Immy Brown" };
string[] titleNames = new string[] { "My Way", "Your Way", "His Way", "Her Way", "Milky Way" };
Random rand = new Random(1);
int IDcount = 0;
foreach (string artistName in artistNames)
{
Artist newArtist = new Artist {
ID = IDcount++, Name = artistName
};
result.Artists.Add(newArtist);
foreach (string titleName in titleNames)
{
MusicTrack newTrack = new MusicTrack
{
ID = IDcount++,
ArtistID = newArtist.ID,
Title = titleName,
Length = rand.Next(20, 600)
};
result.MusicTracks.Add(newTrack);
}
}
return(result);
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
MusicDataStore musicData = MusicDataStore.TestData();
XmlSerializer formatter = new XmlSerializer(typeof(MusicDataStore));
using (FileStream outputStream =
new FileStream("MusicTracks.xml", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write))
{
formatter.Serialize(outputStream, musicData);
}
MusicDataStore inputData;
using (FileStream inputStream =
new FileStream("MusicTracks.xml", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
inputData = (MusicDataStore)formatter.Deserialize(inputStream);
}
Console.WriteLine(inputData);
Console.ReadKey();
}