public override bool Equals(System.Object otherAuthor)
{
if (!(otherAuthor is Author))
{
return(false);
}
else
{
Author newAuthor = (Author)otherAuthor;
bool authorIdEquality = (this.GetId() == newAuthor.GetId());
bool authorFirstNameEquality = (this.GetFirstName() == newAuthor.GetFirstName());
bool authorLastNameEquality = (this.GetLastName() == newAuthor.GetLastName());
return(authorIdEquality && authorFirstNameEquality && authorLastNameEquality);
}
}
public override bool Equals(System.Object otherAuthor)
{
if (!(otherAuthor is Author))
{
return(false);
}
else
{
Author newAuthor = (Author)otherAuthor;
bool idEquality = (this.GetId() == newAuthor.GetId());
bool firstNameEquality = (this.GetFirstName() == newAuthor.GetFirstName());
bool lastNameEquality = (this.GetLastName() == newAuthor.GetLastName());
// return _id == newBook._id && _title == newBook._title && _callNumber == newBook._callNumber && _tagNumber == newBook._tagNumber && _checkoutDate == newBook._checkoutDate && _dueDate == newBook._dueDate && _status == newBook._status;
return(idEquality && firstNameEquality && lastNameEquality);
}
}
public static Author CheckDuplicate(Author checkAuthor)
{
List <Author> allAuthors = Author.GetAll();
bool isInDB = false;
foreach (Author author in allAuthors)
{
if (author.GetFirstName() == checkAuthor.GetFirstName() && author.GetLastName() == checkAuthor.GetLastName())
{
isInDB = true;
checkAuthor.SetId(author.GetId());
}
}
if (!isInDB)
{
checkAuthor.Save();
}
return(checkAuthor);
}
